§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 7 December,Official Report, columns 265–66, what was the number and cost of (a) first-class tickets, (b) business-class tickets and (c) economy-class tickets for overseas flights paid for by the Overseas Development Administration in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. GoodladThe details for overseas flights in respect of ODA in 1993 and 1994 are:
Class of travel Number Cost £ 1993 First Class 13 45,400 Business Class 800 717,291 Economy Class 57 28,403 1994 (January to October) First Class 12 28,661 Business Class 628 576,375 Economy Class 41 18,597 For travel in 1992, it is not possible to provide a breakdown by class and mode of travel, nor is it possible to distinguish between overseas and domestic travel. Total expenditure on official travel by UK-based Ministers and officials in the ODA that year was £791,094.
The proportion of business class flights reflects the long-distance nature of much of ODA's travel.