HC Deb 02 May 1995 vol 259 cc167-8W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the total amount paid by his central Department and each agency for which he is responsible in subsistence allowances for travel(a) within the United Kingdom and (b) outside the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [19558]

Mr. Dorrell

The Department of National Heritage was created in April 1992. It has two agencies—the Royal Parks agency created in April 1993 and the Historic Royal Palaces agency created in October 1989. The information requested for travel and subsistence—it is not possible to disaggregate the two—is shown in the following table:

Summary of grants for aerial archaeology
1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ 11995–96 £
Reconnaissance 19,225 26,577 23,170 23,307 14,800
Mapping 34,650 115,354 106,044 63,410 43,000
Total 53,875 141,931 129,214 86,717 57,800
1 Provisional.

Travel and subsistence within the UK £ Travel and subsistence outside the UK £
DNH central department
1992–931 Figures not available Figures not available
1993–94 105,215.03 87,016.56
1994–952 100,062.59 156,896.27
RPA
1992–93 Not applicable Not applicable
1993–94 37,867.26 Nil
1994–952 21,192.74 Nil
HRPA3
1992–93 25,500.00
1993–94 20,400.00
1993–952 31,326.82
Notes:
1 DNH did not have its own financial and management accounting arrangements in place until August 1992; for the year 1992–93, the information is therefore not available in the format requested.
2 The 1994–95 figures, for year ending 31 March 1995, may change slightly as year-end accounts are finalised.
3 For HRPA expenditure, separate totals for UK and overseas travel and subsistence are not available.