§ Mr. HOBHOUSEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what standard of salary entitles a civil servant to first- 346W class railway fares when absent on duty; and to what extent the officials of the various Departments are governed by uniform regulation of the travelling and subsistence allowances?
Mr. GRAHAMThe general rule governing the class of railway travel allowed to civil servants whilst on official duty was stated in the reply to the hon. Member for Lambeth, North, on 8th May last, to which I would refer the hon. Member. It is the general policy of the Treasury to co-ordinate as far as possible the rates of travelling and subsistence allowances payable to officers of similar status in different Departments.