§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the overseas visits between 1 July and 19 October on which Ministers have been accompanied by special advisers and, for each trip,(a) the name of the adviser, (b) the class and cost of travel booked for the adviser, (c) the class of travel actually used by the adviser and (d) the accommodation and ancillary costs for the adviser. [55998]
§ Mr. Robin Cook[holding answer 22 October 1998]: I was accompanied by my Special Adviser, Mr. David Clark, when he travelled to Brussels for meetings, including calls on the NATO Secretary General Sonana 146W and SACEUR General Wesley Clark to discuss Kosovo. My party travelled on an RAF 125 official aircraft. The cost to the FCO budget for Mr. Clark was £229.
Since the visit was completed in a day, no accommodation costs were incurred.