Hotel Accommodation

HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 cc81-2W

Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the amount spent by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. [117563]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.

UK Travel

Hotel costs for the former Department of Social Security, including its agencies
£
Year	UK spend	Average cost per room
1999–2000	4,452,831	58.47
2000–01	3,768,374	60.48
2001–021	6,705,547	66.03
1 The Department for Work and Pensions was formed on 7 June 2001

Hotel costs for the Department for Work and Pensions in 2002–03
£
Business area	UK spend	Average cost per room
CSA	2,126,353	66.33
Pensions Service	1,122,709	68.56
Jobcentre Plus	4,484,066	62.57
Others	4,105,127	73.13

Foreign travel

Information on foreign travel is only available for 2002–03. Costs for CSA, Pensions Service and others are not available separately.

£
Business area	Total spend	Average cost per room
CSA, Pensions Service and others	95,656	80.65
Jobcentre Plus	15,835	68.85

Non-departmental public body hotel costs (excluding HSE) Information is only available for 2002–03.
UK travel
£
	2002–03
Total spend	13,149,010
Average cost per room	78.53

Foreign travel
£
	2002–03
Total spend	1,419,952
Average cost per room	75.47

Non-departmental public body hotel costs ( HSE)

Information is only available for UK travel for 2002–03.

UK travel

£
Total spend	1,003,185
Average cost per room (London)	88.00
Average cost per room (other UK)	66.00

Ministerial hotel costs

The Government publishes an annual report of ministerial travel overseas. The total cost of ministerial travel provided in the annual report includes the costs of accommodation. The information sought in respect of accommodation within the UK is not held centrally. All travel is conducted in line with the requirements of the Ministerial Code.