§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Prime Minister, (1) pursuant to his answer of 5 June 2000,Official Report, column 50W, on special advisers, if he will list the destination and the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance of each of the occasions when members of the No. 10 Policy Unit travelled abroad in an official capacity; and on how many occasions members of the No. 10 Policy Unit accompanied him on official visits abroad; [135256]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 5 June 2000, Official Report, column 50W, on special advisers, if he will list the destination and the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance of every occasion when his Chief Press Secretary, and each of the occasions when his Chief of Staff accompanied him on overseas visits since 28 February. [135257]
§ The Prime MinisterIn the period 31 March 1999 to 31 March 2000, members of the Policy Unit have travelled overseas on official business on 47 occasions. The average cost of their official travel was approximately £430 per visit. All visits have been in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code.
In this period members of the Policy Unit accompanied me on overseas visits on three occasions. The costs of all officials who accompanied me on overseas visits, including my Chief Press Secretary, Chief of Staff and members of the Policy Unit, were fully accounted for in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Halton (Mr. Twigg) of 28 July 2000, Official Report, column 969W.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 2 November 2000,Official Report, column 575W, regarding his office costs, if he will provide a breakdown of how the £5.4 million was spent. [137537]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 10 November 2000]: Expenditure was as follows:
£ million Pay 3.3 Running costs 1.7 Capital 0.6 Note:
Income was £0.2 million