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 Herbert of South Downs (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Taxis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on taxi fares in each year since 1997.

Answer

All travel is undertaken in accordance with the Civil Service Management and Ministerial Codes.The Home Department spend on taxis for the financial years 1997-98 to 2009-10 is set out in the following table:

	£ million
1997-98	0.03
1998-99	0.04
1999-2000	0.05
2000-01	0.09
2001-02	0.24
2002-03	0.36
2003-04	0.43
2004-05	0.65
2005-06	0.81
2006-07	0.96
2007-08	0.90
2008-09	0.12
2009-10	0.12

From 1997-98 to 2007-08, the figures include expenditure by Home Office headquarters, the Immigration and Nationality Department (IND), the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR). NOMS and OCJR transferred to the Ministry of Justice in 2007. IND thereafter became an executive agency on 1 April 2008.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 12978; 516 c212W
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Home Office Taxis
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Taxis

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