To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British (a) groups and (b) individuals visited North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters in each of the past three years for briefings and information; what are the figures for visits from each other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation country, in numbers and in cost; and if he will make a statement.

Recent information on visitors to NATO headquarters is contained in the "NATO Information Service Survey of Output, 1987", a copy of which I have placed in the Library of the House. The cost of all such visits is met from the NATO information service budget, but details of the cost by individual nation or visit is not available.