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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 Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Taxis

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department and its predecessor spent on taxi fares in each year since 1997.
Answer

The Department was formed in 2001; to seek information prior to this date would incur disproportionate cost.From data held centrally and by the delivery agencies, the following shows expenditure on taxis since 2005-06.

£
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
DEFRA core ¹— 268,095 346,458 299,401 153,308
Animal health² 6,137 25,823 34,447 35,560 39,633
Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science ³— ³— ³— ³— ³—
Rural Payments Agency 40,225 34,298 44,052 59,273 42,925
Veterinary Laboratories Agency4 4— 4— 4— 4— 43,543
Veterinary Medicines Directorate 4,730 5,789 5,533 3,155 7,192
Marine and Fisheries Agency5 2,630 5,022 5,095 5,432 10,915
Food & Environment Research Agency6 16,395 19,242 18,301 20,389 20,707
¹ Would incur disproportionate cost.
² AH formed October 2005.
³ CEFAS taxi fares are charged to a generic travel code, which includes other types of fares such as rail, air and bus. Obtaining costs allocated solely to taxi fares would incur disproportionate cost.
4 VLA 2009-10 covers period September 2009 to March 2010. Earlier details not available without disproportionate cost.
5 MFA formed October 2005. Became an NDPB 1 March 2010.
6 FERA - formed 1 April 2009, earlier data for Central Science Laboratory.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12983; 515 c426W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Taxis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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