§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the models of cars which(a) Government Ministers can choose from and (b) are currently used by all Government Ministers. [23581]
§ Mr. KilfoyleCabinet Ministers are provided with an appropriate car, normally a Rover Sterling or another car from the Rover 800 series. Ministers of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State are provided with a choice of cars normally within the Rover 400 series or equivalent cars such as the Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra or Nissan Primera with a comfortable but not extravagant level of fit.
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister currently have the use of a Daimler 4.0 litre and a Jaguar respectively. Other Ministers use cars in the above categories. The main exceptions are where a difference model is used for security reasons or where cars of a different model were used by Ministers of the previous administration and to replace them would not be an efficient use of public resources.
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