Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC17, what the amount spent was on each instance of travel expenditure totalling more than £1,000.

Before undertaking any travel staff must consider whether the journey is necessary and cost effective. We encourage staff to find alternatives to travel, such as video-conferencing facilities in a further effort to reduce the number of flights needed. Due to the nature of our diplomatic work, however, travel is essential.

The sum referred to on page 104 of the 13/14 Annual Accounts is £48.5m for Travel incurred under the delivery of our overseas programmes. These figures cannot be broken down further without incurring disproportionate costs.

Further detail of our Programmes can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office/about#our-funding-programmes

Further details of senior officials and ministers travel can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pus-data.