HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 c70W
Dr. Cable

To 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. Lammy

Total 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.