Home Office: Travel
(asked on 14th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
The information requested is shown in the table below:
Type | FY14-15 | FY15-16 | FY16-17 | FY17-18 |
Taxis | £382,709.59 | £416,642.05 | £472,350.01 | £338, 852.38 |
First Class Train Tickets | £605.34 | £806.85 | £2,403.27 | £1,065.65 |
Business Class Air Travel | £267.90 | £2,087.81 | £6,188.76 | £516.34 |
Expenditure on Taxis by the Home Office Group for FY2017/18 has decreased to £339k when compared to FYs14/15, 15/16 and 16/17 figures. Business class flights and first class train tickets spend fluctuated in the last four years but remained low for the Home Office Group.
There has been a continued drive to reduce spend on first class rail travel across the group. First class rail travel may be booked if there are no standard class facilities available, and to accommodate staff with disabilities or other special needs requirements.