To ask Her Majesty's Government how many travel and subsistence claims for staff in the Northern Ireland Office have been processed in each of the past 10 years; and what was the annual cost. [HL1823]

The Northern Ireland office (excluding agencies and Executive NDPBs) processed the following number of travel and subsistence claims in each of the past 10 years:

All travel and subsistence claims are subject to line manager approval and all expenditure is in line with standard Northern Ireland Office travel and subsistence rates, and is incurred in accordance with the principles of managing public money and the Treasury handbook on regularity and propriety.