Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing security for Tony Blair and his office in respect of (a) accommodation within the UK, (b) hospitality on foreign visits, (c) air and train travel to and from government-related appointments, (d) local transportation overseas, (e) accommodation at UK embassies and hotels overseas, (f) attendance at official receptions and (g) catering since Mr Blair left office.

We do not comment upon matters of personal protective security and their associated costs. Disclosure of such information could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individual concerned.