Spending on Mayoral Cars
Hello,
I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in regards to vehicles used to transport the Mayor of your Local authority.
1) A list of all vehicles owned or leased to the council for the use of transporting the Mayor of your Local authority and:
a) The make and model of each vehicle?
b) The cost of purchasing each vehicle (if not leased) since 2018?
c) The cost of leasing each vehicle (if not purchased) since 2018?
d) The cost of fuel for each vehicle since 2018?
e)The costs associated with maintaining each vehicle since 2018?
f) The cost of insuring each vehicle since 2018?
g) The costs of any parking fees and / or fines / PCNs issued to each vehicle since 2018?
Please provide cost per annum if possible for questions 1b-1g.
2) How many days a week on average is each vehicle used?
3) Is transporting the mayor the primary use of the vehicle? If not, please list other uses?
I look forward to receiving a response from you and I am happy to provide any additional information you require.
Yours faithfully
Akwesi Osei
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Good Morning,
Thank you for your email of the 26^th August 2022 where you requested
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We apologise for
the delay in our response.
The information you requested is enclosed.
1) A list of all vehicles owned or leased to the council for the use
of transporting the Mayor of your Local authority and:
a) The make and model of each vehicle? Jaguar XF Prestige AWD I Auto
b) The cost of purchasing each vehicle (if not leased) since 2018?
£24, 812.58 bought 2018
c) The cost of leasing each vehicle (if not purchased) since 2018?
N/A
d) The cost of fuel for each vehicle since 2018?
2022/23
as at
Nov
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022
£1,135 £1,578 £66 £610 £812
e)The costs associated with maintaining each vehicle since 2018?
2022/23
as at
Nov
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022
Car
MOT/maintenance/repairs
etc. £81 £143 £55 £732 £244
Car Road Tax £115 £148 £153 £158
Breakdown cover £100 £259 £267 £275 £283
f) The cost of insuring each vehicle since 2018?
2022/23
as at
Nov
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022
£1,409 £1,026 £1,062 £1,082 £997
g) The costs of any parking fees and / or fines / PCNs issued to each
vehicle since 2018?
┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐
│ │ │ │ │2022/23│
│ │ │ │ │as at │
│ │ │ │ │Nov │
│2018/19│2019/20│2020/21│2021/22│2022 │
├───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼─────┬┬┤
│ £60│ £123│ £0│ £0│£377 │││
└───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴─────┴┴┘
Please provide cost per annum if possible for questions 1b-1g. (As
detailed above)
2) How many days a week on average is each vehicle used? Approximately 4
days a week.
3) Is transporting the mayor the primary use of the vehicle? If not,
please list other uses? Yes it is the primary use
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