§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the total cost for himself and other departmental Ministers for each year since 1991–92, including the current year of(a) overseas travel and accommodation expenses of Ministers and their advisers, (b) car and chauffeuring costs of Ministers, (c) ministerial security costs and (d) domestic travel and accommodation expenses of ministers. [6408]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table:
Financial year 1Overseas travel and accommodation £ Car and chauffeuring costs £ 2Domestic travel and accommodation £ 1991–92 n/a 1286,391.00 n/a 1992–93 21,115.27 1274,758.00 n/a 1993–94 17,717.54 1290,241.00 n/a 1994–95 27,570.38 1325,815.00 17,228.00 1995–30/11 4,222.35 1203,088.00 12,225.00 1Includes expenditure incurred by Ministers and officials acting in direct support of Ministers. 2 Includes expenditure by Minsters only. n/a = not available.
Expenditure on Ministerial security costs is included in the running costs expenditure of the Department which is published in the Annual Report.