The Regional Director of the Government office for the north-west (GONW) is on detached duty from the Department for Communities and Local Government to GONW. In addition to travel expenses in the region, she therefore claims for rental of a one bedroom flat in central Manchester and return train tickets (standard class) for trips between Manchester and London most weekends. Details are in the following table:
Financial year 2007-08 Financial year 2008-09 2009-101 Business expenses2 Accommodation — 207.02 555.41 Travel 118.50 15,533.40 4,517.08 Total 118.50 15,740.42 5,072.49 Detached duty3 Accommodation—Rent — 10,760.00 5,950.00 Accommodation—Other — 3,045.94 1,333.28 Travel — 4,811.69 1,950.62 Total 0 18,617.63 9,233.90 1Year to date: April to September. 2 Mainly in the north west region. This also includes frequent meetings in London, for example in connection with national roles on social exclusion and cohesion or Government Office Network business. 3 Detached duty is a period of service at a new, temporary work place other than on permanent transfer.