Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's publication entitled DSIT ministerial travel, April to June 2023, published on 21 November 2023, how much of the (a) £5,162.10 spent on the visit of the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation to Japan from 10 to 16 June and (b) £7,101.35 spent on his visit to the United States and Canada from 5 to 10 June, was spent on air travel.

The Department’s ministerial travel, April to June 2023 publication has been republished to amend previous errors.

The visit by the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation to Japan was from 10 to 16 May. Of the £6,705.09 spent on the visit to Japan from 10 to 16 May, £4,814.01 was spent on air travel. Of the £11,979.35 spent on the visit to the United States and Canada from 5 to 10 June, £7,267.31 was spent on air travel.