HC Deb 20 November 1952 vol 507 c192W
95. Sir W. Darling

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the expenses incurred on the Departmental vehicles on his Vote went up from £34,000 in 1951–52 to £53,000 in 1952–53; and whether this increase includes the transfer in 1951–52 of £6,000 from general administration to another Sub-head of his Estimates.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

The increase of £19,000 in the Estimate for 1952–53 is due to the expenditure of £11,000 on the purchase of 24 load-carrying vehicles for use at Civil Defence stores, and to an increase of £8,000 in the cost of repairs to vehicles for which my Department is responsible. The answer to the second part of the Question is No.