Business miles travelled by employees in the financial year 2021-2022 - Find a freedom of information request

1. How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2021-2022?

2. How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2022-2023?

3. How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2021-2022?

4. How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2022-2023?

5. How much does your organisation reimburse its employees per mile?

6. 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.? If so, can it please be attached to this response.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. 4,543,569.69

2. 5,928,776.57

3. £2,044,494.09

4. £2,667,791.89

5. Standard mileage for LCC and Fire ('AMAP') was 45 pence per mile, and the NHS TUPE staff were advised to use Specific Rate Mileage so they could continue to claim at 56 pence per mile.

6. Please see link to the policy below

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/employmentpolicies/travel-expenses-policy/1

As such, this information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which provides that a public authority need not comply with a request for disclosure under the Act where that information is reasonably accessible by other means

*Please note the challenges of public transport which do not enable efficient travel across all parts of Lincolnshire. This is the 2nd largest County in the UK