§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the overseas trips on departmental business that have been undertaken in each of the last five years by officials in his Department; and what the(a) cost, (b) purpose and (c) result was in each case. [68725]
§ Beverley HughesThe following table lists the total cost, to the Home Office and its agencies, of official duty visits abroad in each of the past five years.
The other information is not collected in the format the hon. Member requires and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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£ Core Home Office Forensic Science Service Passport Agency Prison Service 2001–02 3,907,148 264,490 10,705 32,946 2000–01 2,416,802 221,425 26,420 97,681
£ Core Home Office Forensic Science Service Passport Agency Prison Service 1999–2000 2,295,825 220,843 58,816 124,441 1998–99 1,731,182 149,176 18,435 56,157 1997–98 2,724,330 142,219 5,223 48,827