Data concerning international flights taken by Minister for ECCLR: FOI release
- Published
- 30 October 2019
- FOI reference
- FOI/19/02244
- Date received
- 2 October 2019
- Date responded
- 29 October 2019
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
In that request you indicated that you sought, for the Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, details of international flights taken since May 2016, to include a breakdown detailing destination, reason for the trip, duration and, if known, the associated emissions.
Response
We endeavour to provide information wherever possible. All Ministerial travel is published proactively by the Scottish Government. Some of the information you have requested:
- Name
- Ministerial title
- Destination (as “Location”), and
- Reason for the trip (as “Event”)
can be accessed from the following link:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/?term=Ministerial%20engagements,%20travel%20and%20gifts&publicationTypes=transparency-data&page=1
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
The following table sets out the destination, duration, associated emissions and reason for each trip. Some trips were booked and recorded as one-way and some were booked and recorded as return.
| Date of trip |
Destination |
Duration (days) |
Emissions (kgCO2) |
Reason for trip |
| 04/10/2019 |
Return from Luxembourg |
1 |
230 |
Inbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg |
| 03/10/2019 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
153 |
Outbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg |
| 06/03/2019 |
Spain, France |
2 |
141 |
Inbound flights. Attendance as speaker at International Conference on Climate Change in San Sebastian, Spain |
| 05/03/2019 |
Belgium, Spain |
1 |
153 |
Outbound flights. Attendance as speaker at International Conference on Climate Change in San Sebastian, Spain |
| 11/12/2018 |
Poland |
1 |
203 |
Inbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 24 in Katowice, Poland. |
| 09/12/2018 |
Poland |
1 |
144 |
Outbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 24 in Katowice, Poland. |
| 09/10/2018 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
88 |
Inbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. |
| 08/10/2018 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
126 |
Outbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. |
| 08/08/2018 |
Norway |
1 |
49 |
Inbound flight. Series of meetings with Norweigan Ministers and industry leads to discuss Deposit Return Scheme and aquaculture. |
| 07/08/2018 |
Norway |
1 |
45 |
Internal flight between Oslo and Bergen. Series of meetings with Norweigan Ministers and industry leads to discuss Deposit Return Scheme and aquaculture. |
| 06/08/2018 |
Norway |
1 |
86 |
Outbound flight. Series of meetings with Norweigan Ministers and industry leads to discuss Deposit Return Scheme and aquaculture. |
| 07/07/2018 |
Return from Italy |
1 |
177 |
Inbound flight. Attendance at International Conference on the 3rd Anniversary of Laudato si’, in Vatican, Italy. |
| 05/07/2018 |
Italy |
1 |
129 |
Outbound flights. Attendance at International Conference on the 3rd Anniversary of Laudato si’, in Vatican, Italy. |
| 13/11/2017 |
Return from Germany |
1 |
92 |
Inbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 23 in Bonn, Germany. |
| 12/10/2017 |
Luxembourg |
2 |
175 |
Return flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. |
| 25/09/2017 |
Return from Belgium |
1 |
68 |
Inbound flight. Roundtable discussion with Green 10 coalition in Brussels, Belgium. |
| 24/09/2017 |
France |
1 |
78 |
Outbound flight. Roundtable with Green 10 coalition in Brussels, Belgium. |
| 28/02/2017 |
Belgium |
1 |
22 |
Inbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Brussels, Belgium. |
| 27/02/2017 |
Belgium |
1 |
14 |
Outbound flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Brussels, Belgium. |
| 16/11/2016 |
Return from France |
1 |
16 |
Inbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 22 in Marrakech, Morocco. |
| 15/11/2016 |
Morocco, France |
1 |
38 |
Inbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 22 in Marrakech, Morocco. |
| 12/11/2016 |
Morocco |
1 |
44 |
Outbound flight. Attendance at United Nations Conference of the Parties 22 in Marrakech, Morocco. |
| 29/09/2016 |
Belgium |
2 |
27 |
Return flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Brussels, Belgium. |
| 19/06/2016 |
Luxembourg |
2 |
173 |
Return flights. Attendance at EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. |
We collect a carbon emissions levy on all business flights, which aims to compensate for the carbon that our business travel generates. The levy raises funds that are put into projects on our estate such as solar panels.
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