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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her estimate of the total cost for herself 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. [6394] Mr. Robin Squire: For expenditure under category (a) I would refer the hon. Member to the replies given by my hon. Friends to the hon. Member for Knowsley, North (Mr. Howarth) on 5 and 6 July 1995, Official Report, columns 233 and 360 respectively. For expenditure under category (b) I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Dr. Jones) on 8 November 1995, Official Report, column 934. No extra departmental costs have been incurred under category (c). Information on expenditure for the remaining category (d) is not collected in the format requested. However this information, together with planned expenditure for the current financial year in respect of all categories, is included in the running costs expenditure of the former Employment and Education Departments, which is published in the respective departmental annual reports.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6394; 269 c146W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Costs Expenditure Government departments Protection Ministers Travel Security Domestic visits Department for Education and Employment Visits abroad Official cars

Contains statistics

Yes