Ministerial car costs over last 5 years: FOI release
- Published
- 30 August 2023
- Topic
- Public sector, Transport
- FOI reference
- FOI/202300369293
- Date received
- 1 August 2023
- Date responded
- 28 August 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
- How much money has been spent overall on the ministerial car service over the last five years with a breakdown by year and what the money was spent on?
- Full list of ministerial vehicles currently used, including how often they have been used over the last two years.
- How much money is spent on average per every ministerial trip undertaken?
- How much money was spent on the ministerial car service on March 23 and March 24 2023 ferrying ministers about? If it can be broken down per day, that would be great?
- All correspondence between the Scottish Government and outside bodies, including between government officials, regarding the use of the ministerial car service on March 23 to take government ministers home from the Ghillie Dhu in Edinburgh?
Response
In response to your question 1
1. How much money has been spent overall on the ministerial car service over the last five years with a breakdown by year and what the money was spent on?
Full operating costs for the Government Car Service for the last five years are provided in the table below.
Year |
Fuel (£) |
Vehicle Maintenance (£) |
Staffing (£) |
Private Hire (£) |
Travel and subsistence (£) |
Total (£) |
2018 / 19 |
101,360 |
63,203 |
862,522 |
286,216 |
9,830 |
1,323,131 |
2019 / 20 |
80,812 |
39,313 |
940,611 |
274,441 |
9,800 |
1,344,978 |
2020 / 21 |
26,760 |
19,886 |
833,773 |
22,016 |
567 |
903,002 |
2021 / 22 |
47,457 |
24,632 |
884,769 |
86,732 |
1,377 |
1,044,967 |
2022 / 23 |
99,204 |
43,897 |
1,065,133 |
162,485 |
7,268 |
1,377,987 |
In response to your question 2
2. Full list of ministerial vehicles currently used, including how often they have been used over the last two years.
The list of current vehicles used are as follows:
Make and model |
Fuel type |
Number on fleet |
Kia EV6 |
Electric |
3 |
Kia E-Niro |
Electric |
1 |
Kia Optima |
Plug-in hybrid electric |
8 |
Tesla Model 3 |
Electric |
10 |
Volvo S90 |
Plug-in hybrid electric |
1 |
Volvo V90 |
Plug-in hybrid electric |
8 |
We do not hold information on how often they have been used over the last 2 years.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
In response to your question 3.
3. How much money is spent on average per every ministerial trip undertaken?
GCS vehicles are operated as a shared resource and often cover multiple journeys each day, therefore we do not record journey costs.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
In response to your questions 4 and 5.
4. How much money was spent on the ministerial car service on March 23 and March 24 2023 ferrying ministers about? If it can be broken down per day, that would be great?
5. All correspondence between the Scottish Government and outside bodies, including between government officials, regarding the use of the ministerial car service on March 23 to take government ministers home from the Ghillie Dhu in Edinburgh?
The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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Edinburgh
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