States members travel destinations (FOI)

​Request

A

How many out of island trips have States members made over the past five years?

B

Could you list year by year the top destinations to the least visited?

C

Could you list the most commonly used mode of transport used by States Members?

D

Could you list the most used airline and also the class of travel ie: standard, business class, first class.

E

Could you list the amount of times States members have used Business and First class travel over the past three years

Response

A

States members have made 589 out of island trips over the last five years.

B

The following tables give details of the top destinations to the least visited, year by year:

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

C

The most commonly used mode of transport by States members was aeroplane.

D

The most used airline was British Airways. The most used class of travel was economy Class.

E

States members have not used first class travel over the last three years and have used business class travel on ten trips over the last three years.

Notes:

• we have taken the ‘last five years’ to mean January 2012 to December 2016 and the ‘last three years’ to mean January 2014 to December 2016

• the above information has been identified and extracted to the best of our ability using information from our approved travel supplier (Hogg Robinson Group)

• where States members have been routed through connecting airports to international destinations we have classed this as one trip and have not included the connecting flights as a separate destination

• where States members have used rail journeys en route to their destination, these have not been included as separate trips

• for more information on travel guidelines and in particular Financial Direction 5.7 (Travel and Accommodation Expenditure) please see Appendix 3 of the Review of Travel Policy and Recommendations for Improvement, which is available here:

Review of Travel Policy and Recommendations for Improvement