§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost in the last 12 months of sending Ministers and officials to meetings in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe in connection with his Department's handling of EU business. [4947]
§ Mr. HowardI have placed a note in the Library setting out the readily available information, which relates to the cost of attending such meetings over the period April to October 1996. Statistics for the last 12 months couldbeobtainedonlyatdisproportionatecost.