§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 5 June 2000,Official Report, column 66W, on special advisers, if he will list the destination and the total 604W cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance, on each of the occasions when departmental or non-departmental special advisers travelled abroad in an official capacity. [135246]
§ Ms Beverley HughesDuring the period 31 March 1999 to 31 March 2000, special advisers in this Department travelled on official business to the United States, Madrid, Johannesburg, Warsaw, Bonn, Delhi and Brazil/United States at an average cost of £3,300 per visit. These destinations included some visits by my right hon. Friend in his role as Deputy Prime Minister. The costs of these visits were 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 £4.6 million, compared to £7.9 million for the last year of the previous Administration.