§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of official journeys civil servants of his Department made in each quarter of 1976 and the first three quarters of 1977, by each quarter, between the United Kingdom and other parts of the EEC, on matters consequent on the United Kingdom's membership of the EEC; and what has been the total cost of all these journeys in 1976 and in 1977 so far, respectively.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesSeparate records are not maintained of visits to EEC countries undertaken by Home Office staff as a consequence of the United Kingdom's membership of the EEC, nor of costs incurred specifically in these visits; and the cost of extracting the necessary information would be disproportionate.