§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the policy is of his Department in relation to the reimbursement of central London road user charges incurred by its employees; [81891]
(2)what the estimated cost is to his Department of the central London road user charging scheme for (a) 17 February 2003 to 31 March 2003, and (b) 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004; [81871]
(3) how many car parking spaces are available to (a) employees of his Department and (b) visitors to his Department within the proposed central London road user charging zone. [81851]
§ Ruth KellyThe Treasury has 46 car parking spaces, which are available for employees and visitors according to need. It reimburses staff for reasonable expenses legitimately incurred on official business. The scheme is not expected to make any detectable difference to the total amount paid. No numerical estimate of the cost has been made.