Departmental Vehicles

Mr. Jeremy Browne
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Straw
Since the Ministry of Justice was only formed on 9 May 2007 my response refers to the former Department for Constitutional Affairs. The following table provides figures from the 2002-03 financial year to the end of the last full financial year. Information for the preceding five years is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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|Financial year|Total owned at end of year|Total purchased during year|
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|2002-03       |406                       |11                         |
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|2003-04       |279                       |0                          |
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|2004-05       |89                        |0                          |
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|2005-06       |41                        |2                          |
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|2006-07       |91                        |42                         |
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I also refer the hon. Member to the response provided by the Department for Transport in respect of vehicles provided by GCDA.