HC Deb 24 October 1968 vol 770 cc354-5W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give, for the latest convenient stated period of time, the amount of expenses claimed and paid to delegates attending the Council of Europe and Western European Union; and how this system of claiming and drawing expenses operates.

Mr. Mulley

In the financial year 1967–68 the total expenditure in connection with the Assemblies and Committees of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union was £16,937 and £11,088 respectively.

Delegates receive fares and travelling expenses and on arrival at Strasbourg or Paris are paid subsistence payments at approved daily rates for the period of their presence there on official duty. The cost of their overnight accommodation is also paid on the same basis.