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 Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2008 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Departmental Air Travel

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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

The figures requested, which are expressed in kilometres, are shown in the following tables.

2007-08¹
	Km
Domestic	3,207,504
Short haul	97,462.96
Long haul	258,625.57
Total	3,563,592.53
¹ For 2007-08 an additional category for domestic flights was added.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 480 c85W; 222141
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Carbon Emissions: Government Departments
Monday, 14 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Aviation Northern Ireland Office
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk