FOI release

FOI2021 - 13095 Grey fleet miles and expenses

Published 1 December 2021

Dear

I am writing in response to your email dated 21st October 2021 requesting the following information:

  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2018-2019?
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2019-2020?
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2018-2019?
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2019-2020?
  • 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 etc.?

I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In response to your queries, I have completed a search for the information within the Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), and I can confirm that we do hold information in scope of your request and I detail the answers below.

  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2018-2019? - 10,087
  • How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2019-2020? - 1,886
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2018-2019? - £3017.88
  • How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2019-2020? - £565.80
  • How much does your organisation reimburse its employees per mile? - £0.30
  • Does your organisation have an employee travel policy for business travel, which may include other additional modes of transport such as train, car rental etc.? - Yes

If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB or by e-mailing CIO-FOI-IR@mod.uk). Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has ended.

If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process is complete. You can find further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner on the Commissioner’s website.

Regards

DECA FOI