Government Car and Despatch Agency

Grant Shapps
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

Dan Norris
The Department’s cumulative spend with the Government Car and Dispatch Agency in each of the last five years and for the current year to January 2010 is shown in the following table.

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|                            |Total (£)   |
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|2004-5                      |758,687.35  |
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|2005-6                      |1,198,282.79|
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|2006-7                      |906,287.79  |
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|2007-8                      |709,682.06  |
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|2008-9                      |694,574.07  |
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|2009-101                    |543,727.83  |
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|Grand Total                 |4,811,241.89|
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|1 Part year to February 2010|            |
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Costs to the Department for ministerial cars are reported annually to Parliament by my right. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport through written ministerial statements and are available in the Libraries of the House.