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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to DEP2025-0538/ MHCLG Flights July 5 2024- May 31 2025, deposited on 24 July 2025, for what reason his Department took flights from London to Newcastle.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to DEP2025-0538/ MHCLG Flights July 5 2024- May 31 2025, deposited on 24 July 2025, for what reason his Department took flights from London to Newcastle.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    These flights were taken as part of a Ministerial Visit. The former Deputy Prime Minister attended a joint visit with the Department of Business and Trade, and the inaugural meeting of the Mayoral Council in Newcastle on 10 October 2024.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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