<p>The House of Commons Commission decided in 2006 that the House should make payments to offset carbon emissions from air travel paid by the House and booked using the Parliamentary Travel Office. The sums paid via the Government's offsets scheme in respect of travel in the past five years were:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">£<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2006-07<br /></td><td valign="top">26,025<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2007-08<br /></td><td valign="top">17,570<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2008-09<br /></td><td valign="top">15,918<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009-10and2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">23,682<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>The House is participating in a carbon offsets auction that is due to take place shortly for travel in recent years.</p>