Departmental Taxis Ian Stewart To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred under each such contract in each of the last three years. Sarah McCarthy-Fry HM Treasury has had contracts with two taxi companies in the past three completed financial years. The following table sets out the total expenditure on each. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Premier Despatch Ltd., London1 |168 |139 |216 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1st Goldstar Taxis, Norwich |— |8 |13 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Premier Despatch Ltd was acquired by Addison Lee in February 2009| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------