Health written question – answered at on 5 May 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on (a) overseas and (b) domestic (i) travel and (ii) subsistence in respect of its (A) officials and (B) contractors in each year since 1997
There is no statutory requirement to report overseas and domestic travel or subsistence as separate items in the departmental annual accounts. Therefore, it is only possible to provide the total value of travel and subsistence paid (which includes overnight accommodation). Similarly, it is not possible to separately identify officials and contractors.
In July 2008, the Department introduced a new finance system, which does allow for the separate identification of domestic and overseas travel. Separate figures for overseas and domestic travel will therefore be available from the 2009-10 financial year. However, these expenses will not be identifiable as for departmental staff or contractors.
£ | |
1997-98 | 7,945,553.00 |
1998-99 | 7,206,737.00 |
1999-2000 | 8,815,086.00 |
2000-01 | 9,516,488.00 |
2001-02 | 10,394,783.00 |
2002-03 | 9,656,964.00 |
2003-04 | 11,241,230.00 |
2004-05 | 11,260,503.00 |
2005-06 | 9,095,161.00 |
2006-07 | 8,245,829.00 |
2007-08 | 7,245,554.00 |
2008-09 | 9,549,641.00 |
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