Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Monday, 17 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 October 2022. It was answered by Mark Spencer (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 November 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Taxis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.

Original answer

The following table sets out expenditure on taxis in each of the given years. A split by ministers and civil servants could not be obtained on this occasion without incurring disproportionate costs.

Year	Taxi Spend (£)
2019	46,668
2020	9,722
2021	20,317

The answer was corrected by Mark Spencer (Conservative)

on Wednesday, 1 February 2023 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Corrected answer

~~The following table sets out expenditure on taxis in each of the given years. A split by ministers and civil servants could not be obtained on this occasion without incurring disproportionate costs.~~

~~Year~~	~~Taxi Spend (£)~~
~~2019~~	~~46,668~~
~~2020~~	~~9,722~~
~~2021~~	~~20,317~~

The following table sets out expenditure on taxis in each of the given years. A split by ministers and civil servants could not be obtained on this occasion without incurring disproportionate costs.

Year	Taxi Spend (£)
2019	143,210.25
2020	30,288.49
2021	19,898.34

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 63949
Session: 2022-23
Subjects: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Taxis
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Taxis

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