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Department for Transport: Official Cars

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 15016, tabled on 5 November 2015

Question

Lilian Greenwood
Labour
Nottingham South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been entitled to use the Government Car Service in each year since 2009-10.

Answer

Mr Robert Goodwill
Conservative
Scarborough and Whitby
Commons

Answered on

10 November 2015

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

During the period 2009-10 to date, the following numbers of ministers have been entitled to use Government cars:

2009-10

4

2010-11

4

2011-12

4

2012-13

4

2013-14

4

2014-15

5

2015-16

5

As a result of a series of changes, including closure of the Government mail service, overall operating costs have fallen from £20.956m in 2010/11 to £6.325m in 2014/15. During the same period the number of vehicles in the GCS for use by ministers have fallen from 227 to 78.

Original answer

I am committed to ensuring that the trains enter service as planned. Contractual details regarding any compensation is commercially confidential.

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