Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many overseas flights were made by Ministers in the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy using non-scheduled air transport in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019, (e) 2020, (f) 2021 and (g) 2022; and on how many of those occasions were representatives of (i) the media and (ii) businesses included in the travelling party.

The requested information is not centrally held and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing overseas and domestic flights are available on GOV.UK.