§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 3 November,Official Report, columns 156–57, if he will list for each of his Department's agencies, and by date and venue for the last 12 months, the cost to the Exchequer of the chief executives' fact-finding visits.
§ Mr. LangThe hon. Member's earlier question elicited replies from the four agencies for which I am responsible, indicating that only the chief executive of Historic Scotland had made such fact finding visits. I have therefore asked Mr. G. Munro, chief executive of Historic Scotland to reply to the hon. Member directly.
Letter from Graeme N. Munro to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 1 December 1992
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent question about the costs of 'fact-finding' visits.My reply of 30 October sought to explain in general terms the types of visit I have undertaken in the last 12 months from which I have gained useful insights into various matters relating to my responsibilities as Director and Chief Executive of Historic Scotland. However, none of these visits was arranged specifically as a 'fact-finding' visit.I should be very happy to provide further information on any particular area of our work of interest to you.