Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs were incurred by (a) his Department and (b) the Home Department for the Secretary of State for the Home Department's flight in a Chinook from Dover to Manston on 3 November 2022.

The Chinook flight for the Home Secretary was incorporated into a routine training sortie. The costs of the legs for which the Home Secretary and her staff were embarked cannot be separated from the cost of the wider sortie.