§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, without incurring disproportionate cost, he will give, for the longest and most convenient period of time, the total number of persons in those quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations for which he is responsible who have claimed expenses and subsistence and travel allowances, and the totals of all such allowances claimed.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesA total of 131 members of the bodies which were mentioned in the answer given to a question by the hon. Member for St. Marylebone (Mr. Baker) on 5 March have received a total of some £89,000 in the 1978–79 financial year in respect of travelling and subsistence expenses necessarily incurred in the course of their duties.—[Vol. 963, c. 407–8].