§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Energy, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South on 11th January 1978 that he was unable to say how many journeys had been made by civil servants of his Department to other parts of the EEC on business consequent on the United Kingdom's membership of the EEC, if he will now take steps to discover and publish this information in the Official Report, together with the cost of these journeys.
§ Mr. EadieNo. Records about journeys made by civil servants in my Department are kept in order to exercise control over such journeys. Information in the form requested could be extracted from the records only at a disproportionate cost.