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155585

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>(i) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p><p>(ii) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p><p>(iii) <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p><p> </p><p>(b) This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 15:00:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name Cost of Ministerial Cars for 2007-2010.doc title Cost of Ministerial Cars 2007-2010
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

169915

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Expenditure should be viewed in the context of the size of the DWP workforce. The Department is a geographically-dispersed organisation employing around 90,000 staff across some 870 sites, delivering services directly to around 22 million customers. The table below shows the expenditure on taxis, 1<sup>st</sup> class rail and business class air travel for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The average spend per head on a taxi for 2013-14 was in the region of £1.67. Expenditure on taxis includes journeys to enable disabled members of staff to travel to and from work and respresents contractual spend and it does not include taxis claimed through expenses, as this could only be provided at disproportionate costs to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP introduced a restriction stopping staff travelling 1<sup>st</sup> class rail in 2011. Only DWP staff with disabilities are permitted to travel using 1<sup>st</sup> class rail, if there are no suitable standard class facilities available.</p><p> </p><p>The current DWP air travel policy only permits staff to book business class air tickets for single journeys greater than 2.5 hours in duration.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Years (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Taxis (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Class Rail (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Business Class Air (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>0.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>0.26</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>0.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.35</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.29</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Data is not available for taxi travel before 2010.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 12:50:38 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169914

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>With the exception of spending on taxis, and for travel before financial year 2013/14, the systems used by the Government Equalities Office did not routinely classify travel information in this way and producing it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Expenditure on taxis fares is available for the past 3 years: Prior years were not held in the format requested -</p><p> </p><p>FY Expenditure</p><p>09/10 information not held</p><p>10/11 information not held</p><p>11/12 £1,172</p><p>12/13 £2,297</p><p>13/14 £452</p><p>The Government Equalities Office has only been able to recognise the class of travel from 01 April 2013 when it joined DCMS under a Machinery of Government transfer. Prior to this date, information was held by other parent Departments of GEO and extracting this data could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Records show that GEO incurred expenditure for one business class flight during 2013/14 at a cost of £2,218.59. This relates to an outward trip as the Minister was due to attend a meeting immediately upon landing. The minister returned economy class.</p><p><br>No expenditure is recorded for First Class train tickets.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 16:28:14 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

155577

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Information relating to Departmental spend on the Government Car Service is published in an annual Written Ministerial Statement. The costs for the Wales Office of using the Government Car Service in the years specified is shown below:</p><p><strong>2007-08: </strong>£85,400</p><p><strong>2008-09: </strong>£137,000</p><p><strong>2009-10: </strong>£150,504</p><p>The cost of other car hire for ministerial travel, including some travel by Wales Office staff, was:</p><p><strong>2007-08: </strong> £13,939</p><p><strong>2008-09: </strong> £8,297</p><p><strong>2009-10: </strong>£4,683</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/11/2014 13:50:06 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

169908

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Wales Office spend on taxis, first class train tickets and business class air travel in the last five financial years is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Taxis</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) First Class Rail Tickets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c)</strong> <strong>Business Class Air Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>7,038.00</p></td><td><p>127,452.55</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>3,705.90</p></td><td><p>351.50</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>4,638.64</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>4,459.00</p></td><td><p>2,763.76</p></td><td><p>37,837.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>3,415.78</p></td><td><p>1,751.81</p></td><td><p>19,558.87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/12/2014 11:49:21 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

155412

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Expenditure on other car hire could not be extracted without exceeding the statutory disproportionate costs threshold.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/11/2014 12:56:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

169751

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>There are two publications which are published as part of the Government’s commitment to Transparency which contain information on travel and subsistence for Senior Officials and Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These can be found on the Gov.uk website following the links below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/01/2015 17:45:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

155574

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information on ministerial travel is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cars</p></td><td><p>Contracted cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£272,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£289,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£282,979</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(b) The Department for Transport ministerial travel by car would have been in Official Cars provided by the Government Car &amp; Despatch Agency during these periods.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/11/2014 11:07:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

156426

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what predictions are made by the National Transport Model from 2015 onwards for the (a) average number of trips and stages made annually per person in England and (b) average length of trips by transport mode in the (i) low, (ii) medium and (iii) high growth scenarios.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	214853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Forecasts of trip by mode and distance were last published by the Department in Road Transport Forecasts 2011 at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4243/road-transport-forecasts-2011-results.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4243/road-transport-forecasts-2011-results.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has more recently in 2013 produced estimates for the whole of GB using the National Transport Model (NTM). The trip information has not been published but is set out in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average Trips per person annually by mode (GB, RTF13 central forecast)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Annual trips</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Walk</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Cycle</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Car Driver</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Car Pgr</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Bus</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Rail</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>307.4</p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td><td><p>447.6</p></td><td><p>231.8</p></td><td><p>86.3</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>1,119.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>302.4</p></td><td><p>21.1</p></td><td><p>465.3</p></td><td><p>225.8</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>1,118.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>298.0</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>483.8</p></td><td><p>219.0</p></td><td><p>73.3</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>1,117.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>295.7</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>491.6</p></td><td><p>214.0</p></td><td><p>71.2</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td><td><p>1,115.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>291.4</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>500.8</p></td><td><p>212.4</p></td><td><p>66.4</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td><td><p>1,114.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2040</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>290.2</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>507.0</p></td><td><p>211.8</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>1,117.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average length of trips by mode (GB, RTF13 central forecast)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>miles</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Walk</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Cycle</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Car Driver</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Car Pgr</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Bus</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Rail</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2040</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes on the tables:</p><p> </p><ul><li>These are for personal trips based on main mode of travel. The NTM does not produce mode information for different stages of the same trip.</li><li>These forecasts are based on the central forecast in the Road Traffic Forecasts 2013 (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-transport-forecasts-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-transport-forecasts-2013</a>. NTM forecasts of trips by mode for the high and low demand scenarios have not been produced.</li><li>The NTM Road Traffic Forecasts should not be viewed as what we think will actually happen in the future, or what we want the future to look like. They are based on our understanding of the way people make travel choices, the expected path of the key drivers at the time the forecast is made and assume no change in government policy beyond that already announced.</li><li>The forecasts do not account for the Departments Cycling Delivery Plan, as this is still in development.</li><li>The NTM is not the Department’s primary forecasting tool for Rail. Therefore the forecasts may not match with Rail forecasts the Department has published elsewhere.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2014 12:03:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 29296 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

169906

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The attached tables show the spend, as well as explanatory notes, by the Department and its agencies on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Note that by way of context, the total amount spent by the central Department on travel across all modes and classes in 2013/14 was £918,000, which compares to £4.075million in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/12/2014 11:57:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 218483 - Table on travel.pdf title 218483 - table on travel expenditure
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell