HC Deb 04 July 1995 vol 263 cc108-9W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will detail the amount of travel claims at constant prices in his Department in(a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95 broken down by (i) public transport, (ii) car mileage allowance and (iii) bicycle allowance.

Mr. Newton

The amounts claimed in the Privy Council Office, at current prices, were as follows:

(a) 1993–94 £ (b) 1994–95 £
(i) Public transport 824 1,156
(ii) Car mileage nil 11,104
(iii) Bicycle nil nil
1 Reflects claims arising from staff using cars during industrial action on the railways.

These figures include claims by the staff of the central drugs co-ordination unit, created within the Privy Council Office in January 1994.