§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to establish and publish the individual estimated costs of the supply of cars to former Prime Ministers, including petrol, tax, insurance, repairs and drivers' wages.
§ Mr. MarksNo. The cars are provided from a pool of cars available for use by Ministers and senior civil servants and to establish individual costs would be disproportionately costly. The gross average cost of such a car in 1977–78 was about £12,000 per annum.