Travel Allowances

Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what rates of travel allowance may be claimed by civil servants in her Department when using their own vehicles for official business. [36361]

Mr. Sproat
Mileage allowance rates in the Department of National Heritage with effect from 1 October 1995 are as follows: -----------------------
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|Up to 4,000 miles    |
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|Over 4,000 miles     |
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|Public Transport Rate|
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|Passenger supplement |
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|                     |Equipment supplement|
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|Up to 4,000 miles      |||
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|Third party insurance  |
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|Comprehensive insurance|
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|Over 4,000 miles       |
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|Bicycles               |||
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|Mileage allowance      |
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Dr. Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she 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 her 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. [36362]

Mr. Sproat
My Department was created only in April 1992.The available figures for standard rate motor mileage claims in my Department are as follows

1993–94: £82,2731994–95: £75,210.28

For the period 13 April 1992 to 31 March 1993 the information is not available in the format requested.

The saving in the last year if the maximum rate that could be claimed was set at the lowest rate—until 1 October 1995—of 35.7p per mile would be £1,985.36.