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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the total cost for himself and other departmental Ministers for each year since 1991-92, including the current year of (a) overseas travel and accommodation expenses of Ministers and their advisers, (b) car and chauffeuring costs of Ministers, (c) ministerial security costs and (d) domestic travel and accommodation expenses of ministers. [6408] Mr. Burt: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year {1}Overseas{} travel and Car and chauffeuring costs {2}Domestic travel and accommodation accommodation £ £ £ 1991-92 n/a {1}286,391.00 n/a 1992-93 21,115.27 {1}274,758.00 n/a 1993-94 17,717.54 {1}290,241.00 n/a 1994-95 27,570.38 {2}325,815.00 17,228.00 1995-30/11 4,222.35 {2}203,088.00 12,225.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes expenditure incurred by Ministers and officials acting in direct support of Ministers. {2} Includes expenditure by Minsters only. n/a = not available. Expenditure on Ministerial security costs is included in the running costs expenditure of the Department which is published in the Annual Report.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6408; 269 c566W;269 c564W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Costs Department of Social Security Expenditure Government departments Protection Ministers Travel Security Visits abroad Official cars

Contains statistics

Yes