§ 77. Major GLYNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport on what basis has the Ministry estimated the sums it considers right and proper to be paid by local authorities to certain officers in their employment, part of whose duties are to administer Acts of Parliament concerned with matters controlled by the Ministry of Transport; and upon whose authority at the Ministry of Transport was the clerk of a county authority in Scotland recently informed that a salary of £200 per annum should be paid to the official whose duty it is to issue an average of 630 road-vehicle licences?
§ Mr. NEALThe Minister of Transport does not lay down what salaries are to be paid by local authorities. In the case apparently referred to in the second part of the question, exception was taken by the Ministry of Transport to the amount claimed by a local authority for expenses of collection of licence duties, and, in response to a request, the clerk was informed that a charge of £200 to cover all expenses for supervisory indoor and outdoor staff, equipment and accommodation (including lighting and firing) would be agreed to.