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Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 22 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 March 2010. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Thursday, 8 April 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Valuation Office Agency: Allowances

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 810W, on Valuation Office: allowances, how many individual expenses were claimed by the Valuation Office Agency's Director of National and Central Services in 2008-09.
Answer

During 2008-09 the Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) Director of National and Central Services claimed 475 individual expenses.The expenses claimed and paid directly to the individual for 2008-09 totalled £6,632.All expenses have been counted individually and not totalled for each day of travel or for each, total, claim submitted on the VOA expenses system. For example if a tube, bus and meal allowance has been claimed on the same day this will be counted as three separate expense claims not one.This sum excludes costs paid direct by the agency's travel providers for hotel accommodation, rail fares etc.A further detailed analysis of the hotel expense statistics (as supplied by the travel provider) has revealed errors in the way in which the information from the travel supplier was interpreted. This position has now been clarified but, as a consequence, the figures shown on 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 810W, should show the revisions shown in brackets.

Expenses claimed
£
1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009
Director of National and Central Services 0 34,039 (23,732)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1604-5W;508 c1605W; 324120
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Allowances Valuation Office Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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