Sir Fred Goodwin, public enemy number one for much of the banking crisis is among guests specially invited by Gordon Brown to his lavish country retreat at Chequers in the Buckinghamshire countryside, it was revealed.

Sir Fred Goodwin, public enemy number one for much of the banking crisis, and Derek Draper, the ex-Labour spin doctor caught up in the "Smeargate" controversy, were among guests specially invited by Gordon Brown to his lavish country retreat at Chequers in the Buckinghamshire countryside, it was revealed.

As Westminster heads for the summer recess, Downing Street last night released the Prime Minister's official hospitality guest list for the financial year 2008-09 in among the usual end-of- session rush of UK Government statements. No 10's splurge of information also included ministerial travel and the gifts ministers gave and received.

Aside from Goodwin, the former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, those appearing on the Chequers list come from various walks of life, with the world of showbiz well represented.

Veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth, still without a knighthood, turned up as did Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson and fellow thespian Alan Rickman, writer Bill Bryson, TV presenters Lorraine Kelly and Davina McCall, singer Lesley Garrett and fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

No doubt helping to provide a few much-needed laughs over the dinner table were comedian Jimmy Carr and Little Britain duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas while sports commentator John Motson no doubt helped Mr Brown indulge in his other great passion: football.

Government colleagues included Lord Mandelson, Harriet Harman, Alistair Darling and Des Browne while the premier also found time to entertain a number of influential political commentators such as Benedict Brogan, Matthew d'Ancona, Kevin Maguire and Jonathan Freedland.

Yet it will be the likes of Sir Fred, his successor at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester, as well as Eric Daniels, the Lloyds chief, and Sir Victor Blank, the bank's chairman criticised over the HBOS takeover, that, given what has happened to the industry, might raise most eyebrows.

In separate details on travel, Mr Brown was accused of imposing a huge financial burden on taxpayers and a massive carbon footprint on the planet.

The attack from the Liberal Democrats came after more official figures showed he spent more than £4.6m of taxpayers' money on international trips last year.

The amount spent on the Prime Minister made up almost half of the £9.4m paid out for overseas trips by ministers in 2008-09; well up on the £5.3m spent by ministers the year before.

Mr Brown's travel bill was significantly higher than in his first eight months of his premiership, when he spent £950,000. Last night, Downing Street said that this was due to the need for face-to-face talks with counterparts abroad ahead of the G20 summit on the global financial crisis in London in April.

However, Norman Baker, the LibDem transport spokesman, criticised the prime minister for using charter flights and RAF planes, rather than scheduled services, for his globetrotting trips, and for flying to Paris and Brussels rather than using Eurostar.

"Gordon Brown's travel has been at needlessly huge cost to the taxpayer and left a vast carbon footprint," claimed Mr Baker.

"The Prime Minister seems to be living on a different planet to the rest of us, one where there isn't a recession and there isn't a carbon problem," he added.

The most expensive trip was a five-day, three-continent eve-of-G20 marathon in March when Mr Brown delivered a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, held talks with the UN Secretary General in New York and met the presidents of Brazil and Chile in South America. Travel and accommodation for the Prime Minister and his entourage of 27 cost £743,341.

The bill for attending the G8 summit in Japan last July came to £525,477 while a six-day trip to the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and China, ending at the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008 cost £502,084.