PORT OF SPAIN NORTH/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young has questioned an $82,000 increase in electricity allowances at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries in the budget.

During the Standing Finance Committee’s fifth and final sitting in the House of Representatives on October 25, Young questioned if the increase was linked to the establishment of offices for Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal and junior minister Ernesto Kesar in south Trinidad.

The increase was listed under the sub-head, goods and services – general administration.