§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked 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. RidleyThe 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.