HC Deb 20 December 1979 vol 976 c381W
Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money was recovered during the past 12 months from civil servants who reimbursed his Department following private use of the telephone, in accordance with the Civil Service code of conduct.

Mr. Heseltine

As the Department of the Environment shares common service arrangements for telephones with the Department of Transport it is not possible without a disproportionate amount of work to give a separate figure for my Department. However, I have consulted my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport, and, for the period 1 November 1978 to 30 October 1979, the amount of money recovered from civil servants in the Departments of Environment and Transport following the private use of telephones was £7,001.