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Dept of National Heritage

Answer

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage 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. [6392] Mr. Sproat: While all the information requested is not available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost, the available information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1993-94 1994-95 {1}1995-96 £ £ £ Overseas travel and subsistence 14,967 46,092 15,361 Government car services 192,693 190,165 120,675 UK travel and subsistence 10,648 24,868 14,882 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} To date. There are no comparable figures for earlier years as the Department's payment system was not in place until 1993, following the establishment of the Department of National Heritage in 1992.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6392; 269 c63W;269 c62-3W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Costs Expenditure Government departments Protection Ministers Travel Security Domestic visits Visits abroad Official cars Department of National Heritage

Contains statistics

Yes