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Communities and Local Government

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009

Ordnance Survey: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much Ordnance Survey has spent on overseas travel for its staff in the last 12 months; and which (a) cities and (b) countries have been visited.

[Official Report, 29 October 2008, Vol. 481, c. 1148-49W.]

Letter of correction from Mr. Iain Wright:

Errors have been identified in the table of the written answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 29 October 2008. The correct answer should have been: (230917)

Ordnance Survey’s total expenditure on overseas travel in the 12 months to 30 September 2008, was £180,320 on overseas travel. The cities and countries visited were as follows:

Country

City

Australia

Melbourne

Austria

Graz

Vienna

Bahrain

Bahrain

Belgium

Brussels

Canada

Toronto

Vancouver

China

Beijing

Croatia

Dubrovnik

Denmark

Copenhagen

Eire

Dublin

Shannon

Estonia

Tallinn

Finland

Helsinki

Juankoski

France

Paris

Montpellier

Nice

Germany

Berlin

Bonn

Bremen

Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Freiberg

Hamburg

Hanover

Stuttgart

Hungary

Budapest

Italy

Milan

Catania

India

Chennai

Delhi

Japan

Tokyo

Latvia

Riga

Libya

Tripoli

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Malta

Valetta

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Delft

Ensehede

Rotterdam

New Zealand

Auckland

Norway

Oslo

Poland

Warsaw

Portugal

Lisbon

Romania

Bucharest

Sibiu

Slovenia

Maribor

Spain

Barcelona

Madrid

Sweden

Norrköping

Stockholm

Switzerland

Heerbrug

Zurich

USA

Baltimore

Boston

Chicago

Denver

Detroit

Orlando

Salt Lake City

San Diego

San Francisco

Savannah

Seattle

St. Louis

Washington