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 Bridget Prentice (Labour) on Monday, 10 September 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Departments: Taxis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent by his Department 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 as the expenditure is not separately identifiable within the Department's accounts and may be provided only at disproportionate cost.All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the "Ministerial Code" and "Travel by Ministers", copies of which are available in the Library of the House for the reference of Members. All official travel by civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the "Civil Service Management Code", a copy of which is also available in the Library of the House for the reference of Members.

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