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Departmental Pay

Volume 480: debated on Monday 6 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department and its agencies in each of the last three financial years. (221182)

All expenses are reimbursed in accordance with guidance set out in the Department’s staff guide and the civil service code.

The reimbursable expenses claimed by press officers in the Department and its executive agency, the Royal Parks, in each of the last three years are set out in the table.

£

Amounts claimed by press officers

Financial year

Department

Royal Parks

2005-06

16,259.86

88.20

2006-07

6,774.75

233.25

2007-08

2,568.72

31.06

1 Excludes claims made through petty cash claims. These can be identified only at disproportionate cost.