HC Deb 19 November 1998 vol 319 c791W
Mr. Maples

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the occasions since 1 May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used(a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1 May 1997 and (2) between 1 May 1996 and 1 May 1997. [55557]

OHMCI net administrative costs and programme expenditure
£000
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Administrative Costs1 2,471 2,670 4,570 3,122 3,208 3,374 2,974 2,720
Programme Costs2 3n/a 3n/a 64 837 2,435 3,922 5,009 4,783
Total 2,471 2,670 4,634 3,959 5,643 7,296 7,983 7,503
1 Administrative costs are net expenditure on salaries and general administrative expenditure.
2 Programme costs exclude capital expenditure and administrative costs, otherwise all net expenditure is shown—including school inspection, the training of Registered Inspectors and the provision of information services.
3 Prior to 1992, there was a single budget line for all expenditure relating to the inspection of schools. Following the establishment in 1992 of OHMCI as a non-ministerial Government Department, programme costs relating to the statutory inspection cycle were identified separately.

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