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Departments: Railways

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by his Department on first class train tickets in the last 12 months. (153081)

The Department's expenditure on first class train tickets in the last 12 months was £3,110,108.

This figure consists of rail tickets booked via the Department's contracted agent. There are some exceptional cases where rail tickets are booked outside of the contract but these cannot be identified separately without incurring disproportionate costs.

All travel within the Department is undertaken in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code and the Ministerial Code.