Department for Education: Hotels
(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) staff and (b) Ministers broken down by (i) UK stays and (ii) overseas stays in the 2024-25 financial year.
This question was answered on 19th October 2026
The department’s hotel accommodation expenditure for 2024/25 is set out below:
Traveller category | UK stays (£) | Overseas stays (£) | Total (£) |
Staff | 888,782.41 | 36,520.65 | 925,303.06 |
Ministers | 1,051.99 | 1,461.71 | 2,513.70 |
Total | 889,834.40 | 37,982.36 | 927,816.76 |
The figures are drawn from central booking records using hotel check-in dates and reflect expenditure after refunds have been applied.