PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Travel (11 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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 five years.
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour)
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour)
Answer
The Scotland Office spend on air, rail and taxi travel in the last five years is shown below:
Year | 2009-10 (£) | 2010-11 (£) | 2011-12 (£) | 2012-13 (£) | 2013-14 (£) |
Air | 118,956 | 73,376 | 141,601 | 171,4832 | 131,538 |
Rail | 39,125 | 32,314 | 30,492 | 47,694 | 57,487 |
Taxi | 17,407 | 14,946 | 19,967 | 20,967 | 23,845 |
The Scotland Office does not separately record information and expenditure on first or business class travel. It is Scotland Office policy not to use first or business class travel for officials. All ministerial travel is undertaken by the most efficient and cost effective way, in accordance with the Ministerial Code, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
Answered by:
David Mundell (Conservative)
18 December 2014
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