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.
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 |