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Departmental Air Travel

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by aeroplane in the course of their duties in each of the last five years. (246670)

The number of aeroplane journeys undertaken by Scotland Office Ministers and officials, in the course of their duties, is shown in the following table.

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Ministers

19

9

14

22.5

Officials

314.5

291

294

249.5

Total

333.5

300

308

272

A return journey is classed as one journey; if, for example, the outward leg of a journey is undertaken by air and the return by train, this is shown as half a journey. Figures are not available for years prior to 2004-05.

Travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the “Ministerial Code” and the “Civil Service Management Code” respectively.