Government Spends Almost £4 Million Every Year on Private Cars – Guido Fawkes

Government Spends Almost £4 Million Every Year on Private Cars

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Government departments administered by the Government Car Service are spending almost four million pounds a year on private cars. Data obtained by Guido’s FoI unit shows an average monthly spend of £330,007…

The GCS has been transferred from DfT’s remit to the Cabinet Office this year. Departments have so far invoiced for two months-worth of car use. Their average use extrapolated over a year runs to a bill of £3,880,071. The most prolific private car users and their annual cost:

• Ministry of Justice – £496,188.48
• Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government – £391,495.86
• Department for Business & Trade – £388,134.12
• Department for Health & Social Care – £377,391.06
• Home Office – £373,162.32
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – £267,110.64
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology – £263,378.10
• Department for Transport – £251,335.92
• Department for Work & Pensions – £250,757.04
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero – £244,298.46
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport – £141,337.32
• Attorney General’s Office – £139,953.24
• Department for Education – £128,707.50
• HM Treasury – £127,155.06
• Scotland Office – £119,676.42

Not all departments use GCS vehicles. Civil servants taking a ride…