§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the total cost including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowances, and the place visited on each occasion that Lance Price, Hilary Coffman, Kate Garvey, Fiona Millar, Sally Morgan and Anji Hunter travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2 May 1997, whether accompanied by him or not. [94529]
§ The Prime MinisterOfficials in my Office regularly accompany me on official overseas visits and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend, the Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Mr. Pendry) on 17 June 1999,Official Report, columns 196–97, which accounted fully for the costs of my official visits overseas during the period 2 May 1997 to 31 March 1999, including the costs of those accompanying me. In addition, during the conflict in Kosovo Anji Hunter visited Macedonia and Albania and Hilary Coffman visited NATO Headquarters in Brussels and Romania at a total cost of £4,166. Anji Hunter also visited Chicago in April this year on official business; her travel costs were £3,936. Normal subsistence rates for civil servants have applied and all visits have been in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the visits made since May 1997 by Government Ministers to the Ukraine indicating the duration of each visit and its purpose. [98004]
§ The Prime MinisterThere have been the following visits to the Ukraine by Ministers since May 1997:
Visitor Dates Purpose Secretary of State for Defence 16–17 September 1997 Attend the UK-Polish-Ukranian exercise ("Cossack Steppe") Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development 23–26 November 1997 Consultations on the UK's technical assistance strategy for Ukraine Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development 11–12 May 1998 Attend European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Annual Meeting Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister for Europe) 23–25 June 1998 Consultations on bilateral and multilateral issues Secretary of State for Defence 17–18 June 1999 Consultations on bilateral defence co-operation, NATO and Kosovo