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Written question asked by Lord Laird (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour) on Monday, 24 November 2008.


Northern Ireland Office: Taxis

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 11 November (WA 123), who decided that the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost; and what was the basis for the decision.
Answer

The decision was taken by the head of the department's finance division on the basis that to provide the detailed information requested would have required staff to undertake a manual review of travel claims to identify the taxi journeys that had been processed as reimbursed travel expenditure.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
705 c253WA; 6361
Session
2007-08
Related items
Northern Ireland Office: Taxis
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Expenditure Taxis Northern Ireland Office
Link
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