§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible(a) the total amount of removal costs and associated expenses reimbursed to officials who were required to relocate as part of their employment, (b) the amount of each of the highest three claims that were concluded and settled and (c) the average amount of each claim in each of the last three years. [19662]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested in(a) is set out in the following table. The information requested in (b) and (c) is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ Rest of the Employment Department Group1 9,264,436 5,192,388 4,599,474 Employment Service 5,171,919 4,537,032 3,480,173 Total 14,436,355 9,729,420 8,079,647 1 Comprises Employment Department, Health and Safety Executive and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total amount paid by his central Department and each agency for which he is responsible in subsistence allowances for travel(a) within the United Kingdom and (b) outside the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [19552]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The following table shows the total cost of travel and subsistence payments for journeys within the United Kingdom.
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1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ Rest of the Employment Department Group1 10,493,206 9,752,161 9,461,173 Employment Service 5,624,341 4,045,228 3,579,461 Total 16,117,547 13,797,389 13,040,634 1 Comprises the Employment Department, Health and Safety Executive and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.