asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will now publish his estimate of the costs incurred by all Departments of State in respect of payment or repayment for journeys within the United Kingdom by motor car, rail and air respectively.

Separate records are not kept, but the best estimates that can be made of the total costs of Civil Service travel are about £60 million a year for travel by car and, about £25 million a year for travel by public transport including buses, rail and air.