Question follow-through · 88284

Military Aircraft: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/12575, published on 5 September 2025. whether Ministerial flights on the (a) Envoy IV, (b) Voyager are carbon-offset

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2025/12575, published on 5 September 2025. whether Ministerial flights on the (a) Envoy IV, (b) Voyager are carbon-offset

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Royal Air Force (RAF) report emissions for all domestic and overseas Ministerial flights under the UK, EU and CH Emissions Trading Scheme for the Envoy and Voyager aircraft that are above the 1000T CO2 threshold, to purchase and surrender carbon credi...

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