[quote forfucksakenett]@LexMitior that's not the cost of transporting paper. It's the yearly bill for all government cars.
According to the article sometimes cars are utilised for transporting documents but it does not specify how often or what type of document.
@RedactedTaeFeck nothing I've said here was intended as a snipe but I have no control over how you interpret it of course. [/quote]
Okay you can sort of work it out or have a rough guess it was reasonable. The transporting of government papers to ministers does happen, though you would have to work hard to justify it in a pandemic because of email. In other words, no real need. Serious affairs of state go via a secure network.
But in the last year, depending on the number of Ministers in SG, you might get close to a large figure. The SG will either be purchasing cars for ministerial transport, and then each would have a driver. Then you have to add costs for the petrol, insurance, and police escort (the last is probably really only reserved for a few).
You could not have sacked or got rid of a Ministerial driver for the SG during a pandemic (indeed I don't think they ever lose their jobs!). They literally know everything about politics; they command huge respect for this reason.
In this way, the cost runs on.