To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on overseas travel in each year since 1997. (134554)

The provisional outturn for the total spent by the Treasury on overseas travel in 2006-07 was £1,573,000. For the earlier years, I refer to the answers given to the hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) on 29 November 2006, Official Report, column 719W, and to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 19 July 2004, Official Report, column 44W.