Special Advisers

HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc792-4W

Mr. Tyrie

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003(a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited: and how much each visit cost. [126663]

Mr. Straw

Between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2003, special advisers in my Department travelled abroad to the following places. The cost for each visit is included. All travel by special advisers is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code, and the Civil Service Management Code.

Date
Michael Williams
18 April 2002	Geneva
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: Nil
	Subsistence: £22.88
	Total: £22.88

Date
26–28 April 2002	Kosovo
	Flight: £1,227.40
	Accommodation: £87.56
	Subsistence: £63.92
	Total: £1,378.88
14–16 May 2002	China
	Flight: £3,415.50
	Train: £233
	Accommodation: £183.24
	Subsistence £391.35
	Total: £4,223.09
27–29 May 2002	Berlin, Pakistan, India
	Flight: Charter
	Accommodation: £136.30
	Subsistence: £36.88
	Total: £173.18
13–21 July 2002	China, Japan, Hong Kong, India
	Flight: £2,464.40
	Accommodation: £470.57
	Subsistence: £228.51
	Total: £3,163.48
10–16 September 2002	New York
	Flight: £2,448.30
	Accommodation: £1,414.17
	Subsistence: £335.91
	Total: £4,198.38
7–10 October 2002	Paris, Cairo, Amman, Kuwait, Tehran
	Flight: Charter
	Accommodation: Official residences
	Subsistence: £59.81
	Total: £59.81
5–6 November 2002	Belgrade, Pristina, Sarajevo
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: £95.41
	Subsistence: £29.04
	Total: £124.45
1–4 December 2002	Tokyo
	Flight: £2,943.10
	Accommodation: £191.14
	Subsistence: £55.08
	Total: £3,189.32
5–6 December 2002	Copenhagen
	Flight: £637.10
	Accommodation: £81.67
	Subsistence: £103.67
	Total: £822.44
7–11 January 2003	Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia
	Flight: £4,844.70
	Accommodation: £82.95
	Subsistence: £94.33
	Total: £5,021.98
10–11 March 2003	Brussels
	Eurostar: £202.50
	Accommodation: £111.11
	Subsistence: £103.93
	Total: £417.54
15 March 2003	Belgrade
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: Nil
	Subsistence: Nil
	Total: Nil
Ed Owen
22–23 April 2002	Valencia
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: £98.55
	Subsistence: £45.51
	Total: £144.06
3 May 2002	Gibraltar
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: Nil
	Subsistence: Nil
	Total: Nil
7–8 May 2002	Washington
	Flight: £2,771.70
	Accommodation: £147.42
	Subsistence: £53.15
	Total: £2,972.27
27 May 2002	Berlin
	Flight (Charter/Commercial): £348.60
	Accommodation: Nil
	Subsistence: Nil
	Total: £348.60

Date
29–30 August 2002	Helsingborg
	Flight (RAF/Commercial): £371.44
	Accommodation: £97.49
	Subsistence: £45
	Total: £513.93
14–15 October 2002	Washington, Chicago
	Flight: £3,584
	Accommodation: £135.72
	Subsistence: £79.51
	Total: £3,799.23
2–4 December 2002	Bonn, Berlin, Ankara. Slovenia
	Flight: RAF
	Accommodation: Ambassador's
	Subsistence: £15.38
	Total: £15.38
22–23 January 2003	Washington
	Flight: £2,594.30
	Accommodation: £110.24
	Subsistence: £48.54
	Total: £2,753.08