§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 35, which company arranges travel for his officials; and what form bills take if records are kept by mode of travel only.
§ Mr. HagueWagon-Lits Travel Ltd. is the approved contractor for business travel by officials of the Department. The company presents its bills in two forms. Each month, a list of all travel transactions is provided in invoice date order together with cost centre analyses of individual expenditure for internal accounting purposes.
§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions and at what cost to public funds officials have visited his private residence in France.
§ Mr. HagueDepartment of Social Security officials have visited the house of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in France on one occasion. The cost of the visit was £449.24.