Department for International Trade: Hotels

(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 17th January 2023

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.

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