§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the total expenditure for travel by members of Select Committees, divided into fares and subsistence, for each parliamentary Session since 1987–88 in(a) cash and (b) 1991–92 prices.
§ Mr. BeithThe information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, for the year 1991–92, the expenditure for travel and subsistence by members of Select Committees was £462,883.68. Costs for visits by individual Committees are set out in the appropriate Sessional Returns.