Department for Work and Pensions: Travel
(asked on 21st December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
The DWP’s business travel policy expects other alternatives to have been examined and exhausted. Where travel is deemed appropriate it requires the use of the most cost effective mode of transport.
In the last four years the Department has spent the following on First Class Rail, Business Class Air and Taxis. This is also shown as a percentage of overall travel costs.
Method of Travel | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
1st Class Rail | £13,958 | £11,563 | £7,505 | £546 |
Business Class Air | £127,859 | £100,706 | £76,862 | £27,148 |
Taxi | £1,333,782 | £1,373,371 | £1,284,359 | £1,237,382 |
Total | £1,475,599 | £1,485,640 | £1,368,726 | £1,265,076 |
Percentage of Total Travel Costs | 3.57% | 3.48% | 2.90% | 2.83% |