HC Deb 06 December 1983 vol 50 cc133-4W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Prime Minister if she will ask Ministers to review the amount of travel

Site Applicants Total (£ million)
(i) Sullom Voe terminal BP Petroleum Development Ltd. 91.73
(ii) St. Fergus gas terminal Shell (UK) Ltd 10.43
Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.
(iii) Mossmorran petrochemical complex:
(a) Natural gas liquifaction project Esso Exploration and Production and 11.08
(UK) Ltd
Shell (UK) Ltd.
(b) Chemical Plant project Essochem Olefins Inc. 15.05
Shell Chemical (UK) Ltd.

These figures show the totals for individual over £25,000 and are extracted from quarterly lists published in British business.

undertaken by civil servants in their Departments within the United Kingdom, with a view to making significant savings.

Mr. Biffen

I have been asked to reply.

Economy in administration is an aim to which the Government attach high priority, and to which all Ministers already subscribe. Following a Rayner scrutiny, a new costing system is being introduced in Departments to assist the effective control of expenditure on travel and subsistence.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Prime Minister what has been the total expenditure on travel within the United Kingdom by civil servants in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Biffen

I have been asked to reply.

An estimated £85 million in 1982–83.