§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Solicitor General what the total budget of(a) the Attorney General's Department and (b) its agencies is for official travel in 2002–03. [84937]
§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 3 December 2002.]: The official travel budget for the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers in 2002–03 is £100,000. For Treasury Solicitor's Department for the same period it is £20,000 and for HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate £121,000.
The budget of the CPS for official travel in the year 2002–03 is £4,271,000 and that for the Serious Fraud Office £626,000.
Since 1999 the Government have published an annual list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. The Government have also published on an annual basis the cost of all Ministers' visits overseas.
Details of travel undertaken during the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002, was published on 24 July 2002, Official Report, columns 1374 75W.