§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in the past year the spouse of a Minister in his Department has travelled abroad at public expense to accompany a Minister on public duties, and what has been the total cost to public funds; and on how many occasions such travel has been undertaken at own cost.
§ Mr. Gummer[holding answer 26 October 1994]The only occasion when a spouse accompanied a Minister from this Department in the past year was when my wife travelled with me to Greece for the EC informal Environment Council in May this year, at the invitation of the Greek Government, to join Ministers and their spouses from the other members of the European Union. The total cost to public funds was £736.10.