Departmental Travel
[Official Report, 23 June 2009, Vol. 494, c. 788W.]
Letter of correction from Mr. Chris Bryant:
Errors have been identified in the table in my written answer to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on 23 June 2009.
The correct answer should have been: (273678)
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has spent the following amounts on overseas and UK travel in each of the last five financial years. Until 2006-07 FCO Services travel was accounted for under the FCO. From 2007-08 FCO Services costs are accounted for separately and therefore are not included in the table.
Financial year Overseas UK 2004-05 39,864,709 1,518,089 2005-06 46,453,117 1,987,552 2006-07 50,274,236 2,380,926 2007-08 46,931,294 1,159,086 2008-09 52,978,790 1,779,031
The year on year increases in travel costs are largely due to increases in fuel costs over the period affecting ticket prices.
Obtaining information on costs of travel before this period would incur disproportionate cost.