The Department for Transport and the majority of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies do not record payments for hotel accommodation for staff and others separately from other subsistence costs. More detailed information would only be available at disproportionate cost. Overnight subsistence allowances for UK and overseas, and specific hotel costs where available, are contained in the following table.
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 DfT (C) UK subsistence allowance staff — 292,079 307,442 299,915 332,702 UK subsistence allowance other — 151 0 0 320 Overseas subsistence allowance staff — 404,344 452,256 439,283 495,697 Overseas subsistence allowance other — 3,999 5,415 3,794 15,450 GCDA Total subsistence allowance 204,729 210,385 254,552 260,038 192,172 MCA UK hotel Only available at disproportionate cost 610,083 Overseas hotel Only available at disproportionate cost 151,691 HA — Only available at disproportionate cost — DSA Total travel and subsistence 345,324 317,559 3.76 million 4.84 million 5.56 million VOSA Accommodation — — 712,363 737,172 700,016 DVLA UK hotel — — 629,000 701,000 679,000 Overseas hotel — — 1,100 7,000 8,000 VGA UK hotel 931 5,688 4,540 37,132 58,706 Overseas hotel 0 330 1,277 142,44 26,672
Information relating to overseas travel by Ministers is published on an annual basis. Information for the period 2 May 2005 to 31 March 2006 is available in the Library of the House. Information for the current financial year will be published as soon as it is ready after the end of the current financial year. No records are kept about the category of any hotels in which Ministers have stayed.
The amounts spent on hotel and other similar privately-provided accommodation for Ministers and officials during visits abroad are as follows:
£ 29 May 2002-31 March 2003 4,110 1 April 2003-31 March 2004 6,907 1 April 2004-31 March 2005 2,423 1 April 2005-31 March 2006 9,094 1 April 2005-31 August 2006 1,045
Details of the amount spent on hotel and other similar privately-provided accommodation for Ministers and officials within the UK are not routinely collated and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
All travel is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the ministerial code, travel by Minister and the civil service management code.