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Executive Agencies (Overseas Travel)

Volume 270: debated on Tuesday 30 January 1996

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To ask the Secretary of State for. Social Security if he will list for each of his executive agencies for the last financial year in respect of overseas travel by staff of the agency (a) the cost, (b) the countries visited and (c) the posts held by the staff involved. [2357]

[pursuant to his reply, 7 December 1995,c. 378]: The information that I gave regarding the cost of overseas travel within the Department's executive agencies was incorrect. The correct information is as follows:

Cost of overseas travel
AgencyCost £
Benefits Agency113,266
Child Support Agency9,584
Resettlement Agencynil
Contributions Agency15,040
War Pensions Agency3,975
Information Technology Services Agency56,364
The principal countries visited were:

  • Republic of Ireland
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • USA
  • The Netherlands
  • Luxembourg
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Switzerland.