Travel-to-Work Costs

HC Deb 28 June 1978 vol 952 c582W

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is his latest estimate of the average costs of travelling to work;

(2) what is his latest estimate of the average costs of travelling to work in the London area.

Mr. Golding

Indices of changes between April 1974 and April 1978 in travel-to-work costs in London and in the rest of the United Kingdom will be published in theDepartment of Employment Gazette on 29th June. Estimates of the levels of such costs in April 1974 for public sector and certain private sector employees were given in the Advisory Report on London Weighting (Cmnd. 5660) prepared by the Pay Board.