HC Deb 13 November 1997 vol 300 cc642-3W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each of the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team since 2 May, specifying in each case(a) the participating Minister or Ministers, (b) the destination of the trip, (c) the purpose of the trip and (d) the cost of the trip; and if he will make a statement. [15236]

Mr. Straw

[holding answer 11 November 1997]: The table gives the information requested including costs for the Ministerial delegation.

Minister Dates Destination Purpose Cost£
Right hon. Jack Straw MP 20-21 October 1997 Paris To attend meetings with French Interior Minister and Minister of Justice 2,800
Joyce Quin MP 20-21 October 1997 Strasbourg To attend European Plenary Meeting 2,000
Joyce Quin MP 4-6 November 1997 Stockholm To assess prison and probation system 2,900
1 No expense incurred by Department.

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the expenditure by(a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on overseas travel for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–l91, (iv) 1991–92, (v) 1992–93, (vi) 1993–94, (vii) 1994–95, (viii) 1995–96,

(a)Department Related (b)Agencies Related (c)Non-departmental public bodies Related
Year Travel £ costs £ Total £ Travel £ costs £ Total £ Travel £ costs £ Total £
1994–95 658,802 823,914 1,482,716 168,372 98,659 267,031 6,766 2,179 8,945
1995–96 993,768 1,455,842 2,449,610 227,762 122,312 350,074 17,067 16,831 33,898
1996–97 1,098,892 1,495,522 2,594,414 128,018 122,665 250,683 13,105 6,298 19,403
1997–981 363,919 465,194 829,113 68,649 42,582 111,231 4,872 5,250 10,122
1 May to September.

Information relating to 1980–81 is no longer held. That relating to 1987 to 1994, and a separate breakdown relating to air fares, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.