HC Deb 16 December 1977 vol 941 c556W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister for the Civil Service further to his reply to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West on ministerial travelling expenses. Official Report, 1st December, c. 288, if he will now take steps to collect centrally information on the amounts of travelling and subsistence allowances paid to Ministers.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

No Ministerial travelling expenses are a matter for individual Ministers and their Departments. I could not justify the expenditure that would be incurred in collecting the information centrally.

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