HC Deb 18 November 1983 vol 48 c592W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated annual cost of travel undertaken by civil servants employed by his Department (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) overseas.

Mr. Brittan

Expenditure on travel and subsistence* in 1982–83 was as follows:

£
(a) Within the United Kingdom 10,324,000
(b) Overseas 248,000
* Separate figures for travel only are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.