Details of payments of travel agencies' fees incurred by the Department over the last eight years are set out in the following table.
Hotel contract Business travel contract 2006/07 169, 864 447,131 2005/06 129,224 422,565 2004/05 142,697 396,225 2003/04 98,107 381,192 2002/03 87,541 385,627 2001/02 100,746 441,353 2000/01 97,738 425,770 1999/2000 92,753 399,975
The Department has engaged an agent to arrange hotel accommodation for DfES staff that stay overnight when on official business. The Department has also engaged an agent to arrange all travel tickets for both domestic and foreign travel. The fees stated above form part of the contract of both agents.
The Department does not have any executive agencies.