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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 June 2007. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 July 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departments: Hotels

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1879W, on Departments: hotels, if he will set out the figures for 2006-07 for (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Debt Management Office, (c) the Royal Mint and (d) the Office of Government Commerce, including subsistence, as in the answer of 16 October 2006, Official Report, column 1060W, on departmental expenditure;
Answer

The available information is presented in the following table. As explained in the answer given by the then Financial Secretary (John Healey) on 16 October 2006, in most cases, the bodies' accounting systems do not record accommodation costs separately, so the figures are for subsistence, which includes accommodation and associated allowances for meals. Therefore further analysis could be provided only at disproportionate cost.Information relating to overseas travel by Ministers is published on an annual basis. Information for the period 2 May 1997 to 31 March 2006 is available in the Library of the House. Information for the financial year 2006-07 is currently being compiled and is due to be published, shortly.All travel and subsistence is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Ministerial Code, Travel by Ministers and the Civil Service Management Code.

Department/Agency/NDPB Type of Travel 2006-07 (£000)
HM Treasury¹ UK 98
Overseas 308
Debt Management Office UK 3
Overseas 3
Office of Government Commerce UK 476
Overseas 20
OGCbuying.solutions² All 284
Valuation Office Agency³ All 633
HM Revenue and Customs4 UK 14,100
Overseas 376
Royal Mint5 All 401
National Savings and Investments All 121
Office of National Statistics6 UK 713
Overseas 78
Government Actuary's Department UK 7
Overseas 15
Statistics Commission UK 2
Overseas 1
¹ Treasury figures include Ministers, staff and other persons. ² OGCbuying.solutions figures are for accommodation only, excluding meals, including both UK and overseas accommodation. ³ The Valuation Office Agency figure represents costs of UK and overseas accommodation only. Figures previously provided for preceding years have included subsistence and other supplementary costs which were unable to be separated except at disproportionate cost. The figure of £525,000 for 2006-07 provided on 20 June was subject to audit adjustments, which have now been agreed. 4 The HM Revenue and Customs figures are for accommodation only, unlike figures previously reported for earlier years, where the method for recording such expenditure made disaggregating accommodation expenditure from subsistence possible only at disproportionate cost. 5 The amount for The Royal Mint includes both UK and overseas subsistence. 6 The Office of National Statistics figures represent accommodation only. Figures previously reported for preceding years included travel and subsistence, as well as accommodation. The method of recording expenditure made disaggregating accommodation possible at disproportionate cost only.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
462 c1485-6W; 147097
Session
2006-07
Related items
Departments: Hotels
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Departmental Expenditure
Monday, 16 October 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Hotels Treasury
Link
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