Will the First Minister confirm how many drivers for the Ministerial cars were employed in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 to date, and confirm the total wage costs for each of these years?
Answered by First Minister | Answered on 06/02/2018
For each of these years there have been 12 drivers. The wage costs for 2015/16 were published in response to freedom of information request 10686. The remaining wage costs comprised of salary, overtime and other allowances are shown below:
|
Year |
£ |
|
2016/17 |
316,407 |
|
2017/18 |
282,180* |
*figures at end January 2018