§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 (Hi) economy class. [103587]
§ Mr. Hutton[pursuant to his answer, 19 March 2003, Official Report, c. 847W]: I regret that the previous response the hon. Member received was incorrect. The response should have read as follows.
The tables show details of internal flights taken by Ministers in the Department of Health in 2002, according to available information".My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Milburn) took the following flights.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Newcastle Belfast Single Premium Economy 161.30 Belfast Heathrow Single Business Class 176.90 Birmingham Newcastle Single Business Class 161.50 I took the following flights.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) London Manchester Return Business Class 135.50 London Belfast (return to Aberdeen) Return Business Class 502.70 Gatwick Plymouth Single Business Class 159.70 My noble Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord Hunt of Kingsheath), took the following flight.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Edinburgh London Return Business Class 332.40 My hon. Friend for Salford (Ms Blears), in her capacity as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, took the following flights.
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Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Heathrow Manchester Return Business Class 278.90 Heathrow Teesside Single Business Class 159.20 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 135.50 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 108.50 My hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr. Lammy), in his capacity as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, took the following flights.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Heathrow Newcastle (return to Gatwick) Return Business Class 329.30 Gatwick Plymouth Single Business Class 159.70 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 143.50 City Airport Manchester Return Business Class 285.20 Heathrow Newcastle Return Business Class 308.30 My hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), in her capacity as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, took the following flight.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Heathrow Glasgow Return Business Class 332.40 My hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Ms Blears), in her capacity as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, took the following flights.
Departure location Destination Type of flight Class Cost (£) Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 108.50 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 143.50 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 138.50 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 132.50 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 148.50 Gatwick Plymouth Return Business Class 320 Manchester London Return Business Class 290.40 Heathrow Manchester Single Business Class 143.50 Heathrow Manchester Return Business Class 234.90