§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 8 January 2003, ref. 89323, if he will give details of each ministerial visit during 2002 on departmental business to(a) Belgium, (b) France, (c) Slovakia, (d) Italy, (e) Australia and (f) the United States, including (i) the purpose of the visit, (ii) the Ministers involved, (iii) the number of officials accompanying the Minister, (iv) the number of advisers accompanying the Minister and (v) the cost of the visit. [90443]
§ Mr. Stephen Twigg[holding answer 13 January 2003]: The Government publish an annual list of Cabinet Ministers' visits overseas costing more than £500, and 156W the annual cost of all Ministers' visitsoverseas. For details of visits overseas during the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002, I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 24 July 2002, Official Report, column 1375W. Similar details for 2002–03 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the current financial year.