Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 14 January 2022.
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of her visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar in October 2021; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
James Cleverly
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO publishes the costs related to overseas visits, incoming visits and events hosted by the Foreign Secretary as part of the Quarterly Transparency Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/Minister-data#2020. We will release the costs for this visit in due course as per the usual timeline.
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No1 person thinks not
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