Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Monday, 9 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 October 2006. It was answered by Vera Baird (Labour) on Monday, 16 October 2006 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Departmental Expenditure

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much her Department spent on taxis in the last 12 months.

Answer: It is not possible to list the costs spent on taxis by the Department in the last 12 months without incurring disproportionate costs as the expenditure is not separately identifiable within the Department's accounts.All Civil Service travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the ““Ministerial Code””, ““Travel by Ministers”” and the ““Civil Service Management Code””, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.

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