§ Mr. David ShawTo 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:
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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 ShawTo 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. HoramExpenditure 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:
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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.