HC Deb 28 November 2000 vol 357 c515W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the sums spent, indicating the relevant votes by Her Majesty's Government, on fuel emergency precautionary measures since September; and if he will make a statement. [139850]

Mr. Straw

It is too soon to be able to provide a detailed reply. I will write to the hon. Member when the figures are available. The broad categories are likely to be: police costs; Army driver training and support; staff costs across Government Departments (e.g. overtime); any expenditure by local authorities or others that the Government agrees to meet; Government websites; and call centres.