Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the total cost, including travel and accommodation, of each occasion when aspecial adviser of the Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury has travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2May 1997, whether accompanied by a Minister or not, indicating the place visited. [89047]The Prime Minister: The two Special Advisers to the then Chief Whip visited the European Parliament in Brussels in September 1997.The cost of flights and accommodation was £300 each.Following a request from the South African Parliament, one Special Adviser was a member of a party, which included the PrincipalClerk, Select Committees in the House of Commons and other officials who visited South Africa to assist the ParliamentaryAdministration to prepare for the new induction of MPs following the national elections on 2 June. This was funded from thedevelopment assistance programme of the Department for International Development. The cost attributed to the Special Adviser'sflight was £2,334. Subsistence was paid at a rate of £72 a night for the three nights of the visit.All visits have been in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code.