Magistrates (Travelling Allowances)

HC Deb 28 June 1988 vol 136 cc161-2W

Mr. John M. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review magistrates' travelling allowances.

Mr. John Patten

The allowances are reviewed each year, and are varied in line with those payable to local authority members. The basis for the payment of these and other allowances is under consideration, and I have discussed the issue with the chairman of the Magistrates Association, Mr. John Hosking.