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Government Offices for the Regions: Expenditure

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much each regional Government Office spent on (a) car hire, (b) train travel, (c) air travel, ( d) hotels and (e) restaurant meals in each of the last five years. [289821]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Government office expenditure is set out as follows:

(a) Car hire
£
GO	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
North East	7,221	4,377	2,829	3,698	2,210
North West	26,825	33,580	21,534	23,038	26,522
Yorks and Humber	20,574	5,706	2,664	7,854	6,249
West Midlands	13,276	14,492	7,732	4,863	2,235
East Midlands	13,406	5,967	1,714	7,811	11,060
East	5,478	5,882	3,591	16,767	659
South East	12,268	7,043	16,717	2,223	9,672
South West	81,962	102,388	101,918	75,054	72,367
London	27	0	0	0	0

(b) Train travel
£
GO	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
North East	292,441	270,952	223,520	241,158	214,201
North West	384,048	348,295	282,440	303,769	319,727
Yorks and Humber	253,857	233,881	230,243	240,192	247,966
West Midlands	179,486	162,472	155,376	125,027	132,170
East Midlands	153,210	69,431	59,099	95,892	102,643
East	191,450	176,056	142,024	137,719	135,531
South East	113,783	96,444	82,061	73,521	70,012
South West	336,479	291,734	260,246	252,066	228,055
London	113,495	70,271	50,248	46,634	43,086

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(c) Air travel
£
GO	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
North East	1,554	817	0	0	0
North West	122	2,854	21,534	533	1,313
Yorks and Humber	4,364	3,011	2,664	7,854	6,249
West Midlands	24,667	27,792	7,732	4,863	2,235
East Midlands	0	0	0	0	0
East	326	0	0	0	0
South East	20,750	9,418	6,905	8,063	3,400
South West	0	0	0	0	0
London	20,426	1,910	2,798	0	0

(d)/(e) Hotels/restaurant meals
£
GO	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
North East	122,459	104,005	95,794	103,353	91,801
North West	233,365	230,701	203,167	179,348	156,682
Yorks and Humber	115,873	133,426	127,419	98,665	146,841
West Midlands	98,397	92,209	83,664	67,322	71,168
East Midlands	152,866	237,094	174,306	143,146	147,627
East	82,050	75,453	60,867	59,022	58,085
South East	129,864	114,871	98,219	74,636	93,192
South West	273,039	317,445	291,145	266,655	249,904
London	46,631	26,931	21,535	19,986	18,465

The information is taken from the central accounting system and this does not provide a detailed break down of transport and subsistence claims made by GO staff, thus the costs of hotels and restaurant meals are not individually identified.

Government Offices for the Regions: Official Hospitality

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what hospitality has been received by senior officers in each of the Government Offices for the Regions in the last 12 months. [291475]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I am placing in the Library a table of the gifts and hospitality for senior officers in the Government offices for the last 12 months.

In accordance with the requirements of the Civil Service Code and the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants declare any hospitality received.

Government Offices for the Regions: Pay

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what salary grades staff in each Government Office are employed upon. [291795]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The current pay ranges for staff employed in the Government Offices with effect from 1 August 2009 are as follows:

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