Written question asked by Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour) on Friday, 13 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2012. It was answered by Chloe Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2012 on behalf of the Treasury.

Travel

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.

Answer

All ministerial visits are conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers.The Department has committed to publish details of all Ministers meetings, hospitality and overseas travel, including that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne). The data can be found online at:"http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm"The number of train journeys by Ministers and officials since October 2011, booked through the Department's travel management company, are shown in the following table:

Number
	Ministers	Officials
2011
October	4	281
November	7	339
December	1	189

2012
January	1	259
February	2	308
March	2	265

There were no ministerial coach journeys booked by the Department in the period. The number of journeys made by officials by coach and the number of journeys by Ministers and officials in Government cars are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 103637; 543 c1208W
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Travel Treasury
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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