Departmental Taxis
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 23 November 2009
Jeremy Hunt (Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Culture, Media and Sport; South West Surrey, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on taxis in 2008-09.
Siôn Simon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Birmingham, Erdington, Labour)
All official travel is undertaken in accordance with rules set out in the Department's Travel and Subsistence guidance and is consistent with the Civil Service Management Code.
The Department's expenditure on taxis in 2008-09 was £32,179.
This figure represents expenditure on taxis and black cabs which is separately identified in the Department's accounting system. In addition there is an element of this expenditure included in the general travel and subsistence account which can be identified only at disproportionate cost.