Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of transporting the Lady Sponsor and accompanying guests to South Korea for the naming ceremony for RFA Tidesurge on 1 September 2017.

The total cost to the Ministry of Defence of transporting the Lady Sponsor, Mrs Woodcock, her husband, the 2nd Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock and his Military Assistant, to the naming ceremony of Royal Fleet Auxiliary TIDESURGE on 29 August 2017 was £5,488.

Costs of accommodation and transfers within the Republic of Korea were funded separately under the contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.