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Departmental Travel

Simon Hughes: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) ministerial cars and drivers, (b) taxis, (c) train travel, (d) the use of helicopters, (e) airline tickets and (f) chartered aeroplanes in each year since 1997. [289065]

Chris Mole: The Government Car and Despatch Agency is responsible for providing ministerial cars and drivers. Information for years 2000-01 to 2002-03 is as follows:

	2000-01		2001-02		Post general election 2001		2002-03
	Number of cars	Annual contracted value (£)	Number of cars	Annual contracted value (£)	Number of cars	Annual contracted value (£)	Number of cars	Annual contracted value (£)
Cabinet Office(1)	12	722,200	13	813,000	13	816,700	8	440,800
ODPM(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	333,600
DCMS	4	214,800	4	222,000	4	222,400	4	230,500
DETR(3)	8	402,700	9	464,200	-	-	-	-
DfEE/DfES(2)	8	400,000	8	412,600	7	351,200	6	317,000
DRD	2	94,500	2	96,800	1	50,000	2	92200
DSS(3)	5	246,100	5	253,400	-	-	-	-
DTI	5	289,000	6	313,900	6	313,900	6	321,700
FCO	5	256,500	5	263,800	6	315,800	5	258,000
Department of Health	5	307,200	6	316,600	7	369,500	6	325,500
HM Treasury	5	263,900	5	271,200	5	271,500	5	285,800
Home Office	5	243,000	4	208,800	6	332,400	7	399,900
Lord Chancellor's Department	5	165,800	3	170,400	4	223,600	4	233,200
MAFF(3)	5	210,700	4	218,200	-	-	-	-
MOD(4)	5	53,000	1	54,500	1	54,500	1	63,000
Northern Ireland Office	5	239,800	3	247,300	3	247,300	5	257,500
Privy Council Office	5	170,900	2	113,800	2	113,800	2	120,800
Scotland Office	5	96,500	2	100,800	2	98,400	2	100,400
Wales Office	5	121,100	2	122,900	2	122,900	2	127^00
DEFRA(3)	-	-	-	-	5	268,000	5	285,900
DTLR/DfT(2,3)	-	-	-	-	7	373,500	3	173,700
DWP(3)	-	-	-	-	6	315,900	6	328,600
Total	99	4,497,700	84	4,664,200	87	4,861,300	85	4,695,300
(1) Cabinet Office figures include cars for the Prime Minister's Office, the Leader of the House of Lords, the Chief Whips in both Chambers and the Minister without Portfolio. (2) Takes into account Machinery of Government changes. (3) DETR, DSS and MAFF were reorganised after the 2001 general election. (4) The Government Car Service provides a car and driver for the Secretary of State for Defence only. MOD provides its other Ministers with transport.

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Information for 2003-04 is as follows:

	2003-04
Department	Number of cars	Annual contracted value (£)
Cabinet Office	9	552,200
DCA	3	188,200
DCMS	4	235,600
DEFRA	5	281,400
DfES	7	382,100
DFID	3	147,300
DfT	4	232,200
DTI	5	275,500
DWP	6	339,400
FCO	4	214,500
DH	6	422,300
HMT	5	292,200
Home Office	7	408,900
Law Officers	2	106,400
NIO	5	362,600
ODPM	7	394,300
Privy Council	1	56,000
Scotland Office	1	49,200
Wales Office	3	140,700
Total	87	5,081,000
Notes: 1. Cabinet Office figures prior to the Machinery of Government changes include cars for the Prime Minister's Office, the Leader of the House of Lords, the Chief Whips in both Chambers and the Minister without Portfolio. After the changes the figures exclude the Government Chief Whip for the House of Lords. 2. The Lord Chancellor's Department (LCD) became the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) following Machinery of Government changes in June 2003. 3. The Government Car Service no longer provided services to the Ministry of Defence.

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