Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to pages 65 and 66 of the Cabinet Office Annual Report 2021-22, published 15 Dec 2022, if he will take steps to specify emissions and costs relating to air travel for official business trips for the Prime Minister and other ministers in his Department the next annual report.

Ministerial travel is undertaken using efficient and cost-effective travel arrangements.

As a whole, domestic flights within the United Kingdom allow Ministers to visit more parts of the United Kingdom in the time available, particularly areas further away from London, and reduce the need for overnight accommodation for Ministers and accompanying staff. Security considerations are also taken into account.

All flights are carbon offset.

Details of departmental business travel are published in the Cabinet Office audited annual report and accounts, including departmental figures on emissions for domestic and international flights.

It has been the practice of successive Administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of protected individuals and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom.