HC Deb 24 March 2003 vol 402 cc42-3W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list internal flights made by Ministers in his Department in 2002, including in each case the(a) cost, (b) departure location and (c) destination; and of these how many were (i) first class, (ii) business class and (iii) economy class. [103594]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office on 22 January 2003,Official Report, column 334W, in response to a request for information from the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) about the cost of UK travel by Ministers. I also refer the hon. Member to a related answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State about UK flights he has undertaken, 20 February 2003, Official Report, column 163W.