§ Mr. WatsonTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list a) Government expenditure on ministerial overseas visits for the financial years 1996–97 to 2003–04 and(b) all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500 between 1 April 2003 and 31 March 2004, including the cost, destination and purpose of each visit. [186446]
§ The Prime MinisterExpenditure on ministerial overseas visits for the period requested is estimated as follows.
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Expenditure (£ million) 1996–97 7.9 1997–981 6.4 1998–99 4.9 1999–2000 4.6 2000–01 4.7 2001–02 5.6 2002–03 5.7 2003–042 5.2 12 May 1997 to 31 March 1998. 2The figure for 2003–04 reflects payments made so far for travel undertaken in the period; a few bills have yet to be submitted to Departments for payment. A list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during the period 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 has been placed in the Libraries of the House. The list provides details of the date, destination, purpose and costs of individual visits made by Cabinet Minsters.
Advisers in post Appointing Minister Special adviser in post Expertise The Prime Ministers1 Jonathan Powell Chief of Staff Sally Morgan Government relations Policy Directorate Andrew Adonis Education Arnab Banerjee Economic Patrick Diamond Education and cross-cutting policy issues Matthew Elson Transport Julian Le Grand Health Roger Liddle Europe Alasdair McGowan Devolution, local and regional government John McTernan Social exclusion Geoffrey Norris Industry and business Carey Oppenheim Children and families Nicholas Rowley Environment Justin Russell Home and Legal Affairs Matthew Taylor Acting Head of the Policy Directorate Communications David Hill Hilary Coffman Darren Murphy Diary management Katie Kay Events and visits Jo Gibbons Angela Goodchild (p/t) Implementation Group Kate Garvey Sarah Hunter Liz Lloyd Media Monitoring Unit Chris McShane Research and Information Unit Joanna Nadin Catherine Rimmer Strategic Communications Unit David Bradshaw