Special Advisers Mr. Tyrie To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited: and how much each visit cost. [126663] Mr. Straw Between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2003, special advisers in my Department travelled abroad to the following places. The cost for each visit is included. All travel by special advisers is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code, and the Civil Service Management Code.----------------------------------- |Date | | ----------------------------------- |18 April 2002|Geneva | ----------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Nil | ----------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £22.88| ----------------------------------- | |Total: £22.88 | ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- |Date | | ----------------------------------------------------------- |26–28 April 2002 |Kosovo | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £1,227.40 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £87.56 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £63.92 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £1,378.88 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |14–16 May 2002 |China | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £3,415.50 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Train: £233 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £183.24 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence £391.35 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £4,223.09 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |27–29 May 2002 |Berlin, Pakistan, India | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: Charter | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £136.30 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £36.88 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £173.18 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |13–21 July 2002 |China, Japan, Hong Kong, India | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £2,464.40 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £470.57 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £228.51 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £3,163.48 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |10–16 September 2002|New York | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £2,448.30 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £1,414.17 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £335.91 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £4,198.38 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |7–10 October 2002 |Paris, Cairo, Amman, Kuwait, Tehran | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: Charter | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Official residences | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £59.81 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £59.81 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |5–6 November 2002 |Belgrade, Pristina, Sarajevo | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £95.41 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £29.04 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £124.45 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |1–4 December 2002 |Tokyo | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £2,943.10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £191.14 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £55.08 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £3,189.32 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |5–6 December 2002 |Copenhagen | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £637.10 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £81.67 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £103.67 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £822.44 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |7–11 January 2003 |Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £4,844.70 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £82.95 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £94.33 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £5,021.98 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |10–11 March 2003 |Brussels | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Eurostar: £202.50 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £111.11 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £103.93 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £417.54 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |15 March 2003 |Belgrade | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- |22–23 April 2002 |Valencia | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £98.55 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £45.51 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £144.06 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |3 May 2002 |Gibraltar | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- |7–8 May 2002 |Washington | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £2,771.70 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £147.42 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £53.15 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £2,972.27 | ----------------------------------------------------------- |27 May 2002 |Berlin | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Flight (Charter/Commercial): £348.60| ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: Nil | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £348.60 | ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- |Date | | ----------------------------------------------------- |29–30 August 2002 |Helsingborg | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Flight (RAF/Commercial): £371.44| ----------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £97.49 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £45 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £513.93 | ----------------------------------------------------- |14–15 October 2002|Washington, Chicago | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £3,584 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £135.72 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £79.51 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £3,799.23 | ----------------------------------------------------- |2–4 December 2002 |Bonn, Berlin, Ankara. Slovenia | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: RAF | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: Ambassador's | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £15.38 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £15.38 | ----------------------------------------------------- |22–23 January 2003|Washington | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Flight: £2,594.30 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Accommodation: £110.24 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Subsistence: £48.54 | ----------------------------------------------------- | |Total: £2,753.08 | -----------------------------------------------------