Travel expenses

5 June 2022

Dear

ATISN 16314 – Health Minister’s expenses

Thank you for your request which I received on 13 May 2022. You asked for the following information:           

The health minister was convicted for a criminal offense on 16th March this year. Can you provide details of her traveling expenses from that date to the present, in terms of public money? Compared to the same period last year and the year prior. Does she have access to official cars, if so how many times in the period requested, has that form of travel been used?

The travelling expenses for the Minister referred to in your question for the periods requested are:

The Minister is entitled to use official cars in relation to her Ministerial role. The Minister used official cars 38 times in the period requested.

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Yours sincerely