Request for information on flights
Published 22 May 2025
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25 Cabot Square
London E14 4QZ
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E: Enquiries@GroceriesCode.gov.uk
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Sent by email
9 May 2025
Freedom of Information Act: Request for information on Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) activities
Thank you for your email of 11 April 2025 regarding the work of GCA staff. You asked for the following information:
Please include the following information for the following financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25:
A list of all flights taken by employees and board members, including the following details:
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The airline
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The class (e.g. economy, business, first)
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The departure airport and destination
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The cost
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The dates of travel
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The name of the hotels stayed at, if possible
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The cost of any other expenses.
General right of access to information held by public authorities
Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOI Act”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.
The GCA holds the information you have requested.
I have supplied the requested information in the tables below. There were no other flight expenses.
2022/23
| Airline | Class | Departure airport & destination | Cost of flights | Number of travellers | Dates of travel | Hotel information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | Economy | Return: London City Airport to Edinburgh | £401.34 | 2 | Outbound: 7 November 2022 Inbound: 8 November 2022 | Premier Inn, Edinburgh City Centre (Princes Street) |
2023/24
| Airline | Class | Departure airport & destination | Cost of flights | Number of travellers | Dates of travel | Hotel information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | Economy | Return: Heathrow to Belfast City Airport | £93.03 | 1 | Outbound: 25 April 2023 Inbound: 25 April 2023 | N/A |
| British Airways | Economy | Outbound: Heathrow to Glasgow Inbound: Glasgow to London City Airport | £419.14 | 2 | Outbound: 8 February 2024 Inbound: 9 February 2024 | Holiday Inn Express, Glasgow City - Riverside |
2024/25
| Airline | Class | Departure airport & destination | Cost of flights | Number of travellers | Dates of travel | Hotel information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | Economy | Return: Heathrow to Belfast City Airport | £162.08 | 2 | Outbound: 4 March 2025 Inbound: 4 March 2025 | N/A |
Appeals Procedure
If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:
The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor, 25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ
Alternatively, you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk.
We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review.
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do this on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.