§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [68722]
§ Mr. JamiesonAll overseas travel by officials in my Department is undertaken in accordance with the principles set out in Chapter 8 of the Civil Service Management Code (available on the Cabinet Office website at http:// www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/civilservice/managementcode/ csmc.pdf)
The annual expenditure on overseas travel for the last financial year for the predecessor department, the Department for Transport, Local Government and Regions, was £1,804,386.65. This total includes the travel, accommodation and subsistence costs.