§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will publish in the Official Report as much detailed information as may be readily available for the longest and most conveniently stated period of time, without disproportionate costs, the number of civil servants and Ministers of the Crown who have claimed subsistence and travel allowances and the total amount of such claims.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisInformation of this kind is not kept centrally for the whole Civil Service, but I can give it in respect of the civil servants and Ministers of the Crown paid by the Civil Service Department.
In the current financial year, up to 28 February the total amounts of travel and subsistence allowances paid to Ministers of the Crown was £19,680.39 and to civil servants £571,254.66. Three Ministers of the Crown were concerned, but the number of civil servants who received payments during this period cannot be ascertained except at disproportionate cost.