Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2016 to Question 57254, what the cost was to the public purse of accommodation in South Korea for the Lady Sponsor for the naming ceremony for RFA Tiderace.

Of those Armed Forces personnel and Ministry of Defence civilian staff who attended the naming ceremony for Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tiderace in December 2016, only the Chief of Materiel (Fleet) and his Military Assistant travelled to the Republic of Korea (ROK) specifically for the event.

Costs of accommodation and transfers within the ROK were funded under the contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.