Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 July 2007. It was answered by Iain Wright (Labour) on Monday, 3 September 2007 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Departments: Railways, Aviation and Taxis

Question: (3) how much was spent by her Department on taxis in the last 12 months.

Answer

The breakdown of information in the format requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the following table sets out the overall expenditure incurred by Communities and Local Government on overseas and domestic travel (for civil servants and Ministers) in the last 12 months.

1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007
	£
Overseas travel and subsistence costs	257,447
Domestic travel and subsistence costs	2,004,632

The figures include all expenditure for travel by air, train, taxi and car as well as subsistence and hotel accommodation costs.All travel by civil servants and Ministers of Communities and Local Government is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Service Management Code and the Ministerial Code and Travel.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 153226; 463 c1648-9W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Taxis Travel Department for Communities and Local Government
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Departments: Railways, Aviation and Taxis

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