Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s publication of Government procurement card spending over £500 for November 2022, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose was of the taxi services for which Imperial Transportation was paid £952.02 on 17 November 2022.

The taxi services of Imperial Transportation were procured to transport officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, over 250 miles during a visit to Ottawa and Montreal, Canada for a UK-Canada Public Policy Forum. This was on the official advice of the High Commission in Ottawa, as no government cars were available and the use of public transport was impractical.