§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 March 1999,Official Report, column 665, on special advisers, if he will give the total travel cost of each occasion when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2 May 1997 and the place visited. [82411]
§ Mr. StrawFor the period 2 May 1997 to 27 April 1999, Special Advisers in my Department have travelled overseas in an official capacity on two occasions to Brussels and once to Washington. The total cost of travel and any hotel accommodation for the visits to Brussels was £433.00. The cost of the visit to Washington was accounted for in the answer given by the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Lichfield (Mr. Fabricant) on 13 March 1998,Official Report, columns 366–67. Because of the block booking arrangements, the cost per person for travel was £3,500. All travel complied with the requirements of the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code.