Chauffeur-driven Cars

HC Deb 19 December 1995 vol 268 c1082W

Mr. MacShane

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what the cost of chauffeur-driven cars used by his Department was in each of the past five years. [5861]

Mr. Lang

The total cost, excluding VAT, of chauffeur-driven cars is as follows:

Year	£
1990–91	197,496
1991–92	213,295
1992–93	321,664
1993–94	399,180
1994–95	411,827

These figures also reflect structural and ministerial changes within the Department resulting from machinery of government changes.