HC Deb 05 March 2002 vol 381 cc260-1W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the official visits to(a) Paris and (b) Brussels made by each Minister in her Department in 2001 and the mode of travel used; and what guidance is provided to Ministers in her Department on the choice of mode of travel for such visits. [38143]

Mr. Caborn

The information you requested is shown in the following table.

within the UK outside London made by each Minister in her Department in 2001, giving for each (a) the origin and destination and (b) the mode of travel used; and what guidance is provided to Ministers in her Department on choice of mode of travel for official visits. [38179]

Mr. Caborn

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Ministers regularly travel throughout the UK in the course of their duties and all travel is made in line with the guidance set out in Chapter 7 of the Ministerial Code and the accompanying guidance document Travel by Ministers using the most efficient and cost effective mode of transport and bearing in mind security considerations.

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