Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
(a) This information on ministerial travel is shown below:
Year | Number of cars | Contracted cost |
2007-08 | 4 | £272,700 |
2008-09 | 4 | £289,800 |
2009-10 | 3 | £282,979 |
(b) The Department for Transport ministerial travel by car would have been in Official Cars provided by the Government Car & Despatch Agency during these periods.