§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the travel costs were of civil servants in(a) his Department, (b) its predecessor Department and (c) its related agencies in each year since 1997. [183892]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Department for Transport came into existence on 29 May 2002 following Machinery of Government changes. The total travel and subsistence costs for civil servants in the Department for fiscal year 2002–03 were £1,606,589, and for 2003–04 were £1,919,678. Information for earlier years can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The totals for the Department's agencies in the same years were £18,696,176 (2002–03), and £21,975,803 (2003–04).
All travel undertaken by civil servants in the Department for Transport complied with the requirements of the Civil Service Management Code.