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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 Phil Woolas (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Departmental Air Travel

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 her Department has participated in the fund, broken down by (a) domestic, (b) short haul and (c) long haul flights.
Answer

The Home Office participates in the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund which is co-ordinated by DEFRA. This ensures the Department offsets carbon dioxide emissions from its official air travel.Figures for 2006-07 (the only year for which data have been published) are set out in the following table. These data cover some business areas that are now part of Ministry of Justice.

Home Office¹, 2006-07
km
Domestic air travel ²—
Short-haul air travel 7,412,208
Long-haul air travel 7,777,611
Totals 15,189,819
¹ Includes core Home Office, UK Borders Agency, Identity and Passport Service, parts of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), excluding prison service since transferred to the Ministry of Justice, as well as data from the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR). ² Not separately recorded.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
222044; 481 c256-7W
Session
2007-08
Related items
Carbon Emissions: Government Departments
Monday, 14 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Aviation Home Office
Link
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