§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list Government(a) departments and (b) agencies which provide private medical insurance to staff. [38650]
§ Dr. David ClarkIt is not Government policy to provide civil servants with medical health insurance, or other benefits in kind, as part of their remuneration package. There is a central rule, set out in the Civil Service Management Code, that civil servants should not normally receive fringe benefits of this kind.