SCOTTISH Government Ministers spent more than £115,000 on fuel for their chauffeur-driven vehicles last year.
Taxpayers paid the £115,751 for fuel costs for the SNP Government's cars in 2011-12 – an increase of £15,000 on the previous year.
The rise was revealed under Freedom of Information laws.
Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie hit out at the SNP's "love of the car".
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