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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 Shahid Malik (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Departmental Air Travel

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer to the right the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) 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 the Government Carbon Offset Fund was established, the Department for International Development's (DFID) air mileage incurred through departmental travel was as follows:

kilometres
2006-07 2007-08
Short haul 5,964,021 6,320,553
Long haul 72,475,244 67,851,587
Domestic ¹— 3,932,618
¹ Domestic was not separately identified in 2006-07.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
480 c100W; 222114
Session
2007-08
Related items
Carbon Emissions: Government Departments
Monday, 14 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Aviation Department for International Development
Link
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