To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many overseas visits by officials in his Department took place in each of the last 10 years; which countries were visited; and how much was spent on such visits in each such year. (181592)

Detailed information requested can be provided only at a disproportionate cost for the years 1999 to 2003-04.

Officials from my Department have travelled overseas only since 2004 to accompany Ministers. The cost of overseas visits by officials since 2004 was:

2004-05

£18,238 for one visit to China.

2006-07

£8,697.51 for one visit to the United States of America.

£450.00 for one visit to Brussels.