Departmental Public Expenditure

Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much expenditure his Department incurred in respect of (a) Balmoral Transport Service, (b) MC Chauffeurs and (c) Stratstone in 2007-08; and to what purpose.

Huw Irranca-Davies
From information held centrally, the expenditure information requested is as follows:

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|Supplier                  |Purpose                               |Expenditure (£)|
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|Balmoral Transport Service|Car Transport for Minister            |245.00         |
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|MC Chauffeurs             |Car Transport for Ministers, Officials|1740.21        |
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|Stratstone                |—                                     |Nil            |
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