§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible(a) the total amount of removal costs and associated expenses reimbursed to officials who were required to relocate as part of their employment, (b) the amount of each of the highest three claims that were concluded and settled and (c) the average amount of each claim in each of the last three years. [19660]
§ Mr. GoodladThe details for the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are:
(a) £ (b) £ (c) £ 1994–95 47,941 19,507 6,849 — 10,672 — — 6,556 — 1993–94 111,769 25,958 7,451 — 19,771 — — 17,143 — 1992–93 216,447 40,078 12,025 — 22,534 — — 20,144 — The details for the Overseas Development Administration are:
(a) £ (b) £ (c) £ 1994–95 56,733 22,895 14,183 — 22,315 — — 9,777 — 1993–94 32,923 29,619 16,461 — 3,304 — 1992–93 47,802 33,428 23,901 — 14,374 — The details for Wilton Park, an executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, are:
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(a) £ (b) £ (c) £ 1994–95 Nil Nil Nil 1993–94 5,000 5,000 5,000 1992–93 2,000 2,000 2,000 So far as the Natural Resources Institute, an executive agency of the Overseas Development Agency, is concerned, the chief executive will write separately to the hon. Gentleman when the figures have been collated.
The figures exclude (a) the costs of posting officers overseas and (b) the costs of moving officers within the United Kingdom when this has not been caused by relocation of work.