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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 Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Departmental Air Travel

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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 and its predecessor have participated in the fund, broken down by (a) domestic, (b) short-haul and (c) long-haul flights.
Answer

In 2006, the then Department for Constitutional Affairs agreed to join the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF). In the first year, 2006-07, it was confirmed with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that this offsetting would be limited to air travel by Ministers and senior (board level) officials. For the year 2006-07, flights were only broken down into long haul and short haul. The distance travelled was 114639 km short haul which produced 34.39 tonnes of CO2 emissions and 121459 km long haul which produced 61.22 tonnes of CO2 emissions at a cost of £606.72.The Ministry of Justice was created in May 2007. For 2007-08, all official air travel, by Ministers and officials regardless of grade, has been included. For 2007-08, flights were broken down into domestic, short haul and long haul. For Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts Service and Tribunals Service, the distance travelled on: domestic flights was 1107594 km which produced 190.75 tonnes of CO2 emissions; short haul was 68027 km which produced 19.34 tonnes of CO2 emissions and long haul 99292 km which produced 22.86 tonnes of CO2 emissions at a total cost of £2,308.49. The new NOMS agency will be putting into place a mechanism before the end of this financial year to enable payments to be made into the GCOF. HM Land Registry distance travelled on: domestic flights was 22286 km which produced 3.84 tonnes of CO2 emissions; short haul was 41297 km which produced 11.74 tonnes of CO2 emissions and long haul 159664 km which produced 36.76 tonnes of CO2 emissions at a total cost of £518.63. The National Archives distance travelled on: domestic flights was 45012 km which produced 7.76 tonnes of CO2 emissions; short haul was 79165 km which produced 22.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions and long haul was 358070 km which produced 82.43 tonnes of CO2 emissions at a total cost of £1,116.73.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
480 c165-6W; 221961
Session
2007-08
Related items
Carbon Emissions: Government Departments
Monday, 14 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Aviation Ministry of Justice
Link
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