Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times his Department hired VIP facilities at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Luton and (d) Stansted airports in each month since May 2006; and what the expenditure on VIP facilities at each was in each of those months. [205141]
Derek Twigg: Based on the Ministry of Defence's available records since May 2006, there were 109 official Defence bookings at a cost of £30,425.99.
A monthly breakdown of official usage, with cost (inclusive of value added tax) is given in the following table:
Bookings from May 2006 to May 2008 | | | Number of bookings | Cost (£) | |
Heathrow
| | | |
2006
| | | |
May
|
3
|
808.89
| |
June
|
9
|
2,426.67
| |
July
|
5
|
1,348.15
| |
August
|
0
|
0.00
| |
September
|
9
|
2,426.67
| |
October
|
1
|
269.63
| |
November
|
2
|
539.26
| |
December
|
4
|
1,078.52
| |
2007
| | | |
January
|
4
|
1,078.52
| |
February
|
3
|
808.89
| |
March
|
1
|
1,887.41
| |
April
|
8
|
2,157.04
| |
May
|
4
|
1,078.52
| |
June
|
3
|
808.89
| |
July
|
8
|
2,157.04
| |
August
|
4
|
1,078.52
| |
September
|
6
|
1,617.78
| |
October
|
7
|
1,887.41
| |
November
|
3
|
808.89
| |
December
|
4
|
1,078.52
|
|
2008
| | | |
January
|
2
|
539.26
| |
February
|
3
|
808.89
| |
March
|
4
|
1,078.52
| |
April
|
4
|
1,692.00
| |
May
|
0
|
0.00
| |
Total
|
107
|
29,463.89
| | | | | |
Gatwick
| | | |
2006
| | | |
May-December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2007
| | | |
January
|
0
|
0.00
| |
February
|
1
|
480.80
| |
March to October
|
0
|
0.00
| |
November
|
1
|
480.80
| |
December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2008
| | | |
January-May
|
0
|
0.00
| |
Total
|
2
|
961.60
| | | | | |
Luton
| | | |
2006
| | | |
May to December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2007
| | | |
January to December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2008
| | | |
January to May
|
0
|
0.00
| |
Total
|
0
|
0.00
| | | | | |
Stansted
| | | |
2006
| | | |
May to December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2007
| | | |
January to December
|
0
|
0.00
| |
2008
| | | |
January to May
|
0
|
0.00
| |
Total
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
