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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his estimate is of the cost of (a) ministerial cars and drivers and (b) taxis for his Department in each of the last two years. [200864] Hilary Benn: I refer to the response given by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office, Douglas Alexander on Thursday 13 November 2003, Official Report, column 397-98W. A letter was deposited in the Library in relation to this response which gave the cost of ministerial cars for 2002-03. My hon. Friend the Minister of the Cabinet Office (Ruth Kelly) has asked Nick Matheson, Chief Executive of the Government Car and Despatch Agency to write to the hon. Member with details of the cost of ministerial vehicles provided to this Department in 2003-04. The costs of taxis provided for DFID, under the central contracts in the UK, for the last two years are as follows: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cost of taxis 2002-03 105,908 2003-04 143,447 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Taxi costs incurred by members of staff outside the central contracts are not available centrally and could not be provided without incurring a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

200864; 428 c816W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Department for International Development Government departments Ministers Taxis Travel Official cars

Contains statistics

Yes

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