Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Robert Buckland
None of the Law Officers’ Departments have an account with Uber and the Departments have no records of any direct expenditure on Uber for Business or any other Uber transactions.
Staff are able to book and pay for taxis themselves and claim these costs as expenses. It is possible that staff have booked taxis for business purposes using Uber and claimed these costs; however this cannot be specified without incurring disproportionate costs as each individual expenses claim would have to be investigated.