International Development written question – answered at on 23 March 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the travel criteria used by his Department to determine when officials travel by (a) first class, (b) club class, (c) premium economy class and (d) economy class.
Mr. Gareth Thomas:
Within the constraints that all staff are required to use the most efficient and economical means of travel commensurate with meeting business needs, staff are entitled to the class of air travel as set in the following table that appears in DFID's Staff Handbook. While premium economy is not widely available at present and does not currently feature in the table, we are considering its adoption as part of a review of our Flexible Travel Scheme for staff on overseas assignments.
Structure | Members of the SASC Group(27) | Other staff(28) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 2½ hours | Over 2½ hours | Up to 2½ hours | Over 2½ hours | |
Business/Economy | Business | Business | Economy | Business |
First/Business/Economy | Business | Business | Economy | Business |
First/Economy | Economy | First | Economy | Economy |
(27) The Senior Appointments Selection Committee Group.
(28) Staff who are not members of the SASC Group can fly business class between Glasgow and London, and vice versa. This makes use of a special airline deal under which a business class fare is obtainable more cheaply than the standard economy fare.
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