Departmental Visits Abroad
Transport
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
David Simpson (Upper Bann, DUP)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials while overseas in each of the last three years.
Chris Mole (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Ipswich, Labour)
Overnight accommodation expenditure, exceeding £500, for Department for Transport Ministers (a) are available on the Cabinet Office website:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministers/travel_gifts.aspx
Expenditure on overnight accommodation by Department for Transport Officials (b) can be provided only at disproportionate cost.