§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the latest available annual cost to public funds of expenses incurred by Ministers travelling both internally and externally.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisI regret that this information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Central records of expenses incurred by Ministers on official business are not collected separately from the
Numbers in 000's Region 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Scotland … … … … 39.1 41.5 41.6 43.1 45.0 Wales … … … … 19.6 20.3 21.0 22.8 24.4 English Economic Planning Regions (as defined prior to 1st April 1974)— Northern … … … 30.3 31.5 31.5 32.0 31.4 Yorkshire and Humberside … 23.0 23.4 24.0 24.8 24.6 North West … … … 42.4 43.6 43.9 45.8 46.9 East Midlands … … 16.7 17.0 17.2 17.9 17.9 West Midlands … … 22.9 23.6 23.5 24.2 24.1 East Anglia … … … 10.5 10.8 10.4 10.3 9.7 South East … … … 227.1 229.9 229.6 222.5 232.9 South West … … … 38.9 40.7 41.5 42.3 42.7 I regret to say that information for the beginning of 1975 is not yet available. The figures shown do not include industrial civil servants as comparable information about them could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.