Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Office has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

The amount spent by the Department on air travel is:

(a) Ministers

(i) 2020 - £163,557

(ii) 2021 - £36,845

(iii) 2022 - £79,474

(b) Officials

(i) 2020 - £350,749

(ii) 2021 - £24,981

(iii) 2022 - £198,316

Please note that the Officials totals include Special Adviser air travel costs and that the spend reported does also not distinguish between commercial and non-commercial air travel.

Ministers commercial air travel is captured in departmental transparency returns and published on gov.uk.