HC Deb 22 October 2003 vol 411 cc591-2W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many official overseas visits each Minister in the Ministry of Defence has made in each year since 1997. [132123]

Mr. Caplin

A list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year since 1997 is available in the Libraries of the House. The lists provide details of the dates, destinations and purposes of all such visits and the costs of Ministers' travel and accommodation where appropriate.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 16 July 2003, Official Report, columns 327–28, to my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Plaskitt).