§ Mr. Spearingasked the Lord President of the Council what were the approximate sums paid to or on behalf of Members of Parliament for personal official travel in the year 1975 in respect of car mileage, rail season tickets, other rail travel and air travel; and if he will indicate the trend in travel expenditure on different modes in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. FootThe approximate sums paid to or on behalf of Members of Parliament for personal official travel in 1975–76 were as follows:
£ Car mileage 682,000 Rail Season tickets 12,000 Other rail travel 205,000 Air travel 107,000 Over the last 10 years, expenditure on car mileage has increased from 20 per cent. to 68 per cent. of the total personal travel bill; other rail travel has decreased from 53 per cent. to 20 per cent.; air travel from 23 per cent. to 11 per cent., and rail season tickets from 4 per cent. to 1 per cent.