asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of official journeys civil servants of his Department made in each quarter of 1976 and the first three quarters of 1977, by each quarter, between the United Kingdom

			Department of Employment	Employment Service Agency	Training Services Agency	Manpower Services Commission	Health and Safety Executive
1976
January to March		…	30	2	12	3	50
April to June	…	…	37	Nil	10	2	65
July to September		…	19	2	3	2	54
October to December			29	4	17	1	87
1977
January to March		…	29	2	6	1977	78
April to June	…	…	28	4	11	Not available	78
July to September		…	10	4	2		45
Total	…	…	182	18	61	8	457

The majority of departmental visits involve one overnight stay.It is not possible to distinguish actual costs of EEC visits from costs of other overseas visits without undue expenditure of time. But as an estimate the figure of £120 per overnight visit may be used. Depending upon the nature of particular visits, certain costs are refunded by the Community.