Ministry of Defence: Travel

(asked on 4th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the transparency document entitled MoD's ministerial travel, April to June 2017, which tickets relating to which journeys were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy and (d) any other class; and what the cost was of each such ticket.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 7th December 2017

The table below sets out the travel undertaken by Ministry of Defence Ministers during the period April to June 2017, including the class and cost of each ticket:

Minister

Date

Destination

Mode of Transport

Class

Cost

Secretary of State for Defence Sir Michael Fallon MP

9/4/17

Lille

Rail (Eurostar)

Business

£276.00

10/4/17-14/04/17

Mumbai (Paris to Mumbai) (New Delhi to LHRQ)

Civilian Air

Business Business

£3,200.00 £1,936.00

19/4/17-20/4/17

Talin

No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing

Nil

Nil

8/5/17- 9/5/17

Copenhagen

No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing

Nil

Nil

12/5/17- 13/5/17

Paris

Rail (Eurostar)

Standard return

£368.00

25/5/17

Brussels

Other military fixed wing

Nil

Nil

6/6/17

Caen

No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing

Nil

Nil

14/6/17- 15/6/17

Romania

CSAT

Nil

Nil

28/6/17- 29/6/17

Brussels

CSAT

Nil

Nil

Minister of State in the House of Lords – Earl Howe

18/4/17- 25/4/17

Vietnam/Japan/Korea

Civilian Air

Business x2 Economy x 1

£4294.37

17/5/17- 18/5/17

Brussels

No 32 Sqn Fixed Wing

Nil

Nil

Minister of the State for the Armed Forces – Mike Penning MP

26/4/17

Malta

Civilian Air

Economy

£544.40

Minister for Defence Procurement – Harriett Baldwin MP

19/6/17

Paris

Civilian Air

Economy

£588.00

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