§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in view of the recent increases in the salaries of the top civil servants, where some have received increases of almost 20 per cent., he will now end the facility granted to these persons of having Government cars to take them en-route to and from their homes and offices on an untaxed basis.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe very few senior civil servants who use official cars regularly for journeys between home and office, are not among those civil servants referred to by my hon. Friend who received a pay settlement within the Government's guidelines from 1st April 1978. The last pay increase that these senior staff received was a phase 2 supplement of £4 per week from 1st January 1977.