Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much each of the armed services has spent on hired cars in each of the last five years.
The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) vehicle lease and hire in the UK, Germany and Northern Europe is primarily covered by the Phoenix II contract with Babcock Land Limited. The costs to the MOD of vehicle hire through the contract are recorded by Top Level Budget (TLB) area, rather than by armed service. The following table provides the costs for vehicle hires, including self-drive cars, those with drivers and specialist vehicles such as those modified to support people with disabilities:
Top Level Budget | FY2016/17 | FY2017/18 | FY2018/19 | FY2019/20 | FY2020/21 |
TLB | £million (ex VAT) | £million(ex VAT) | £million(ex VAT) | £million(ex VAT) | £million(ex VAT) |
Air Command | 0.470 | 0.532 | 0.764 | 1.914 | 0.524 |
Land Command | 1.313 | 3.323 | 3.778 | 4.551 | 1.874 |
Navy Command | 1.184 | 0.719 | 0.876 | 1.122 | 0.615 |
Other TLBs | 2.772 | 4.966 | 5.095 | 6.600 | 7.317 |
Total: | 5.739 | 9.540 | 10.513 | 14.187 | 10.330 |
This does not include any local unit level arrangements that might also be in place outside of this contract, for which data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.