Question follow-through · 111291
Department for Education: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department has access to records of hotel accommodation used by employees; however, this information is not collected or categorised by hotel star rating. In 2024/25, employees booked 8,367 hotel nights, equivalent to an average 1.06 nights per employ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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