To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many public interest immunity certificates his Department has issued in each year since 1986. [36693]
I am unable to provide any details before April 1992. Since that date public interest immunity certificates have been signed by Ministers in this Department to cover a number of individual subjects and, in the event not all the certificates have been used. Total numbers for each year are as follows:
- 1992: 3
- 1993: 5
- 1994: 2
- 1995: 3
| Type | Engine cc Cars | Full rate p/mile £ | Lower tier p/mile £ | Rate effective date |
| Standard Rate Motor | Cars | |||
| Mileage | 0–1000 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 6 April 1995 |
| Allowance | 1001–1500 | 0.34 | 0.19 | |
| (SRMMA) | 1501–2000 | 0.43 | 0.23 | |
| 2001 and over | 0.60 | 0.32 | ||
| Motorcycles | ||||
| 0–125 | 0.158 | 0.062 | 6 April 1995 | |
| 126 and over | 0.242 | 0.090 | ||
| Public Transport | All cars | 0.238 | 6 April 1995 | |
| Rate Motor | Motorcycles | |||
| Mileage Allowance | 0–125 | 0.158 | 6 April 1995 | |
| (PTRMMA) | 126 and over | 0.238 | ||
| Candidates for Employment | All cars and motorcycles | 0.10 | 1 April 1989 | |
| 0.05 | ||||
| Bicycle | 0.062 | 6 April 1995 |
Note:
Under current regulations SRMMA may be claimed at full rate to a limit of 4000 miles (1995–96 financial year). Any additional mileage travelled is restricted to the Lower Tier rate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the total cost of travel expenses claimed by civil servants using their own vehicles for official business in each of the last five years in his Department; and what would have been the saving in the last year if the maximum rate that could be claimed was set at the lowest rate. [36366]
The total costs of mileage allowances claimed by Ministry of Defence civilian staff using their own vehicles for official business in each of the last five year is as follows:
- 1990–91: £11,960,000
- 1991–92: £11,800,000
- 1992–93: £11,840,000