Hotels
International Development
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the names are of the hotels used by his Department to provide accommodation for staff based abroad when visiting the UK.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
All travel arrangements including accommodation for the Department for International Development (DFID) staff are booked through the central Government travel provider HRG (Hogg Robinson Group).
The contract with HRG is based upon attaining the "best fare of the day" and this includes hotels. Under this agreement HRG will offer the hotels which are best value for money at the time of booking including making full use of government negotiated rates under the Government Hotel Programme (GHP). DFID does not therefore maintain a list of hotels for use but will use those which offer best value for money at the time of booking.