§ David DavisTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the travel costs incurred by(a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) each Minister within his Department, for each of the last 10 years. [175656]
§ Phil HopeThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was formed on 29 May 2002.
(a) The travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Office of the Deputy Prime. Ministers (ODPM) employees in each financial year are as follows:
£000 2002–03 4,313,010.44 2003–04 4.928,250.91 (b) UK travel costs (air and rail fares) incurred by the ODPM Ministers since June 2002 to 31 March 2004 are as follows:
£000 Deputy Prime Minister: 5,079.60 Nick Raynsford: 4,860.90 Lord Rooker: 2,276.10 Chris Leslie: 2,537.90 Phil Hope: 3,458.80 Barbara Roche: 3,842.60 Keith Hill: 1,078.80 Tony McNulty: 5,775.00 Yvette Cooper: 1,947.20 Information for earlier years in respect of both (a) and (b) could only be obtained at disproportionate cost and in some cases will no longer be held.
In respect of overseas travel by Ministers, since 1999 the Government has published an annual list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. The Government has also published on an annual basis the cost of all Ministers' visits overseas. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of the House. These reports information reaching back to 1995–96. Information for earlier years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost and in some cases will no longer be held. Information for 2003–04 will be published in due course
Finished consultant episodes (inpatients and daycases)1 Unitary authority 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Isle of Anglesey 17,405 17,196 17,552 17,230 17,954 Gwynedd 30,645 30,577 30,123 29,172 30,083 Conwy 32,484 32,764 34,353 31,582 32,819