More than half of MPs will be travelling abroad on their summer holidays, a poll by Abta has revealed.
The study found that 56% of the MPs who responded said they would be holidaying overseas compared with half of peers.
Three quarters of MPs will travel to short-haul destinations with the remainder opting to fly long-haul.
The first annual Abta Parliamentary Holiday Survey found that the Mediterranean is the main destination for foreign holidays for both MPs and their colleagues in the House of Lords.
Scotland is the top spot for domestic holidays. The poll discovered that 91% of peers and 57% of MPs take two or more holidays a year, with MPs slightly below the national average.
Peers appear to beat their colleagues in the House of Commons in caring for the environment with 77% of them claiming to do what they could to help protect the environment while on holiday compared with 67% of MPs.
When asked how many holidays they would be taking this year, MPs and peers replied:
- Take no holiday: MPs 13%, Peers 0%
- Take only one holiday: MPs 30%, Peers 9%
- Take two holidays: MPs 50%, Peers 41%
- Take three or more holidays: MPs 7%, Peers 50%
Abta chairman John McEwan said: “Our first Abta Parliamentary Holiday survey clearly shows that a summer break and other holidays throughout the year, are as important for our political representatives as for the rest of us.
“Abta is calling on Government to recognise this importance and cancel the planned drastic increase in Air Passenger Duty this November which will see a family of four paying £360 in tax for a flight to Florida at a time when family budgets are already under severe pressure.”