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Military Aircraft: Ministers

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 71248

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31166 on Ministers: Aviation, how much air passenger duty has been paid for Prime Ministerial domestic travel on RAF-provided flights since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Luke Pollard

During the period 4 July 2024 to present there have been a total of seven domestic tasks for which the Prime Minister (PM) was identified as the principal passenger.

The total of Air Passenger Duty (APD) paid for all passengers on those flights is £14,358.

Information is not held regarding the identity of individual passengers, but on the assumption that the PM was present for all legs that involved passenger movements, the total APD for the PM in this period was £1,578.

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