Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 15 June 2007. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 25 June 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Army Board

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many internal flights were taken by the Ministerial members of the Army Board in 2006; how many of these flights were with (a) military and (b) commercial carriers; and what the cost was of each flight.

Answer

Ministerial members of the Army Board undertook 25 internal flights with military carriers and 27 internal flights with commercial carriers in 2006. The cost of each internal flight is shown in the following table.

Defence Minister	Military flight (£)	Commercial flights (£)
Secretary of State	4,198.11	317
	2,345.99	163
	1,938.76	317
	1,605.15	317
	4,543.00	317
	4,824.84	158
	578.98	411
	4,052.86	411
	—	159
	—	158
	—	195
	—	158
	—	237
	—	237
	—	114
	—	122
	—	159
	—	158

Minister for the Armed Forces	3,280.89	297.24
	237.94	240.10
	—	175.40
	—	243.20
	—	138.98
	—	143.40

Minster for Defence Equipment and Support (former Defence Procurement)	3,986.82	490
	3,333.77	734
	4,631.85	—
	1,929.94	—
	2,508.93	—
	2,894.91	—
	1,929.93	—
	1,930	—

Under-Secretary of State	1,534.84	227.20
	2,261.87	—
	1,929.94	—
	2,894.91	—
	4,824.84	—
	1,666.66	—
	2,300	—

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Type: Written question
Reference: 143321; 462 c109-10W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Aviation Army Board
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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