§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state the total costs incurred by his Department on foreign travel during the financial year 1987–88 identified by(a) ministerial travel and (b) travel abroad by civil servants.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe cost of foreign air travel by MOD Ministers and their personal staffs during 1987–88 was approximately £69,000, excluding ministerial use of air transport provided by the RAF which is not separately identifiable.
Records are not maintained in a way which would provide separate information on other forms of travel by Ministers or overseas travel by civil servants. The MOD travel votes cover travel by service men as well as civilians and make no distinction between domestic and overseas travel.