HC Deb 21 October 1993 vol 230 cc300-1W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the cost for the current financial year of his Department having(a) premises and (b) personnel overseas; and what were the comparable figures for (a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 36 and (d) 48 months ago.

Mr. Eggar

The costs to this Department of its personnel temporarily based overseas in 1993–94 are estimated to be in the region of £1.3 million, on the basis of expenditure in the first half of the current financial year. This Department does not have to meet the costs of any overseas premises.

Precise figures for earlier years are not readily available, but are likely to have been broadly similar to the current year in real terms.