Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 7 October 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
The Foreign annd Commonwealth Office (FCO) is by definition a global organisation which uses travel as an essential part of its role.
The table below details the FCO's expenditure for financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18 on ministerial travel by First class rail; Second class rail; Business class air travel; Premium Economy class air travel; Economy class air travel; and a total of these five sums.
The figures represent travel booked through the Government's nominated travel agency.
First Class Rail Travel | Standard Class Rail Travel | First Class Air Travel | Business Class Air Travel | Premium Economy Air Travel | Economy Air Travel | Total | |
2016/17 | £0.00 | £159.10 | £2,057.00 | £802,152.04 | £16,095.19 | £65,341.90 | £885,805.23 |
2017/18 | £0.00 | £324.40 | -£2,916.27 | £752,078.99 | £39,535.85 | £87,474.29 | £876,497.26 |
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