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Army: Conferences

Volume 460: debated on Monday 21 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which budget the cost of the Chief of the General Staff’s attendance at the North East Economic forum was met; and how the Chief of the General Staff travelled to the event. (137134)

[holding answer 14 May 2007]: The Chief of the General Staff attended the North East Economic Forum as a guest speaker. His travel arrangements for the day are shown as follows. All transport was provided by Ministry of Defence assets and the associated costs were absorbed by the relevant budgetary areas. The visit gave rise to no external costs.

From

To

Method of Transport

Budget

Somerset

Minley

Helicopter

32 Squadron RAF

Minley

RAF Northolt

Helicopter

32 Squadron RAF

RAF Northolt

Teesside airport

Plane

32 Squadron RAF

Teesside airport

Forum Venue, Durham

Car and Driver

HQ London District

Forum Venue, Durham

Teesside airport

Car and Driver

HQ London District

Teesside airport

RAF Northolt

Plane

32 Squadron RAF

RAF Northolt

Home

Car and Driver

CGS Household