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Departmental Air Travel

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years. (247503)

I refer you to my answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 650W which sets out all overseas visits undertaken by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and all FCO Ministers since June 2007 and my predecessor’s answer of 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 1297W, which states that since 1999 the Government have published an annual list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. Copies are available in the Library.

For Ministers below Cabinet rank and officials, collecting the detailed information requested could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.