To ask the Secretary of State for Health what rates of travel allowance may be claimed by civil servants in his Department when using their own vehicles for official business. [36369]
The Department, with the exception of the Medicines Control Agency, has adopted a single motor mileage rate of 30p per mile for all motor cars and 15p per mile for all motor cycles. The Medicines Control Agency rates are as follows:
| Engine cc: | |||
| Up to 1500 cc | 1501–2000 cc | Over 2000 cc | |
| Up to 5000 miles | 35.7p | 42p | 46p |
| Over 5000 miles | 23p | 27p | 35p |
| Hospital Medical Consultants at 30 September each year England—whole-time equivalents | ||||||
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
| Palliative Medicine | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 31.8 |
| Medical Oncology | 24.7 | 23.7 | 30.7 | 32.7 | 41.5 | 61.5 |
| Clinical Oncology | 190.2 | 185.6 | 202.5 | 200.1 | 198.8 | 221.2 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of consultant oncologists per head of population in (a) England and (b) other OECD countries. [36615]
There were 282.7 hospital medical and clinical consultant oncologists—whole-time equivalents—in England as at 30 September 1994, 0.6 per 100,000 population. Data on the number of oncologists per head of population in OECD countries are not available centrally.