§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the occasions since 1 May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used(a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, and indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1 May 1997 and (2) between 1 May 1996 and 1 May 1997. [55549]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 19 October 1998]: There have been no occasions on which I or Ministers in my Department have used RAF or privately charted aircraft.