§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her answer of 5 June 2000,Official Report, column 1W, on special advisers, if she will list the destination and the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance, on the occasion when departmental or non-departmental special advisers travelled abroad in an official capacity.[135252]
§ Mrs. BeckettDuring the period 31 March 1999 to 31 March 2000, a special adviser travelled abroad on official business on one occasion—on a visit to the Netherlands on Millennium Bug business. The total cost of this visit was £936. 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 968W, which for 1999–2000 was £4.6 million compared to £7.9 million for the last year of the previous Administration.