§ 27. Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has information showing the number of railway directors, railway company officials, Board of Trade officials, and representatives of other Government Departments to whom passes still in use have been issued entitling the holders to travel free in first-class carriages over the railways of England; and, if no exact figures are available, whether he has formed an approximate estimate of the number of such outstanding privileges?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Pretyman)I have no information which would enable me to furnish either the exact or the estimated figures desired by my hon. Friend. I have, however, no reason to suppose that free travelling by directors or officials of the railway companies has in any way increased during the period of the War, and I understand that the number of free passes issued to representatives of Government Departments is very small.