Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Monday, 19 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 March 2012. It was answered by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 April 2012 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Taxis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on taxis for (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants between August 2011 and January 2012.

Answer

The Department for Transport does not record taxi expenses for Ministers and civil servants separately. Total figures for the central Department and five of its agencies are included in the following table.The Department's remaining two agencies (Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) do not record taxi fares separately from other travel costs, and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Highways Agency did not record taxi fares separately prior to 2010-11.

£
	Financial year 2009-10	Financial year 2010-11	Half-year August 2011 to January 2012
Department for Transport (Central)	121,815	84,740	38,292
Driving Standards Agency	15,859	12,986	5,142
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency	38,018	26,398	13,200
Government Car and Despatch Agency	0	0	0
Highways Agency	0	45,384	20,478
Vehicle Certification Agency	1,558	9,603	2,927

The table shows that the coalition Government have significantly reduced expenditure on taxis since May 2010.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 101410; 543 c60-1W
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Department for Transport Taxis
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Taxis

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