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Written Question
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Uber
Tuesday 28th February 2017

Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered by Alan Duncan

The FCO has spent £44,573.09 on Uber transactions worldwide since 28 October 2016. The FCO does not differentiate between Uber for Business and other Uber transactions.

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