§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the overseas trips on departmental business that have been undertaken in each of the last five years by officials in her Department; and what the(a) cost, (b) purpose and (c) result was in each case. [68733]
§ Mr. MorleyAll overseas travel by officials in my Department is undertaken in accordance with the principles set in Chapter 8 of theCivil Service Management Code, and the detailed rules and guidance are set out in our Departmental staff handbook.
The detailed information requested about individual trips is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.