The sum, made up of car hire, train travel and hotel fees, but excluding restaurant meals, comes at a time when the department is looking to make significant savings.
In April 2009, the DCSF pledged to achieve £650m worth of efficiency savings in 2010-11, with the likelihood being that further cuts will have to be made.
Of the £7,684,937 total spent on expenses, £5.6m went on train fares (9.9 per cent up on 2008) and £1.5m was spent on hotels (26.8 per cent up on 2008).
A further £360,900 was spent on care hire for the ministerial team of seven with £193,122 going on car hire for the rest of the department.
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