HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 c541W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many people attended the UN World Food Summit in Rome in June from(a) her Department and (b) other UK Government Departments; and what the total cost of the visit was. [66223]

Clare Short

The World Food Summit: five years later event in June was attended by(a) seven people from DFID and (b) four from DEFRA. The total travel and subsistence costs were £6,250.00. There were also three non-officials on the delegation whose costs wee not met from public funds.