(2) how many overseas visits by officials in her 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.
Communities and Local Government (CLG) and its predecessor the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) were created following the machinery of government changes on 5 May 2006 and 29 May 2002, respectively.
The following table sets out the total annual departmental costs of overseas and UK travel and subsistence (for both civil servants and Ministers) for CLG and the former ODPM (excluding the Government offices). Expenditure figures prior to 2002-03 are not available and the detailed breakdown of overseas visits information could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.
The total cost of travel and subsistence represents in each year approximately 2 per cent. of the central Department's overall near cash administration expenditure.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 UK travel and subsistence 2,500,200 2,893,167 2,976,065 2,636,968 2,163,827 Overseas travel and subsistence 251,162 241,014 245,360 377,623 104,722 Total 2,751,362 3,134,181 3,221,425 3,014,591 2,268,549