Margaret Ferrier – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ferrier on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each year since 2010-11.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office spend on air, rail and taxi travel since 2010-11 is shown below:
|
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
|
Air |
£73,376 |
£141,601 |
£171,483 |
£131,538 |
£158,897 |
|
Rail |
£32,314 |
£30,492 |
£47,694 |
£57,487 |
£55,718 |
|
Taxi |
£14,946 |
£19,967 |
£20,967 |
£23,845 |
£27,165 |
The Scotland Office does not separately record information and expenditure on first or business class travel. It is Scotland Office policy not to use first or business class travel for officials. All ministerial travel is undertaken by the most efficient and cost effective way, in accordance with the Ministerial Code, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
