§ Dr. CableTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the travel costs were of civil servants in(a) his Department, (b) its predecessor Department and (c) its related agencies in each year since 1997. [183894]
§ Mr. LammyTotal travel costs, which includes domestic and overseas travel for the Department and covers costs for the Court Service (CS), the Public Guardianship Office (PGO) and the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Headquarters (DCA HQ) are set out in the following table.
Period DCA HQ CS PGO Total DCA 2004–051 556,356 720,660 7,570 1,284,586 2003–04 2,389,149 3,664,272 34,639 6,088,060 2002–03 1,174,209 3,964,961 41,783 5,180,953 2001–02 1,179,355 3,377,593 61,480 4,618,428 2000–01 1,307,772 2,972,788 43,082 4,323,642 1999–2000 1,096,679 3,215,919 28,751 4,341,349 1998–99 903,983 2,696,618 16,934 3,617,535 1To 30 June. There has been an increase in travel costs for the DCA HQ between 2002–03 and 2003–04, which is mainly due to a change in attribution of costs between the Court Service, PGO and DCA HQ and due to an increase in responsibilities for the Department.
Information on the previous year is not readily available.