FOI/202300369293 · FOI · not held
Ministerial car costs over last 5 years: FOI release
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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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. 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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