- Creator, John Fernandez
- Position, BBC Political Reporter in Guernsey
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Guernsey's high political committee has spent £71,00zero on journey since taking workplace in 2020.
Along with this, Coverage and Assets (P&R) has spent £21,00zero on travel-related bills, together with airport parking, taxis and meals.
The figures have been made public following questions from MP Chris Le Tissier.
P&R stated publishing “this degree of element” about journey bills “just isn’t a great use of employees sources or taxpayer .”
In its response to questions, P&R stated that gathering this information had taken “a very long time”, together with 35 hours of labor by an official on the exterior relations group.
“It’s estimated that it’ll take Coverage and Assets Committee employees just below 80 hours to generate this briefing response, to be able to meet the Rule 14 deadlines, which the Sheriff has agreed to increase to 30 enterprise days.”
P&R has urged publishing particulars of long-haul flights and “any instances the place journey expenditure has clearly exceeded £1,500 per particular person”.
A part of P&R's function as a committee contains “defending and selling the pursuits of the island, creating financial hyperlinks and selling worldwide commerce relations, in addition to affirming Guernsey's worldwide identification.”
The costliest journey paid for by Coverage and Assets was to Dubai for COP-28 and was undertaken by MPs Jonathan Le Tocq and Lindsay de Sausmarez, along with two civil servants, at a value of £12,235.70.
How a lot produce other committees spent since 2020?
Mr Le Tissier requested all of the Guernsey State Committees the price of their journey bills since taking workplace in 2020:
- The Employment and Social Safety Committee spent £822.
- The State Meeting and Structure Committee spent £838.92.
- The House Affairs Committee spent £1,873.40.
- The States Commerce Oversight Board spent £800.75.
- The Schooling, Sport and Tradition Committee spent £four,891.63.
- The Planning and Improvement Authority spent £335.94.
- The Financial Improvement Committee spent £9,395.18.
- The Surroundings and Infrastructure Committee spent £829.80.