Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Prime Minister if, further to her reply to the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mr. Grocott) on 14 June,Official Report, column 270, she will give the cost of each of the trips she has undertaken overseas since 1979 and the number of staff who have accompanied her on each occasion.
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Prime Minister if, pursuant to her answer of 14 June,Official Report, column 270–1, to the hon. Member for The Wrekin listing her official visits abroad, she will indicate in each case the cost of the visit.
§ The Prime MinisterThis information is not available in the form requested except at disproportionate cost. The total cost of my overseas travel, and of those accompanying me, for each year since 1979 is as follows:
£ 1979–801 151,864 1980–81 133,206 1981–82 556,000 1982–83 523,587 1983–84 216,146 1984–85 414,259 1985–86 457,483 1986–87 447,066 1987–88 341,880 1988–89 637,096 1989–902 387,040 1 From May 1979. 2 Expenditure to date. Billing delays mean that some of the services used in 1989–90 have not yet been paid for.
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Prime Minister if, pursuant to her answer on 14 June to the hon. Member for The Wrekin,Official Report, column 270–71, listing her 74 official visits abroad, she will list the criteria which determine whether or not oral statements are considered appropriate.
§ The Prime MinisterI have nothing further to add to the reply that I gave the hon. Member on 14 June.