§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was to his Department for(a) ministerial cars and drivers, (b) taxis, (c) train travel, (d) the use of helicopters, (e) airline tickets and (f) chartered aero planes in each year since 1997. [123084]
§ Mr. McNultyThe cost of ministerial cars and drivers for the Department will be addressed in a letter from Mr. Nick Matheson, the Chief Executive of the Government Car and Despatch Agency to the hon. Member.
The Department for Transport came into existence on 29 May 2002 following machinery of Government changes. All travel by officials in the Department for Transport is undertaken in accordance with the rules contained in the departmental staff handbook. Ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.
Full detailed information for parts (b), (c), (d) and (e) could be provided only at disproportionate cost.