Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much from the public purse has been spent on hotel accommodation overseas for the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys in each of the last five years.
The table below provides the number of international visits each year made by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys over each the last 10 years and travel costs (including UK travel). Along with hotel costs each year over the last 5 years
Year | Number of visits | Travel costs | Hotel costs (from 2018-19 only) |
2012/13 | 0 | £0.00 | NA |
2013/14 | 16 | £55,741 | NA |
2014/15 | 46 | £116,541 | NA |
2015/16 | 29 | £68,717 | NA |
2016/17 | 69 | £202,771 | N/A |
2017/18 | 58 | £154,067 | £9816.00 |
2018/19 | 56 | £149,548 | £5919.00 |
2019/20 | 38 | £104,848 | £6820.00 |
2020/21 | 2 | £739.00 | £90.00 |
2021/22 | 18 | £59,422 | £4144.00 |
Totals: | 332 | £912,394 | £26,789 |