§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list visits made by each Minister in the Department between December 2003 and April 2004, broken down by(a) date, (b) constituency visited and (c) cost. [171570]
§ Ruth KellyThe Government publishes on an annual basis the total costs of all ministerial overseas travel and a list of all visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500. Information for 2003–04 is currently being collected will be published as soon as it is ready. Domestic visits on official departmental business between December 2003 and April 2004 are listed in the following table.
All travel is undertaken fully in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.
Date Constituency Cost (£) Chancellor of the Exchequer 18 March 2004 North East Milton Keynes 26 26 March 2004 Manchester, Central 321 5 April 2004 Poplar and Canning Town No cost Chief Secretary to the Treasury 15 December 2003 Holborn and St. Pancras No cost 18 December 2003 West Ham No cost 11–12 January 2004 Warrington South, Preston 817 25–27 January 2004 West Aberdeen and Kincardine; Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh 1,477 8–9 February 2004 Belfast, East, Belfast, South 586 16 April 2004 Dover 46 18–19 April 2004 Blaenau Gwent; IsIwyn 470 25–26 April 04 Copeland 534 Financial Secretary to the Treasury 11 December 2003 Stafford 374 Economic Secretary to the Treasury 15 December 2003 City of Durham 479 29 January 2004 Leeds, Central 405 23 February 2004 Dumbarton; Clydebank and Milngavie 728 8 March 2004 Selby 452 Paymaster General 13 January 2004 Cities of London and Westminster No cost 19–20 January 2004 Aberdeen, Central 1,110