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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 Chris Mole (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Departmental Taxis

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and its predecessor 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 Department for Transport (DFT) and its agencies do not record the mileage of taxi journeys, and so this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.Available figures for the cost are included in the following table. Four agencies do not record taxi fares separately from other travel costs, and could provide the information only at disproportionate cost. For DFT(c), Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) information for years earlier than those shown could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

£
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
DFT(c) — 87,163 98,299 138,401 130,764 143,968 137,968
DSA — — — — 11,256 19,839 24,119
DVLA 23,359 36,807 42,276 54,458 64,236 47,195 52,041
VCA — — 1,589 2,581 2,416 2,078 3,562

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c382W; 302704
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Department for Transport Taxis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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