Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport spent the following on first class train travel during the requested periods.
April 2020 and March 2021
Ministerial spend - £192.40
Civil Servant spend - £66.70
April 2021 - March 2022
Ministerial spend - £1,054.90
Civil Servant spend - £1,181.40
April 2022 - present
Ministerial spend - £593.90
Civil Servant spend - £492.50