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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2009. It was answered by Ann McKechin (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009 on behalf of the Scotland Office.


Departmental Taxis

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have travelled by taxi in the course of their official duties in each year since 1997; and at what cost to the public purse in each such year.
Answer

The Scotland Office does not record the number of miles travelled by taxi by Ministers or officials in the course of their official duties. The costs of taxi journeys since the Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999 are shown in the following table:

£
Ministers Officials
1999-2000 366 8,153
2000-01 733 14,887
2001-02 0 7,431
2002-03 244 8,659
2003-04 147 8,172
2004-05 0 7,821
2005-06 0 8,291
2006-07 0 7,595
2007-08 1,075 7,278
2008-09 1,103 9,265

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c1W; 302717
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Taxis Scotland Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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