Short Description
Cancelled travel and accommodation
Reference number
FOI003503
Date
26/08/2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information for the 2025/26 financial year and 2026/27 financial year to date:
1. The total number of flights, train tickets, taxis, hotel bookings and other travel/accommodation bookings paid for by the Council which were subsequently cancelled or unused, where the Council incurred a financial cost and received no corresponding service.
2. The total cost to the Council of these cancelled or unused bookings.
Please exclude bookings where the Council received a full refund and therefore incurred no net cost.