The Commons Speaker racked up the bill on a trip to Malaysia in February, as he looks to expand the centuries-old job into a full-blown diplomatic role.
The Commons Speaker appointed Albert Poggio as an adviser and gave him a parliamentary pass, allowing him access to Commons libraries, bars and restaurants and politicians in Westminster.
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons, always flies via British Airways and its partner airlines, with an entourage that includes two or three aides.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House, has cost the British taxpayer over a quarter of a million pounds in just the last two years as he jets around the globe on government business.