§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list(a) details of all overseas trips made by her, or ministerial colleagues in her Department, paid for wholly or partly from public funds and (b) the purpose, destination and duration of such overseas trips, which officials accompanied her and the total cost in each case, including that of officials, to public funds for each year since 1992. [32253]
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Mrs. Gillian ShepherdThe destination, duration and purpose of ministerial overseas trips involving public funds since 1992 are listed.
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Destination Duration (days) Purpose Germany 1 Bilateral meeting Spain 2 Bilateral meeting USA 13 Fact-finding Ireland 2 Bilateral meeting Belgium 1 EU Education Council Norway 2 Informal OECD meeting Belgium 2 EU Education Council Belgium 1 EU Youth Council Pakistan 8 Commonwealth conference France 2 Informal OECD meeting Russia 3 EU/Russian conference Finland 4 Bilateral meeting Germany 3 EU Informal Education Council Luxembourg 2 EU Education Council Luxembourg 2 EU Youth Council Bermuda 6 Women's Association of Bermuda Netherlands 1 Informal OECD meeting Malaysia and Singapore 5 Education Exports Greece 3 EU Informal Education Council Germany and Italy 5 Lecture and Presidency of European University Institute Switzerland 2 Speech at a multilateral symposium Slovakia 3 Visiting HE institutions Belgium 2 EU Education Council Germany 3 Bilateral meeting USA 4 Informal OECD meeting and Bilateral meeting Luxembourg 2 EU Education Council Germany 1 Visit a MOD service school New Zealand and Canada 17 Bilateral meeting Denmark 2 EU Informal Education Council France 1 Informal OECD meeting Belgium 2 EU Education Council France 1 Informal OECD meeting Luxembourg 1 EU Education Council Switzerland 2 Education Equipment Conference France 3 OECD Science meeting Mexico 8 Education Exports Total departmental expenditure on foreign travel and foreign subsistence for 1991–92 to 1994–95 is listed:
Financial year Expenditure £ 1991–92 371,435 1992–93 308,158 1993–94 226,033 1994–95 156,803 The additional information requested could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.