HC Deb 20 April 1995 vol 258 cc259-61W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible(a) the total hours of overtime worked for which payment has been made, (b) the total amount paid in overtime and (c) the total time in days and its monetary equivalent lost through sickness in each of the last three years. [19686]

Mr. Horam

(a and b) The overtime figures for the Cabinet Office, including No. 10 Downing street, and the agencies for which I am responsible are as follows:

Number of hours £
1992–93
Central Department 136,156 1,112,678.70
COI 20,792 188,377.80
CS College 6,477 48,547.11
HMSO 111,904 955,577.53
OHS 1,224 9,278.58

(c) The average amount of each claim in each of the last three years
1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £
Civil Service Occupational Health and Safety 28,200 Nil Nil
Recruitment and Assessment Services Nil Nil Nil
Chessington Computer Centre Nil Nil Nil
COI 336 19,300 28,958
HMSO 5,000 6,500 6,500

Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. [19550]

Mr. Horam

Expenditure by the Cabinet Office, including the Prime Minister's Office, and the Office of Public Service and Science and its agencies on subsistence allowances for travel for each of the last three years, was as follows:

Number of hours £
RAS 3,100 21,287.27
Chessington 20,264 136,663.39
1993–94
Central Department 143,906 1,193,747
COI 16,176 151,505.49
COI 16,176 151,505.49
CS College 6,781 49,861.88
HMSO 134,702 1,179,816.00
OHS 1,798 13,847.84
RAS 2,907 20,832.81
Chessington 16,178 113,023.66
1994–95
Central Department 122,048 1,012,483.30
COI 13,187 124,616.98
CS College 5,173 39,798.75
HMSO 141,809 1,209,716.20
OHS 2,646 21,222.95
RAS 2,019 13,628.68
Chessington 15,303 111,320.71

(c) The absence figures are as follows—days lost through sickness:

1992 Number
Central Department 6,005
COI 5,415
CS College 954
HMSO 29,107
OHS 662
RAS 2,167
Chessington 4,264

There are no figures available for the monetary equivalent of the total number of days lost to sickness. There are a number of variables involved in this calculation and it would be difficult to rely on the accuracy of this data.

Details for 1993 were given in an answer to the hon. Member for Eltham (Mr. Bottomley) on 7 February 1995, Official Report, columns 125–28. Data are not yet available for 1994.

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