Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within (a) her Department and (b) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy were taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of these visits over the same time period.

The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (vias, accommodation, meals).