Freedom of information response

Council vehicle usage

Publication date: 
Monday 26 June 2023
Request: 
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2021-2022?
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2022-2023?
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2021-2022?
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2022-2023?
  • How much does your organisation reimburse its employees per mile?
  • Does your organisation have an employee travel policy for business travel, which may include other additional modes of transport such as train, car rental, and so on? If so, can it please be attached to this response.
Response: 
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2021-2022? Total miles claimed 824,739.63
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2022-2023? Total miles claimed 880,539.91
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2021-2022? Total amount paid £330,438.88
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2022-2023? Total amount paid £395,020.52

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Request reference:
FOI 12842