HC Deb 25 October 1966 vol 734 cc139-40W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state for any convenient period of time, without incurring a disproportionate expenditure of time and money or investigation, the amounts of first-class travel and subsistence allowance drawn by any number of stated Ministers.

Mr. Callaghan

Yes. The expenditure incurred by the Chief Secretary to the Netherlands, West Germany and France, in order to bring up to date the figures given in the Economic Bulletin issued by his Department in August.

Mr. MacDennot

The latest information available is given in the table below. The figures are based on O.E.C.D. sources, and returns for 1965 have not yet been received for all countries.

Treasury, the Financial Secretary and myself on account of official travel and subsistence in the period 1st October, 1965, to 30th September, 1966, amounted to £1,358 8s. 10d. of which the bulk was incurred on an overseas tour by the Chief Secretary with a view to effecting savings in public expenditure.

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