Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many private hire cars his Department has used since 2015; how long each journey was; and what the cost was of those journeys to the public purse.

FCO policy states that staff should travel by the most efficient means of transport. Guidance on using private hire cars for official travel is set out in staff guidance and FCO policy is that public transport should be used whenever possible.