§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the aggregate level of subsidy to company car owners for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle[holding answer 8 June 1992]The benefit of the private use of a company car is taxed by reference to fixed scale charges. But the value of private use to any particular employee depends on a wide range of factors. Information about these is not available, so it is not possible to provide an estimate of the aggregate extent to which company car owners may be subsidised through the tax treatment of the benefit of a company car.