Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's publication entitled BEIS ministerial overseas travel, January to March 2022, published on 7 October 2022, how much of the (a) £73 spent on the visit of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation to France from 15 to 16 February 2022, and (b) £171 spent on his visit to Switzerland from 6 to 8 March 2022, was spent on air travel.

The Department’s ministerial travel, January – March 2022 publication has been republished to amend previous errors.

The visit by the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation to France was from 15 to 16 May 2022. Of the £76.14 spent on the visit, £76.14 was spent on air travel. Of the £308.53 spent on the visit to Switzerland from 06 to 08 February, £308.53 was spent on air travel.