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1465683

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 2427 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, for what reason his Department does not maintain records for the costs incurred on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs; and what steps he is taking to effectively ensure value for public money in the use of that account in the absence of such records.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>As I outlined in my previous answer, the information requested by the Rt Hon Member is not centrally held in the form requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>All expenditure is in line with the Cabinet Office’s Travel and Expenses Policy. It states that such travel expenses may be claimed by staff where:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>“you are outside of normal working hours (before 6am and after 9pm)</p></li><li><p>no other suitable method of public transport is available, and</p></li><li><p>travel by private vehicle or self-drive hire car is not possible and/or is not cost-effective, and either:</p></li><li><p>you are transporting heavy luggage or official business equipment, or</p></li><li><p>the saving of official time is important and can be justified on cost grounds.”</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>To assist the Rt Hon Member’s scrutiny, as I have noted in previous answers, there was no such spending by Downing Street staff in relation to gatherings in the recent report by the Second Permanent Secretary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/06/2022 12:38:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1465740

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111521 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, whether any vehicles were ordered on Downing Street's mini-cab account to take Downing Street staff to their homes or other locations between 8pm and 4am on the nights of (a) 13 November and (b) 17 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>There were no journeys other than one for a shift worker, similar to that outlined in my answer to the Rt Hon Member of 28 January 2022, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-25/111521" target="_blank">UIN 111521</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This was not related to any gathering covered in the report of the Second Permanent Secretary, and the journey was in line with Cabinet Office travel policy guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/06/2022 09:11:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1463307

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 114, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse of vehicles ordered on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs from January 2020 to December 2021 in whatever form, and over whatever accounting periods, the records of those costs are monitored and maintained.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my previous answer of 16 May 2022 to PQ 114.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2022 16:31:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1461458

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what total cost to the public purse was of vehicles ordered on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs in each month of (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held in the form requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/05/2022 14:17:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1416568

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any vehicles were ordered on Downing Street's mini-cab account to take Downing Street staff to their homes or other locations between 8pm and 4am on the night of 16 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	111521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>In line with travel policy guidance, one journey took place in relation to an overnight shift worker travelling from Whitehall, having undertaken their staff duties.</p><p> </p><p>But otherwise, no such vehicles were ordered to take staff from Downing Street in this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/01/2022 10:03:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry