First Class Travel
We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for: The number and cost of first class rail and business class and …
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We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for:
The number and cost of first class rail and business class and first class air journeys for the periods June - August 2009 and 2010.
We released the following information on 30 September 2010:
The Home Office inclusive of its executive agencies, which comprise the United Kingdom Border Agency, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau, has approximately 27,000 staff. The requested information for the Home Office, inclusive of it Agencies, on journeys made by civil servants and ministers is provided in the following tables:
a) Rail first class
2009
June
July
August
Journeys made
2,093
2,487
1,686
Cost £
278,365
328,210
190,974
2010
June
July
August
Journeys made
41
33
21
Cost £
3,602
2,168
2,134
b) Air business class
2009
June
July
August
Journeys made
94
70
40
Cost £
107,923
90,345
69,529
2010
June
July
August
Journeys made
24
22
51
Cost £
16,881
35,348
66,626
c) Air first class
There was no expenditure on air first class fares June - August in 2009 and 2010.
In a small number of journeys staff were upgraded to first class at no additional cost.