Department for Work and Pensions: Aviation
(asked on 23rd February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
The following table shows the number of commercial flights taken by Departmental officials in each of the last five years, along with the destinations. The number of flights relate to the whole trip and in some cases covers several stages. Staff are only permitted to fly when this is deemed the most efficient and cost effective method of travel.
Destination | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Grand Total |
Aberdeen | 60 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 111 |
Anglesey | 17 | 12 | 1 |
|
|
| 30 |
Belfast City | 194 | 166 | 57 |
| 46 | 11 | 474 |
Belfast International Airport | 177 | 196 | 40 |
| 32 | 4 | 449 |
Benbecula | 5 | 1 |
|
|
|
| 6 |
Birmingham | 225 | 255 | 50 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 581 |
Bristol | 112 | 136 | 27 | 1 | 48 | 11 | 335 |
Campbeltown | 3 | 7 | 1 |
|
|
| 11 |
Cardiff | 58 | 39 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 | 112 |
City of Derry Airport |
|
| 1 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
Dundee | 3 | 4 |
|
|
| 1 | 8 |
Durham Tees Valley Airport |
|
|
| 3 |
|
| 3 |
East Midlands | 20 | 7 | 1 |
|
|
| 28 |
Edinburgh | 275 | 202 | 76 | 18 | 73 | 5 | 649 |
Exeter | 27 | 34 | 5 |
| 8 |
| 74 |
Glasgow | 470 | 559 | 98 | 13 | 181 | 31 | 1352 |
Inverness | 144 | 150 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 8 | 438 |
Isles Of Scilly | 33 | 8 |
|
|
|
| 41 |
Kirkwall | 50 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 140 |
Leeds Bradford | 11 | 10 |
|
| 2 |
| 23 |
Liverpool | 4 | 2 |
|
|
|
| 6 |
London City | 248 | 236 | 36 | 23 | 59 | 11 | 613 |
London Gatwick | 286 | 185 | 26 | 6 | 56 | 4 | 563 |
London Heathrow | 94 | 141 | 45 | 11 | 49 | 14 | 354 |
London Luton | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 42 |
London Southend | 4 | 8 |
|
|
|
| 12 |
London Stansted | 60 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 124 |
Londonderry | 9 | 17 |
|
|
|
| 26 |
Manchester | 168 | 166 | 53 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 438 |
Newcastle | 258 | 235 | 43 | 12 | 55 | 13 | 616 |
Newquay | 28 | 17 |
|
| 2 |
| 47 |
Norwich | 2 | 15 | 3 |
|
|
| 20 |
Shetland Isles | 53 | 24 |
|
|
|
| 77 |
Southampton | 116 | 101 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 245 |
Stornoway | 94 | 111 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 239 |
Sumburgh Airport |
| 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
Tiree | 1 |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Grand Total | 3322 | 3174 | 691 | 152 | 842 | 142 | 8323 |