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Written question asked by James Duddridge (Conservative) on Monday, 21 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2008. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Air Travel

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government departments, how much air mileage incurred through departmental travel was used to calculate the departmental payment to the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund in each year that his Department has participated in the fund, broken down by (a) domestic, (b) short haul and (c) long haul flights.
Answer

Since 2006, the MOD has offset Head Office non-operational official and ministerial flights, through the Government's Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF) managed by EEA Fund Management. For the year 2006-07, the MOD paid the total offsetting cost of £180,599.38 to the GCOF. This is broken down as follows:

Km
Short haul 42,872,925
Long haul 24,373,071

MOD is currently calculating its return for 2007-08.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
221938; 480 c252-3W
Session
2007-08
Related items
Carbon Emissions: Government Departments
Monday, 14 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Aviation Ministry of Defence
Link
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