Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what purpose was a hotel booking made by her Department at the Clermont Charing Cross costing £1,649.000 on the 14 September 2021; and how many nights did that booking include.
This spend relates to an internal team-building and planning exercise, funded from a delegated learning and development budget. The total cost includes room hire, equipment hire and light-refreshments for 30 attendees. No hotel rooms were included in this booking. This was an event organised by civil servants for civil servants, the Secretary of State did not attend.