All travel is conducted in accordance with rules set out in the Department’s staff guide under travel and subsistence and is consistent with the civil service management code. Travel by Ministers is made in pursuance of their ministerial duties and complies with guidance set out in the Ministerial Code.
Expenditure on hotels is included within travel and subsistence claims made by Ministers and officials. The information is not held separately or analysed by the categories requested in the Department’s accounting system. It can be obtained by retrieving and manually analysing a large number of travel, subsistence and incidental expense claims only at disproportionate cost.