§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the current conditions on which civil servants in his Department are granted salary advances to enable the purchase of bicycles for home-to-office travel; if he will make a statement on the current conditions in each agency of his Department; what plans he has to change the conditions; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 18 January 1993]Neither my Department not its agencies currently have a scheme for granting salary advances for the purchase of bicycles. However, my Department is currently reviewing the exisitng facilities for staff who cycle to work.