Department for International Trade: Travel
(asked on 21st December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each quarter since his Department was established.
The Department for International Trade spend on taxis, first class rail tickets and business class air travel in each quarter is as follows:-
£ (rounded) | Taxi | First Class Rail Tickets | Business Class Air Travel |
July - Sept 2016 | 113,000 | - | 301,000 |
Oct - Dec 2016 | 168,000 | - | 287,000 |
Jan - Mar 2017 | 213,000 | 176 | 451,000 |
Apr - June 2017 | 133,000 | - | 272,000 |
July - Sept 2017 | 146,000 | 49 | 658,000 |
Oct - Nov 2017 | 83,000 | - | 533,000 |
The rail and air figures relate to UK-based staff only and do not include any spend incurred by DIT staff in overseas posts.