Visits Abroad

James Duddridge
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) destination, (b) duration and (c) purpose was of each overseas visit by members of staff in her Department of each civil service grade over the last 12 months.

Mr. Byrne
The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Department expects all official travel to be undertaken only where there is a clear business need and that, when such a need arises, it is carried out by the most efficient and economic means available, taking into account the cost of travel and subsistence, savings in official time, management benefit, and the needs of staff with disabilities. This is in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code.