§ Mr. Gurdenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Ministers are charged at 6.6p. per mile for their use of official cars for private or political purposes; and if this charge includes chauffeurs.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI have been asked to reply.
Charging arrangements for the use of official cars apply only to Ministers who for security reasons use their cars for all
Additional cost in 1974–75 £ million at 1974–75 Outturn prices Date Hansard Col. No. Defence Budget: Forces' pay … … … 100.0 16th May 1974 518 Agriculture, fisheries and forestry: Fuel subsidy for horticultural producers … 6.0 11th April 1974 610 Additional pigmeat subsidy … … … 15.0 19th June 1974 480 Calf subsidy—Northern Ireland … … 2.6 19th June 1974 480 Continuation of lime subsidy … … … 2.8 26th June 1974 1587 Assistance to beef producers … … … † 26th June 1974 1593 Trade, industry and employment: Subsidy to electricity industry for reducing increase in off-peak tariffs (provisional estimate) 20.30 20th June 1974 * Rebate to British Rail for domestic coal freight charges 1.5 27th June 1974 472 Court Shipbuilders Ltd.—acquisition … † 1st July 1974 7–8 Nationalised industries capital expenditure: Coal investment … … … 10.0 20th June 1974 * Post Office telecommunications investment … 28.0 1st July 1974 18 Law, order and protective services: Police pay … … … 24.0 11th July 1974 Not applicable Education and libraries, science and arts: Teachers' pay … … … 11.6 6th May 1974 14 and 38 Student grants … … … 33.0 14th May 1974 1085 and 1089 Arts Council—VAT compensation … … 0.8 25th June 1974 * Open University—increased grant to enable the student intake to be increased † 10th July 1974 * Health and personal social services: Nurses' pay offer—Briggs Report … … 18.0 6th May 1974 57 National Health Service … … … 47.0 10th July 1974 Not applicable Civil Service pay (threshold agreements, etc.) … 116.0 Various Not applicable * Not printed. † Additional public expenditure cost cannot yet be estimated.