§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the occasions on which vehicles which were being used officially by executive or non-executive members of the Northern Ireland Police Authority were involved in road collisions or otherwise damaged in the past three years; and in each case if he will give(a) the circumstances in which the damage occurred, (b) who was determined to be legally responsible and (c) who paid for the damage. [103568]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 20 December 1999]Executive members of the Police Authority involved in a road traffic accident are required to report any damage to police fleet vehicles in accordance with internal standing orders. The Authority has no knowledge of any damage to police fleet vehicles being recorded in the past three years.
The Police Authority has no knowledge of any member of the Authority driving or being required to drive a police vehicle, officially or otherwise during the past three years.
§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which executive and non-executive members of the Northern Ireland Police Authority have held authorised fuel charge cards at any time in the past three years; and, in each case, how much has been charged to each card. [103567]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 20 December 1999]Over the last three years a total of six fuel charge cards have been used within the Police Authority for Northern Ireland. These charge cards have not been issued to individual Executive or Non-Executive members of the 449W Authority, but rather have been issued to two functional branches within the Authority's Transport Services Division.
During the period February 1997 to November 1999, 3,525 litres of fuel have been charged to the six fuel cards.