§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will estimate the cost of employee travel on office business, broken down into(a) fuel allowances, (b) unproductive time during travel, (c) other costs related to car transport and (d) costs related to public transport, for (i) 1994–95, (ii) 1995–96, (iii) 1996–97 and (iv) 1997–98. [32438]
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§ Mr. Paul Murphy[holding answer 3 March 1998]: The information for the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments is as follows:1
£000 Year Fuel allowances Other costs2 Public transport2 1994–953,4 9,215 152 2,830 1995–964 8,786 217 4,206 1996–974 10,299 266 4,366 1997–98 9,644 264 2,372 1 The information on the cost of unproductive time during travel is not available 2 The Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Agriculture could not split cost between Other Costs and Public Transport and a total figure is included in figure work at Public Transport 3 The Department of Finance and Personnel could provide information for 1994–95 in all categories only at disproportionate cost 4 Prior to 1997–98 the Prisons accounting system could not split travel and subsistence payments