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Government Car Service statistics (GCS): FOI release

Published
2025-12-09
Received
2025-09-03
Responded
2025-09-30
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport, Work and skills
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Please provide the total cost of Scottish Government provided ministerial car usage for the year 2024-25, broken down by:

Year Trips taken with no one in the car Fuel cost (£) Service and repairs cost (£) Staff costs (£) Private contracts hire cost (£) Travel and subsistence (£) T total cost (£) Total mileage

Response

The information you have requested is provided below.

During the period 2024-25, the Government Car Service (GCS) was used on 69 occasions to deliver official documents and / or equipment without any passengers on board.

The total operating costs for operating the service, broken down by expenditure category is provided below.

Year Fuel cost Service and repairs cost Staff costs Private contract hire cost Travel and subsistence Total cost Total mileage 2024/25 £59,512 £90,758 £1,108,811 £180,807 £7,355 £1,447,243 409,188

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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