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Taxis

Answer

The Department has spent the following on its central contracts for taxis since April 2004:

£
	Addison Lee	Green Cars	Computer Cabs	Total
2004-05	423,212.06	—	—	423,212.06
2005-06	414,100.68	—	—	414,100.68
2006-07	306,309.56	—	—	306,309.56
2007-08	336,933.86	—	—	336,933.86
2008-09	291,985.23	¹22,935.58	—	314,920.81
2009-10	184,328.72	23,043.58	8,471.56	215,843.86
¹ The Green Cars contract commenced in September 2008

The central contracts with Addison Lee and Green Cars terminated on 31 October 2009. The central contract with Computer Cabs began on 1 November 2009 and is currently in use by staff for whom a reasonable adjustment is required.The figures supplied above, go back six years in accordance with the Retention Schedule, which is informed by the National Archives 'Records Management Retention Scheduling—Employee Personnel Records' (page 6, 'Travel and Subsistence—claims and authorisation'—retention period of six years).In addition to the central contracts there is local contract between the Department's Communications Directorate and CityFleet. This began in February 2010 and up to the end of the financial year 2009-10 cost £218.69.Other taxi fares may be claimed via staff expenses. Since July 2008, when the Department's Business Management System was launched the figures are as follows:

	Total (£)
2008-09	108,424.55
2009-10	153,158.48

The Department's accounting system in operation before July 2008, known as VISTA, did not have a specific sub code for taxis and so a figure cannot be supplied without scrutinizing individual claims at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

12991; 515 c273-4W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Taxis Department of Health

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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