§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure by(a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on overseas travel for (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1987–88, (iii) 1990–91, (iv) 1991–92,
£ 000 1987–88 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1 May to 30 September 1997 Department of Social Security 788,683 213,231 205,482 202,253 158,66 200,154 160,672 79,629 21,713 Information technology Services Agency — 38.014 121,084 174,274 53,119 56,364 48,139 44,704 4,700 Benefits Agency — — 102,447 62,517 57,346 113,266 172,120 185,752 16,258 Contributions Agency — — — 12,960 31,838 15,040 21,356 — — Child Support Agency — — — 8,988 NIL 9,584 8,080 7,046 — War Pensions Agency — — — — 47,198 3,975 2,134 2,899 874 Non Departmental Public Bodies — — — — — — 1,850 199 488 1 A breakdown of air fares and other expenditure relating to overseas travel is not available.
2 Figures for the 1980–81 financial year are not available.
3 Figures include the amounts paid for subsistence.
4 The Department's NDPBs are funded on-Vote and, as such, their expenditure prior to 1995–96 is subsumed within DSS HQ.