Departmental Travel

Stewart Hosie
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost was of travel by his Department's staff between England and Scotland in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The cost of travel between England and Scotland in each of the last five years was as follows:

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|                 |£    |
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|2008-09          |6,255|
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|2007-08          |1,246|
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|2006-07          |7,296|
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|2005-06          |6,367|
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|2004-05          |6,363|
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|2009-10 (to date)|8,252|
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There are only partial data for 2007-08 due to the Department changing its travel booking service provider during that year.