Question follow-through · 16883
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Dec 2024
Answer published
Data on ministers' overseas travel and on senior civil servants' business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here and here.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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