Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled DBT ministers’ overseas travel: July to September 2023, published on 15 December 2023, how much of the (a) £14,486.53 spent on her visit to Australia and New Zealand from 13 July to 19 July 2023 and (b) £7,223.21 spent on her visit to India from 24 August to 27 August 2023 was spent on air travel.

a) Of the £14,486.53, £14,074.71 was spent on air travel between 13 July and 19 July 2023.

b) Of the £7,223.21, £6,668.21 was spent on air travel between 24 August and 27 August 2023.