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Departments: Hotels

Answer

HM Treasury, the Debt Management Office, the Royal Mint, the Office of Government Commerce, and National Savings and Investment do not currently disaggregate hotel accommodation from general subsistence cost records, so the information requested cannot be provided.The work of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs depends to a large extent on the mobile nature of its staff when tackling and investigating criminal fraud and smuggling, and inspecting the compliance of businesses and individuals with rules related to tax, customs and duties.Overseas, HMRC officers play a vital role in preventing and intercepting drugs and other illicit goods being trafficked into the UK.Of necessity, this work cannot be done without incurring significant but essential costs in relation to transport, subsistence and accommodation.However, in all such areas, the staff of HMRC are subject to strict rules—for example—in terms of the type of transport and accommodation they may use, and the type and amount of subsistence costs they may claim.In 2006-07, the total expenditure by HMRC on accommodation within the UK was £14.1 million and outside the UK was £376,000.Where available, figures for other agencies are as follows:

£000
Agency	Domestic	Overseas £000
GAD	6.5	15
ONS	713	78
VOA	¹525
¹ This figure cannot be separated.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

461 c1879W;461 c1879-80W; 133438

Session

2006-07

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