Departmental Official Visits
Defence
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Nick Harvey (North Devon, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much on average it cost his Department to provide overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials travelling (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in an official capacity in the latest period for which figures are available.
Kevan Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence; North Durham, Labour)
The information requested can be found at the following link:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministers.aspx
The list includes the total cost of each visit made by all Ministers, detailing the number of officials accompanying them where non-scheduled travel was used, including travel and accommodation. These details are available for the last two financial years and prior to this the information is published for Cabinet Ministers only.
There is not a Cabinet Office requirement for Departments to report ministerial UK travel expenditure. The MOD records this information on the Department's claims and financial systems, however, the data is not held in the requested format. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.