Justice written question – answered at on 7 April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on first-class rail travel by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
The Secretary of State has put in place a ban on all first class rail. An exception to this ban is to support the needs of some disabled staff in carrying out their duties, where it is reasonable to do so, and which exceptionally justify the use of first class rail travel.
The following table provides details of spend on first class rail travel for Ministers and officials for the calendar years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. This shows a reduction of £1,589,275, 80%, over the period.
Calendar year | Spend (£) |
20091 | 3,989,713 |
2010 | 1,988,205 |
2011 | 421,346 |
2012 | 352,927 |
2013 | 398,930 |
1 Spend information is available only for the period April to December 2009. |
In addition to the reduction in spend on first class rail travel, the total MoJ spend on travel has fallen by more than 40% since 2009, a saving of more than £9 million. The spend on first class rail and air travel in the financial year 2009-10 was £4.4 million.
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