Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 29 September 2022, whether the total cost to the public purse of his predecessor’s accommodation, meals and other expenses excluding air travel when visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and Czechia from 25-27 May 2022 was £128.95; and who paid for any costs incurred above that amount.

All FCDO transparency and freedom of information releases are published on gov.uk. Transparency data has been published in this way since 2009/2010. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-prime-minister-on-government-transparency-and-open-data.

It is standard practice across government to publish total overseas travel cost figures for Ministers. These can be found in our published Quarterly Transparency Returns.