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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of travel within the UK for the Department was in each year since 1997; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire cars, (b) helicopter hire, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence. [206472] Mr. Spellar: Information is only available from 2001-02. Costs of (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) cannot be disaggregated from the overall totals. Overall costs of travel to the Northern Ireland Office (excluding it's Agencies and NDPBs) are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2003-04 3,264,162.87 2002-03 3,335,550.55 2001-02 2,465,438.08 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Overall costs of overnight subsistence, which includes hotel accommodation are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2003-04 456,727.54 2002-03 441,383.02 2001-02 330,087.03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. This information relates to the Northern Ireland Office and does not include the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland administration.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1679-80W;432 c1675W; 206472

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Cars Hire services Government departments Hotels Helicopters Travel Northern Ireland Office

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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