Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) business class, (b) economy class and (c) first class tickets for air travel his Department has purchased in each of the past three years.

We are working hard to make our departure from the EU a success. Clearly this involves some travel for those staff engaged in negotiations, occasionally at short notice.

The department has purchased the following number of tickets for (a) business class, (b) economy class and (c) first-class in each of the past three years.

Financial Year 15/16

There are no costs associated as this period falls before the inception of the Department.

Financial Year 16/17

Economy Class - 233

Business Class: 14

First-Class - 0

Total: 247

Financial Year 17/18

Economy Class - 845

Business Class - 68

First-Class - 0

Total: 913