Former Minister for Green Skills and Former Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings travel information: FOI release

Information requested

1. On 30 May 2022, then-Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Lorna Slater travelled to Brussels.

a) What mode of travel did Ms Slater use to travel to Brussels?
b) What ‘class’ did she travel on? E.g. business class, economy, first class etc
c) In relation to part b, what was the cost associated with booking Ms Slater into this particular class/carriage.

2. On 8 October 2022 then-Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel, & Tenants' Rights Patrick Harvie travelled to Rome by train, stopping at London, Paris and Basel on the way.

a) What ‘class’ did Mr Harvie travel on? E.g. business class, economy, first class etc. Please provide this for each leg of the trip.
b) In relation to part a, what was the cost associated with booking Mr Harvie into this particular class/carriage. Please provide this for each leg of the trip.

3. On 9 December 2022 then-Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Lorna Slater flew to Montreal.

a) What ‘class’ did Ms Slater travel on? E.g. business class, economy, first class etc
b) In relation to part a, what was the cost associated with booking Ms Slater into this particular class/carriage.

4. On 10 April 2023 then-Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel, & Tenants' Rights Patrick Harvie travelled to Copenhagen.

a) What mode of travel did Mr Harvie use to travel to Copenhagen?
b) What ‘class’ did he travel on? E.g. business class, economy, first class etc
c) In relation to part b, what was the cost associated with booking Mr Harvie into this particular class/carriage.

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

Q1: Ms Slater's trip to Brussels in May 2022
a) Rail travel
b) Standard class to London, and Economy class onwards to Brussels
c) £152.00 to London (return), and £269.00 to Brussels (return)

Q4: Mr Harvie's trip to Copenhagen in April 2023
a) Rail travel
b) Standard class throughout
c) £955.83

Information you have requested for questions 2 and 3 is available in previous requests for information that are published on the Scottish Government's website. 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 websites listed below, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Q2: Mr Harvie's trip to Rome in October 2022
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300340005/ 

Q3: Ms Slater's trip to Montreal in December 2022
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202300340387/

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