Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) flights and (b) rail journeys staff in her Department undertook between London and Glasgow in each of the last three years.

FCDO staff travel between our offices in London and Glasgow on a regular and routine basis for their official duties. Where travel is unavoidable, all staff travelling within the UK and between England and Eurostar destinations should travel by train by default. Where necessary, UK domestic air travel is by exception only with approval granted by deputy director level or above.

Domestic flight numbers and rail mileage are published annually within the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts (from page 57), more detailed data regarding specific journey numbers between London and Glasgow is not readily available as it could only be disaggregated with significant work/time.