Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199561 on World Economic Forum, how much and what proportion of the £6255.20 was spent on (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) hospitality.

The Department's Transparency returns for the period January to February 2023 show a total cost of £6,225.20 for the visit and this represents the total cost including flights and accommodation. All hospitality is declared in quarterly returns but costs for that are not routinely recorded. In the case of this visit there was no hospitality given.