Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this afternoon gave Parliament a list of places to where his wife travelled on official business abroad without him.

Replying to a question in Parliament by Nationalist MP David Agius, Dr Muscat said the same procedures are being followed as in the past.

Dr Muscat said that since March 2013 his wife had travelled abroad nine times without him.

The travel was related to invitations from Puttinu Cares, The European Organisation for Rare Diseases, AIDS/LifeCycle and Special Olympics.

One of the trips was for the canonisation of Pope John Paul II.

The countries visited were the UK, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Cyprus and the United States. The average cost on flights, transfers, food and lodging was €1,191. She did not have a daily allowance.