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<p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is co-located in Aberdeen and London and the nature of its business necessitates frequent travel between the two offices. Air travel is considered to be the most efficient form of travel saving in both time (productivity) and money (travel subsistence minimised) but in accordance with departmental policy, is undertaken only after due consideration of business needs and only with prior authorisation. The number of individual air flights within Great Britain undertaken by Department of Energy and Climate Change representatives (including Ministers) in 2012-13 was (a) 668 for core-DECC at a cost of £148,000. This amount includes exchange/refunds valued at an amount of £3,000 but which are not readily attributable to specific flights.</p><p>A table containing details of these flights will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p>In respect of (b) the Department's public bodies the number of flights was 1,072 at a cost of £163,000. Information on the breakdown of the flight details for the Department's NDPBs is only available, however, at disproportionate cost.</p> |