HC Deb 11 June 1984 vol 61 c327W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many hours of overtime have been worked by employees in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total cost of this overtime work in each of those years.

Mr. Ridley

The information requested on the number of hours worked is not available. The figures for costs of overtime are as follows:

Cost £ thousand Percentage of total salary bill
1981–82 564 0.6
1982–83 473 0.5
1983–84 525 0.5

The overtime costs of staff transferred to my Department from the Department of Trade during 1983 have been excluded.