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Taxis

Volume 480: debated on Monday 6 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available. (223037)

(a) During 2007-08, the Northern Ireland Office's (NIO) expenditure on invoiced taxi fares was £42,455. Taxi fares were also claimed by employees as reimbursable expenses but these costs can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

(b) The invoiced expenditure on taxi fares for the NIO's agencies during 2007-08 are shown in the following table:

Agency

Amount (£)t

Northern Ireland Prison Service

1,433

Forensic Science Northern Ireland

1,796

Youth Justice Agency

25,589

Compensation Agency

1,167

Total

29,985

Further taxi fares were claimed by employees as reimbursable expenses but these costs can be provided only at disproportionate cost.