§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many non-ministerial staff in his Department have attended conferences(a) in the UK and (b) abroad in the year to 29 February; and what the cost of attending these conferences was, broken down by (i) travel costs, (ii) food and drink, (iii) accommodation and (iv)miscellaneous costs. [160799]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 18 March 2004]: The information required for this answer is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.