Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) standard and (b) first-class tickets for train travel his Department has purchased in each of the last two 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.

Financial Year 16/17

First-class tickets - 3

Standard tickets - 119

Financial Year 17/18

First-class tickets - 38

Standard tickets - 1379