§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total expenditure of(a) his Department and (b) its agencies was on official travelling in 2001–02. [84784]
§ Hilary Benn[holding answer 3 December 2003]Total Home Office expenditure on official travelling in 2001–02 was £12,959,000. This includes a small element of subsistence allowance, which cannot be separately identified without disproportionate cost.
The expenditure on travel by the Home Office agencies, in 2001–02 was as follows:
Agency Cost (£) Forensic Science Service 1,924,000 Her Majesty's Prison Service 8,769,000 United Kingdom Passport Service 2,583,000 The Forensic Science Service and the United Kingdom Passport Service figures also include subsistence costs that could not be separately identified without disproportionate cost.