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Government: Cars

Volume 703: debated on Tuesday 22 July 2008

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

I am publishing today details of the number of and cost to departments of the provision of allocated cars and drivers by the Government Car and Despatch Agency to Ministers during 2007-08.

The figures are:

Department

No. of Cars

Contracted Cost

Notes

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

5

£345,400

1 & 2

Cabinet Office

7

£473,500

3

Leader of the House of Commons, the Government's Equalities Office and the Leader of the House of Lords

4

£245,300

Office of the Chief Whips for the Commons and the Lords

1

£76,500

Department for Communities and Local Government

6

£401,600

Department for Culture, Media and Sports

3

£241,500

Department for Children, Schools and Families

5

£346,800

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

4

£267,800

Department for International Development

4

£226,900

Department for Transport

4

£272,700

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

5

£248,000

Department for Works and Pensions

6

£415,900

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

5

£355,700

Department of Health

6

£393,700

HM Treasury

5

£341,900

Home Office

6

£477,000

4

Law Officers' Department

2

£138,400

Ministry of Justice

4

£307,900

Northern Ireland Office

2

£291,500

Scotland Office

1

£66,200

Wales Office

2

£85,400

Notes:

1. The Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs was a post held jointly between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). The Government Car Service (GCS) costs were met by BERR.

2. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs was a post held jointly between the Department for International Development (DfID) and BERR. The GCS costs were met by DfID.

3. Cabinet Office figures include cars for Ministers in the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Minister for the Olympics.

4. The Minister of State for Borders and Immigration was a post held jointly between the Home Office and HM Treasury. The GCS costs were met by the Home Office.