HC Deb 22 November 1976 vol 919 cc983-7W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many officers are permitted to use NHS official cars regularly for office to home travel.

Mr. Moyle

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost to the NHS over the last 12 months of (a) official cars, (b) mileage paid to officers using their own cars, and (c) travel by public transport.

Mr. Moyle

This information is not available centrally and its collection would involve disproportionate expense.

Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many official cars are held in the NHS (a) at each area headquarters and (b) at each district headquarters.

Mr. Moyle

The number of cars operated under the Crown Vehicles Scheme by area health authorities as at 30th September 1976, except where otherwise stated, are as follows:

NORTHERN REGION
AHA
Cleveland 6 (1975)
Cumbria 66
Durham 3
Northumberland 56
Gateshead —
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 16 (1975)
North Tyneside 33
South Tyneside —
Sunderland —
Total 180
YORKSHIRE REGION
AHA
Humberside 146
North Yorkshire 42
Bradford 12
Calderdale 1
Kirklees 20
Leeds 21 (1975)
Wakefield 25
Total 267
TRENT REGION
AHA
Derbyshire 1
Leicestershire 131
Lincolnshire 84
Nottinghamshire 38
Bamsley 19
Doncaster 1
Rotherham 2
Sheffield 20
Total 296
EAST ANGLIA REGION
AHA
Cambridgeshire 104
Norfolk 171
Suffolk 94
Total 369
NORTH WEST THAMES REGION
AHA
Bedfordshire 45
Hertfordshire 120
Barnet 4
Brent/Harrow 7
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow 46
Hillingdon 4 (1975)
Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster 11 (1975)
Total 237
NORTH EAST THAMES REGION
AHA
Essex 76 (1975)
Barking/Havering 39
Camden/Islington 10
City and East London 16
Enfield/Haringey 3
Redbridge/WalthamForest 31
Total 175
SOUTH EAST THAMES REGION
AHA
East Sussex 146
Kent 82 (1975)
Greenwich/Bexley 7
Bromley 42
Lambeth/South wark/Lewisham 37
Total 314
SOUTH WEST THAMES REGION
AHA
Surrey 83
West Sussex 167
Croydon 24
Kingston/Richmond 3
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 42
Total 319
WESSEX REGION
AHA
Dorset 59
Hampshire 88
Wiltshire 119
Isle of Wight 24
Total 290
OXFORD REGION
AHA
Berkshire 1 (1975)
Buckinghamshire 36
Northamptonhire 83
Oxfordshire 42
Total 162
SOUTH WESTERN REGION
AHA
Avon 42 (1975)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 30
Devon 28 (1975)
Gloucestershire 34
Somerset 6
Total 140
WEST MIDLANDS REGION
AHA
HerefordandWorcester 78
Salop 37
Staffordshire 13
Warwickshire 88
Birmingham 27
Coventry —
Dudley 4
Sandwell —
Solihull 22
Walsall 1
Wolverhampton 4
Total 274
MERSEY REGION
AHA
Cheshire 21
Liverpool 1
St. Helens with Knowsley —
Sefton 1
Wirral 6
Total 29
NORTH-WESTERN REGION
AHA
Lancashire 120
Bolton 12
Bury 11
Manchester 8
Oldham 13
Rochdale 19
Salford 12
Stockport 6
Tameside —
Trafford 2
Wigan 23
Total 226
LONDON POSTGRADUATE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Hospital for Sick Children 2
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases —
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital 2
Moorfields Eye Hospital —
Maudsley Hospital 1
St.Johns Hospitalfor Diseases of the Skin —
National Heart and Chest Hospitals —
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals 1
St.Peter's Hospital Group —
Royal Marsden Hospital 1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women 5
Eastman Dental —
Total 12
NOTES:
(a) Authorities may own other cars which are not recorded but are included in figures Scheme
(b) Numbers of cars used at district level are not recorded but are included in figures for areas
(c) Figures relate to 30th September 1976 except those otherwise stated.

Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services who are allowed to use NHS official cars; and what is the practice regarding the use of these cars for journeys which can be readily undertaken by public transport.

Mr. Moyle

It is open to NHS authorities to allow members or officers to use official cars where this is necessary for the proper discharge of their duties having regard to economy, efficiency, and the availability of public transport.

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