Spending on hotel accommodation for its officials at the independent Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in each of the last five years is set out in the following table.
(£) 200-/09 2007-081 2006-072 2005-06 2004-05 UK 98,885.47 106,337.53 104,522.15 3,938.80 7,794.43 Overseas 19,122.48 n/a n/a n/a n/a Total 118,007.95 106,337.53 104,522.15 3,938.80 7,794.43 1 Hotel accommodation spend was not split between UK and Overseas on ORR's financial ledger prior to 2008-09. 2 The merger of Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate (HMRI) with ORR in 2006-07 explains the increase in spend between 2005-06 and 2006-07. In a typical year pre-merger HMRI spent approximately £90,000 on hotel accommodation.