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Written question asked by Dai Davies (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 3 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 June 2009. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association: Visits Abroad

Question
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what records the Commission holds on the (a) number of and (b) cost to the public purse of overseas visits made by hon. Members as part of delegations of (i) the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and (ii) the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union since the start of the 2008-09 financial year.
Answer

Both organisations receive funding from a number of sources which includes grant in aid paid from the House of Commons Administration Estimate. They have informed me that the total costs incurred by them in funding delegations undertaken by hon. Members since the start of 2008-09 have been:

Number of delegations Total cost (£)
UK Branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
27 380,537
British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union
19 358,535

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c882W; 278667
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Inter-Parliamentary Union Visits abroad
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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