To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2007, Official Report, column 752W, on the Army Board, if he will provide a breakdown of the internal flights taken by the Chief of the General Staff in 2006; and what the purpose was of each flight. (143451)

I am withholding information about the details of the individual flights as its disclosure would or would be likely to endanger the safety of an individual.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2007, Official Report, column 752W, on Army Board, if he will provide a breakdown of the internal flights taken by the Adjutant General in 2006; and what the purpose was of each flight. (143452)

On closer examination of the records my officials have discovered that the total number of flights undertaken by the Adjutant-General in 2006 given in answer on 11 June 2007, Official Report, column 752W was overstated. The Adjutant-General took a total of 49 internal flights in 2006; 10 by RAF rotary and fixed wing aircraft, 34 by Army Rotary Wing aircraft and five commercial flights. I am withholding the details of the individual flights as its disclosure would or would be likely to be prejudicial to his personal security.