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 Barbara Follett (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years.

Answer

The Department has spent the following amounts through formal and informal contracts with taxi companies over the last three fiscal years.

		£
2006	A1 Taxi Safe	1,333
	Balmoral Transport Services Ltd.	8,516
	Dial a Cab	15,700
	Radio Taxis	5,997
	Taxifast	1,210
Total		32,757

2007	A1 Taxi Safe	833
	Balmoral Transport Services Ltd.	2,755
	Dial a Cab	4,885
	Knight and Day Taxis Com	156
	Radio Taxis	2,730
	Taxifast	202
Total		11,560

2008	A1 Taxi Safe	144
	Balmoral Transport Services Ltd.	8,417
	Crownhill Taxi Services Ltd.	490
	Dial a Cab	2,793
	Radio Taxis	59
Total		11,903

Staff will also pay taxi fares themselves in the course of official business and claim the costs back through the T&S system, figures from this show the following expenditure over the last three years:

	£
2006-07	121,588
2007-08	111,056
2008-09	55,736

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Type: Written question
Reference: 501 c67-8W; 300833
Session: 2009-10
Subjects: Taxis Department for Communities and Local Government
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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