Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for December 2021, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the chauffeur services purchased from The Travel In Group on 21 December 2021.

The transparency release for government procurement card spending over £500 for December 2021 has no record of chauffeur services or record of a purchase from the Travel In group on 21 December 2021.

There is an entry for the Travel In group on 1 December 2021. This was for the transportation of a delegation of Arab-Israeli entrepreneurs to the London Roadshow, a 5 day event designed to promote the UK as a market of choice for Arab-Israeli led tech start-ups. This option was chosen to ensure the safe transport of the delegation while maintaining compliance with coronavirus restrictions.