The total amount spent on foreign travel by BERR and its predecessor, the DTI, in each of the last 10 years was:
£ 1998-99 5,019,971 1999-2000 5,291,063 2000-01 5,470,024 2001-02 4,912,785 2002-03 5,583,825 2003-04 4,260,257 2004-05 5,483,903 2005-06 5,601,629 2006-07 6,295,501 April 2007 to November 2007 1,752,867
The Department does not separately record the travel undertaken by Ministers from that of officials—to provide this information would entail disproportionate cost.
These figures include travel, accommodation and incidental costs associated with travel.