§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost in the last 12 months of sending Ministers and officials to meetings in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe in connection with his Department's handling of EU business. [4950]
§ Sir George YoungThe cost of attendance by Department of Transport Ministers and officials at EC Transport Councils during the period 14 November 1995 to 14 November 1996 was £17,607.
The cost of attendance by departmental officials at other EC meetings during the same period can be obtained only at disproportionate costs.