HC Deb 21 April 1995 vol 258 cc294-5W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. [19652]

Mr. Lang

Information is not held separately for domestic and overseas travel or for individual agencies in the Scottish Office.

The total subsistence allowance paid by the Scottish Office and its agencies in each of the last three years was as follows:

Year £
1992–93 2,184,177
1993–94 3,675,067
1994–95 2,895,091

This information excludes the costs and expenses appropriate to the Scottish Office Prison Service, which is unable to provide the information in respect of prison officer grades without disproportionate costs in staff time.

Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. [19562]

Mr. Lang

Information on individual agencies and(b) and (c) cannot be provided without disproportionate costs in staff time.

The total amount of removal costs and associated expenses reimbursed to officials in the Scottish Office and its agencies—excluding prison officer grades in the Scottish Prison Service, where it could not be provided without disproportionate costs in staff time—who were required to relocate as part of their employment in each of the last three years was as follows:

  • 1992–93: £627,124
  • 1993–94: £610,558
  • 1994–95: £473,047

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