§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give the number of official cars in use by Government Departments in the 96W week preceding the Government's announcement of action to conserve fuel supplies and the amount of fuel used during this week; and what the figures were in the weeks following the Government's announcement.
§ Mr. EyreThere were some 400 of the Government car service cars in use by Government Departments during the week preceding the Government's announcement on 24th October 1973 of the need to conserve fuel supplies. The weekly consumption was approximately 5,000 gallons.
A number of economy measures are being introduced, but it is not possible to quantify what savings have been effected to date.