§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. Brooke[holding answer 22 April 1988]: In 1987–88 the total travel and subsistence costs of foreign trips by Ministers and their private secretaries was £19,751. The cost of foreign travel by other civil servants was £464,189.