HC Deb 11 March 2002 vol 381 cc680-1W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Prime Minister what the cost was of hotel accommodation for his Office's staff working away from home in each of the last four years. [40943]

The Prime Minister

Information on the total travel and accommodation costs is included in the detailed list of Cabinet Ministers visits overseas and information on expenditure by all Ministers on travel overseas. Lists of overseas visits undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing more than £500 during the period 2 May 1997 to 31 March 2001 were placed in the Library of the House and published in theOfficial Report on 17 June 1999, columns 196–97W; on 28 July 2000, column 969W;and on 20 July 2001, column 467W. The list for the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the current financial year.

Information on the cost of other hotel accommodation is not held centrally.