Labour health ministers used private cars to drive themselves approximately 472 miles on official business in 1997-98, reclaiming £189 in mileage expenses. In 1998-99 no mileage expenses were claimed, suggesting the ministerial team were chauffeur driven to all official business.
(Hansard, 29 November, column 65)
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