PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business and Trade: Domestic Visits (7 March 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers in (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost of those visits was.

Asked by:
Pat McFadden (Labour)

The number of overnight ministerial domestic visits undertaken over the last 3 financial years are as follows. The total costs provided are limited in scope, to only the Minister themselves, and to those booked through the Department's, and its predecessor's (the Department for International Trade), contracted travel provider, which covers costs of rail, air and hotel; where these costs were available.

Financial Year	Total number of overnight visits	Total Cost
2021 - 2022	22	£6,470.97
2022 - 2023	12	£4,493.86
2023 - 2024	15	£4,514.84

Answered by:
Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
15 March 2024