Expenditure related to a business trip to Budapest (FOI)Expenditure related to a business trip to Budapest (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
13 August 2015.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A.
Will the Authority please release details of all items of expenditure relating to the assistant minister for education's recent business trip to Budapest on 3rd July 2015?
For avoidance of doubt, this should include all travel, including that booked by a third party, all subsistence settled using a States of Jersey purchase card and all subsequent expense claims or corrective travel costs.
B.
I appreciate this may not be possible to answer at this stage but, in order to avoid a supplementary question, will the authority also please confirm if any of this expense has been, or will be, refunded to the tax payer by the Assistant Minister?
Response
A.
| Original charges for Dance World Cup |
| Refreshments | Jersey Airport | £1.45 |
Flights | Jersey – Gatwick Heathrow – Budapest And return journey | £594.42 |
Transport | Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Hotel | £73.00 |
| Hotel | Thistle London Heathrow | £85.00 |
Transport | Heathrow Hotel to Heathrow Terminal | £7.00 |
| Refreshments | Thistle London Heathrow | £19.90 |
| Corrective travel and expense claims |
Transport | Rebooking of flight to return to Heathrow | £24.70 |
Transport | Coach from Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport | £30.00 |
| Hotel | Gatwick Airport | £175.00 |
| Refreshments | Café Ritazza | £2.99 |
| Refreshments | Café Ritazza | £6.33 |
| Refreshments | Starbucks | £3.95 |
| Total | | £1023.74 |
B.
The travel booking was an unfortunate error carried out in the course of States of Jersey business. We do not require Connétable Steve Pallett to reimburse the monies.
gov.je