Jan 2024 - Oct 2025 - DVA funded flights taken for DVA Staff and Non-Staff members

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This FOI release (LEX 79546, decision dated 2 October 2026) is a short data table responding to a request for the number of DVA-funded flights taken by departmental staff and by non-DVA staff, such as ESORT forum members and international guests, from 1 January 2024 to 30 October 2025. It breaks flights down by travel class (economy, premium economy, business) and by domestic or international travel. Departmental staff took 7,411 domestic flights (6,866 economy, 541 business) and 430 international flights (298 economy, 20 premium economy, 112 business). Non-DVA staff took 231 domestic flights (231 economy, 4 business, though the economy and business figures are listed separately) and 22 international flights (13 economy, 9 business). The release contains no policy documents or briefings, and no exemptions under sections 47F, 47C or 47G are evident in the text provided.