FOI/202200323670 · FOI · unclear
Information regarding First Minister flights: FOI release
Information requested
1) The total number of flights Nicola Sturgeon has taken since becoming First Minister in 2014, please separate these out into domestic and international flights. 2) The total cost of these flights, please separate these out into domestic and international flights. 3) The total distance of these flights, please separate these out into domestic and international flights. 4)Please provide all of the above for each calendar year.
Response
1) Nicola Sturgeon did not take any flights from the day she took office as First Minister until Feb 2015.
Calendar year Overseas flights (No of Journeys) Domestic flights (No of Journeys) 2014 0 0 2015 12 26 2016 11 16 2017 14 14 2018 7 20 2019 13 9 2020 2 0 2021 3 1 2022 5 21
2) Costs include tax
Calendar year Overseas flights Domestic flights 2014 0 0 2015 £5,549.03 £5,689.05 2016 £2,662.63 £4,506.62 2017 £10,389.76 £3,548.74 2018 £7,800.12 £5,235.63 2019 £10,069.36 £2,191.90 2020 £747.98 0 2021 £490.98 £224.79 2022 £6,182.61 £5,862.13
3)
Calendar year Overseas flights (Miles) Domestic flights (Miles) 2014 0 0 2015 0 0 2016 5453 5531 2017 25350 7026 2018 18016 8350 2019 14245 2530 2020 2528 0 2021 1992 635 2022 11239 7620
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The Scottish Government does not have mileage figures for flights prior to 2016 because the data provided by our travel agent at this time did not include mileage. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. About FOI
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Detected exemption language
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
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