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<p>Determining the amount spent on taxi cabs in the last three years is not readily
available from our management systems. This is because the cost information is not
held in an easily identifiable format.</p><p>Firstly, the Home Office does not have
separate codes or fields for Ministers’ and Officials’ travel in our management systems.
To identify ministers costs separately would require a manual review of all relevant
records held by our travel provider over a three year time period.</p><p>Secondly,
many taxi journeys are also reimbursed via a manual expenses process. The information
required to identify civil servant taxi claims is not easily distinguishable within
the central financial system and a manual review of all these records would also be
required.</p>
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