Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 14 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 March 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 March 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department in each of the last four years. - Includes table and ref to 5 March 2002 at 381 c192W and 30 January 2002 at 379 c405-6W.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department in each of the last four years. [27907] Ms Blears: I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002, Official Report, column 192W. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on 30 January 2002, Official Report, column 406W. The table gives a summary of costs of taxis. Cost of taxis _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (April to March) £ 1998-99 189,730.78 1999-2000 220,603.24 2000-01 250,321.97 2001-02 236,944.18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 381 c1003-4W;381 c1006W; 27907
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Costs Fares Government departments Taxis Travel Department of Health Official cars
Contains statistics: Yes
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