Special Advisers (Hansard, 11 April 2002)

HC Deb 11 April 2002 vol 383 c519W 519W

§ Mr. Burns
To ask the President of the Council how many times special advisers have accompanied Ministers on overseas visits in each of the last five years; which countries were visited; and what the total cost of each individual visit was. [47139]

§ Robin Cook
The information requested is as follows:

Year Country No. of special advisers Overall cost of trip £

October 2000 Mexico 1 16,012.17

September 2000 Switzerland and Germany 1 6,697.21

January 2001 America¹ 1 48,387.01

¹The office of the Leader of the House was then responsible for the Business Co-ordination Unit which has since been transferred to the Cabinet Office.

The cost of these visits attributed to Special Advisers is not available.

Year	Country	No. of special advisers	Overall cost of trip £
October 2000	Mexico	1	16,012.17
September 2000	Switzerland and Germany	1	6,697.21
January 2001	America¹	1	48,387.01
¹The office of the Leader of the House was then responsible for the Business Co-ordination Unit which has since been transferred to the Cabinet Office.