FOI/19/02244 · FOI · unclear
Data concerning international flights taken by Minister for ECCLR: FOI release
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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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.
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