FOI request (FOIR-280954788)

Travel Expenditure

Requested Mon 07 December 2020
Responded Thu 24 December 2020

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

1. The total amount spent on travel costs for local authority staff.

2. A breakdown of travel costs by method of transport, including but not limited to taxis, trains, and airplane flights.

3. The total number of local authority staff who claimed for travel costs.

Please can you provide all information for the financial year 2019-20, and where possible for the year 2020-21.

Response

Q1:

2019/20 Total - £33,854.17

2020/21 Total - £7,011.81

Q2:

2019/20 Bus Passes For Councillors - £5,328.50

2020/21 Bus Passes For Councillors - £4,563.00

2019/20 Plane - £45.82

2020/21 Plane - None

2019/20 Rail Travel - £25,154.01

2020/21 Rail Travel - £1,764.05

2019/20 Taxi - £3,325.84

2020/21 Taxi - £684.76

Q3:

43 members of staff claimed travel costs.