Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 17 July 2013.
Gavin Williamson
Conservative, South Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(1) how many officials in his Department travelled business class by train in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012; and what the cost was in each such year;
(2) how many officials in his Department travelled by economy class train in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year;
(3) how many officials in his Department travelled by first class train in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year;
(4) how many officials of his Department travelled economy class by aeroplane in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012; and what the total cost was of such travel in each such year;
(5) how many officials of his Department travelled first class by aeroplane in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2008-09; and what the total cost was of such travel in each such year;
(6) how many officials of his Department travelled business class by aeroplane in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and what the total cost was in each year.
Alistair Burt
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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