§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Minister for the Civil Service what number of civil servants arrive at their offices each day by official chauffeur-driven cars.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFifty.
§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many chauffeur-driven cars are used in London for civil servants.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisEighty-one Government-owned cars. Additionally, chauffeur-driven hire cars are used when required.
§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the annual cost of chauffeur-driven cars, including salaries and mileage, used by the Civil Service in London.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morris,pursuant to his reply—[Official Report, 7th November 1975; Vol. 899, c. 364]—gave the following information:
The estimated total cost of cars with allocated drivers used by the Civil Service in London in the financial year 1974–75 was £486,700. Some of the cars are used for other purposes, such as movement of urgent papers, as well as for passenger carrying, and the drivers of some cars may be employed on other duties in addition to driving. The figure above does not include the cost of chauffeur-driven hire cars which may be used on an intermittent and irregular basis as needed.