To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the original purchase price paid and the eventual disposal price obtained in the last three transactions involving Rolls-Royce motor cars belonging to Her Majesty's embassies sold out of service.

For commercial reasons the terms of sale between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are confidential.The proceeds of the last three sales of Rolls-Royce cars by missions overseas were:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number, location and all relevant criteria considered in deciding which of Her Majesty's embassies warrant the use of a Rolls-Royce motor car.

Eight Rolls-Royce motor cars have been provided in recent years for the use of our representatives in Bonn, Canberra, Moscow, United Nations (New York), Paris, Pretoria, Tokyo and Washington. The criteria considered includes the importance of these capitals to British interests generally and to Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in particular, operational requirements, initial purchase price, availability of servicing facilities, local conditions, running costs and potential re-sale value.