§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the(a) budgeted and (b) actual expenditure by his Department on (1) internal and (2) overseas travel by the Secretary of State in 1989–90 and after 26 October 1989, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and so far in 1993–94.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere is no separate budget for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' internal travel, which is minimal.
956WSimilarly, his overseas travel is paid from a budget shared with other FCO Ministers. The figures for actual expenditure since 1989 on his overseas travel are:
£ 1 April 1989 to 26 October 1989 287,856.86 27 October 1989 to 31 March 1990 506,903.44 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 694,404.04 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 1,037,373.50 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993 1,569,712.00 1 April 1993 to date 1,021,503.70
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the overseas visits that have been made by Foreign Office Ministers since June 1987; and what was the purpose of each visit.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information is available in a table of 30 pages which has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what ministerial visits have been made by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including the Overseas Development Administration, over each of the last three years to(a) Indonesia, (b) Jordan, (c) Oman, (d) Nigeria, (e) Ecuador, (f) Malaysia and (g) India; and what was their main purpose in each case.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydOver the last three years, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers including the Minister for Overseas Development have made the following visits to the named countries.
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Country Minister Date Purpose of visit Indonesia Lord Caithness April 1991 Bilateral Mr. Goodlad October 1992 Bilateral Secretary of State April 1993 Bilateral Jordan Secretary of State January 1991 Bilateral Mr. Hogg March 1991 Bilateral Mr. Hogg July 1993 Bilateral Secretary of State January 1994 Bilateral Oman Nil Nigeria Mrs. Chalker January 1991 Bilateral Secretary of State January 1993 Bilateral Baroness Chalker January 1993 Bilateral Ecuador Mr. Garel-Jones June 1993 Bilateral Malaysia Lord Caithness April 1991 Bilateral Lord Caithness October 1991 Bilateral Secretary of State July 1992 Bilateral Mr. Goodlad April 1993 Bilateral India Secretary of State May 1991 Funeral of Rajiv Gandhi Mr. Lennox-Boyd September 1991 CPA Conference Secretary of State January 1992 Bilateral Mrs. Chalker February 1992 Bilateral Mr. Lennox-Boyd March 1992 EC Troika Secretary of State November 1993 Bilateral