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Written question asked by Ian Stewart (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.


Departmental Taxis

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred under each such contract in each of the last three years.
Answer

HM Treasury has had contracts with two taxi companies in the past three completed financial years. The following table sets out the total expenditure on each.

£000
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Premier Despatch Ltd., London¹ 168 139 216
1st Goldstar Taxis, Norwich — 8 13
¹ Premier Despatch Ltd was acquired by Addison Lee in February 2009

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c144W; 300827
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Taxis Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk