§ Mr. CrausbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was in each of the last five years of the visa sections of(a) embassies and (b) high commissions and consuls, including the cost of entry clearance officers. [147787]
§ Mr. MullinTotal global costs of running UK visas operations for the years 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 are published in the annual Foreign and Commonwealth Office Department Report, available in the Library of the House and on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk. The latest published figure is £81.386 million for 2001–02. To break down the information further as requested by my hon. Friend could be provided only at disproportionate cost.