§ Mr. Cryerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his practice that where an employee has the use of a company car for his own private use its value is indexed in the same way as an indexed pension of a civil servant; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1981]: The scale charges for employees having the private use of a company car are reviewed regularly. In his Budget Statement of 10 March 1981 my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that he proposed a further increase of 20 per cent. with effect from 1982–83 on top of the 20 per cent. increase which he announced last year to take effect from 6 April 1981. There are no plans formally to index the car scales.