HC Deb 18 July 2002 vol 389 cc545-6W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the overseas trips on departmental business that have been undertaken in each of the last five years by officials in his Department; and what the(a) cost, (b) purpose and (c) result was in each case. [68725]

Beverley Hughes

The following table lists the total cost, to the Home Office and its agencies, of official duty visits abroad in each of the past five years.

The other information is not collected in the format the hon. Member requires and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

£
Core Home Office Forensic Science Service Passport Agency Prison Service
2001–02 3,907,148 264,490 10,705 32,946
2000–01 2,416,802 221,425 26,420 97,681

£
Core Home Office Forensic Science Service Passport Agency Prison Service
1999–2000 2,295,825 220,843 58,816 124,441
1998–99 1,731,182 149,176 18,435 56,157
1997–98 2,724,330 142,219 5,223 48,827