Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to sub-target two of the Greening Government Commitments reporting requirements for 2021 to 2025 last updated on 15 December 2022, whether his Department follows the encouragement in that guidance to (a) monitor and (b) report on the number of domestic flights for which her Department is responsible each year; and how many domestic flights were taken by Ministers in his Department in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.

The Department for Transport is COVERED BY the Government Greening Commitments and reports its performance against the targets quarterly to DEFRA. Department for Transport policy supports the limited use of domestic air travel.

The 2022-23 accounts published on Thursday 20 July 2023 outline the latest data on actual emissions concerning domestic flights undertaken by DfT officials and report a 55% reduction on 2017-18.

Ministers took 3 domestic flights in 2021 and 3 flights in 2022.