Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Railways
(asked on 12th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The tables below set out the expenditure on first class train travel in each of the given years.
(a) Ministers
Year | Total Cost (£) | Number of Journeys |
2020 | £564 | 3 |
2021 | £285 | 2 |
2022 to date | £0 | 0 |
(b) Civil Servants
Year | Total Cost (£) | Number of Journeys |
2020 | £1,550 | 13 |
2021 | £2,066 | 13 |
2022 to date | £3,345 | 20 |
The department's travel and subsistence policy permits first class travel in a very limited number of circumstances, such as accompanying a Minister or due to a disability. Such travel requires a strong business justification and prior approval by a senior civil servant.