Travel Emissions - FOI Response Register

Our information request is with regards to the delivery of sustainable transport within Scotland’s

Public Bodies, and particularly in the context of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Firstly, we are interested in Public Bodies’ targets for business travel:

1.    Do you have a target to cut emissions from air and/or business travel? If so, please share information about any target(s) you have (e.g. description of the target, when the target was adopted, timeline to meeting the target).

Yes, this target is included within the “NHS Scotland climate emergency and sustainability strategy: 2022-2026”. The target is net-zero emissions by 2040. This was issued in August 2022.

Secondly, we are interested in Public Bodies’ corporate travel policies and plans:

2.    Please provide copies of any corporate policy your organisation has on the reduction of emissions from business travel.

NHS Shetland does not have a corporate policy in this respect.

3.    Please provide copies of any corporate policy your organisation has on the reduction of the use of air travel for business travel purposes.

NHS Shetland does not have a corporate policy in this respect.

Finally, we are specifically interested in Public Bodies’ use of rail and air for domestic travel:

4.    Please provide details of the number of flights your staff have taken from Edinburgh & Glasgow Airports to London Airports for business purposes in the past 12 months (or your most recent 12 month reporting period) for travel to destinations within south-east England.

None

5.    Please provide details of the number of rail journeys your staff have taken from Edinburgh & Glasgow railway stations to London railway stations for business purposes in the past 12 months (or your most recent 12 month reporting period) for travel to destinations within south-east England.

None