Roads Service £1.8m travel claims bill

ROADS Service staff in the northern division claimed £1,649,474 in travel expenses over the past five years.

The Northern division expenses bill was lower than that in the West and South but higher than in the East.

The bill was marginally increased here from 338,504 in 2005/6 to 339,904 in 2009/10.

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The total expenses bill generated by Roads Service staff across Northern Ireland was 12,952,784, which at current staffing levels is over 5,000 per employee over the five year period.

Roads Minister Conor Murphy outlined the expenditure in response to an Assembly Question.

Roads Service's internal contractor, Roads Service Direct (RSD) claimed 2,009,776; Roads Service Consultancy (RSC); claimed 3,423,603; and Road Service's Transport and Engineering Policy Unit (TEPU) claimed 505,749. All of these operate across the four Roads Service geographical regions.

Mr Murphy stated: "These figures exclude expenditure for mileage claims relating to overtime. Spend in 2005-2006 to 2008-2009, includes expenditure relating to standard mileage claims for industrial staff, however, since responsibility for the payment of Industrial Staff moved from the Department to HR Connect in 2009-2010, these costs are no longer easily identifiable."

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