Written question asked by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 September 2010. It was answered by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Monday, 6 September 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Taxis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department and its predecessors spent on taxi fares in each year since 1997.

Answer: The Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have published their spending data for 2009-10 on the Department's website:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/spendingdata0910"Details of taxi fares are included in these figures.Staff also claimed £38,678 back through the Department's Travel and Subsistence system and a further £3,142 through the Government Procurement Card (GPC) for taxi use.We intend to publish spending data for 2008-09 in due course as part of our continuing transparency initiatives but details of expenditure in earlier years could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

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