Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel

(asked on 30th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.


Answered by
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Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 7th October 2019

The Foreign annd Commonwealth Office (FCO) is by definition a global organisation which uses travel as an essential part of its role.

The table below details the FCO's expenditure for financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18 on ministerial travel by First class rail; Second class rail; Business class air travel; Premium Economy class air travel; Economy class air travel; and a total of these five sums.

The figures represent travel booked through the Government's nominated travel agency.

Financial Year

First Class Rail Travel

Standard Class Rail Travel

First Class Air Travel

Business Class Air Travel

Premium Economy Air Travel

Economy Air Travel

Total

2016/17

£0.00

£159.10

£2,057.00

£802,152.04

£16,095.19

£65,341.90

£885,805.23

2017/18

£0.00

£324.40

-£2,916.27

£752,078.99

£39,535.85

£87,474.29

£876,497.26

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