FOI release

Amount spent on rail travel

Published 19 June 2012

We were asked, what is the value of rail travel paid for by the Welsh office in 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12?  How does this expenditure break down between First Class and Standard Class?

  • The total amount spent on rail travel between April 2009 and March 2010 was £174,642.57, and of this £131,480.90 was spent on first class travel.
  • Between April 2010 and March 2011 we spent £82,137.90 on rail travel, and of this £351.50 was first class travel.  All the first class travel was undertaken before 10 May 2010.
  • Between April 2011 and March 2012 we spent £87,174.79 on rail travel, none of which was on first class travel.