Audit Commission Mr. Pickles To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many mobile phones or pagers owned by the Audit Commission have been lost by its staff since 1997. [115501] Mr. Leslie Information on the numbers of Audit Commission-owned mobile phones and pagers which have been lost or stolen is not available prior to 2001–02; since then the Commission has maintained a register to record all lost items, and no mobile phones or pagers have yet been recorded as lost. Mr. Pickles To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many times Audit Commission staff have travelled abroad at public expense since 1997; what countries they visited; and what the total cost of each visit was. [115503] Mr. Leslie Information on the number of visits abroad by Audit Commission staff and the cost of each visit is not collected separately. Foreign travel is seldom undertaken by Commission staff. When it is, it is only for specific Audit Commission business purposes. Most-------------------------- | | -------------------------- | | -------------------------- |North East | -------------------------- |NorthWest | -------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber| -------------------------- |East Midlands | -------------------------- |West Midlands | -------------------------- |East | -------------------------- |London2 | -------------------------- |South East2 | -------------------------- |South West2 | -------------------------- |England | -------------------------- Source: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister PIE housing activity return (quarterly); 2001 Census overseas travel is undertaken at the request and at the expense of host organisations who are keen for the Commission to share its knowledge and experience, mainly through conferences and symposiums.