§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 5 June 2000,Official Report, column 2W, on Special Advisers, if he will list the destination and the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance, on each occasion when departmental or non-departmental Special Advisers travelled abroad in an official capacity. [135251]
§ Mr. MandelsonDuring the period 31 March 1999 to the end of March 2000, a Special Adviser in this Department travelled on official business on one occasion to New York, Washington and Boston over a period of two days and two nights. This took place prior to my appointment on 11 October 1999. The total cost of the trip including travel, accommodation and subsistence amounted to £3,251.22. The cost of this visit was accounted for in expenditure on Ministers' travel overseas published by the Prime Minister on 28 July 2000, Official Report, column 969W, which for 1999–2000 was 00A3;4.6 million compared to £7.9 million for the last year of the previous Administration.