OVERSEAS TRAVEL by MINISTERS 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008

Home , Ben Bradshaw, Bill Rammell, Bridget Prentice, Gerry Sutcliffe, Gillian Merron, Iain Wright

OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008

CABINET OFFICE JULY 2008

OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

INDEX Page Attorney General’s Office 1 Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2 Cabinet Office 7 Minister for the Olympics and London 8 Chief Whip (Commons) 9 Chief Whip (Lords) 10 Department for Children, Schools and Families 11 Department for Communities and Local Government 13 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 14 Ministry of Defence 16 Deputy Prime Minister’s Office 19 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 20 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 24 Department of Health 33 Home Office 34 Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 37 Department for International Development 38 Ministry of Justice 42 Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 44 Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords 45 Northern Ireland Office 46 Prime Minister’s Office 47 Scotland Office 49 Department for Transport 50 HM Treasury 52 Wales Office 54 Department for Work and Pensions 55

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ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Attorney General 18 - 19 April Rt Hon Lord Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £676 2007 Goldsmith QC 25 May Rt Hon Lord Munich, Meetings with G8 Justice and Interior Ministers Other RAF 3 £3,567 2007 Goldsmith QC Germany 19 – 22 Rt Hon Baroness Hong Kong International Association of Prosecutors Scheduled £5,385 September Scotland QC Conference 2007 29 – 30 Rt Hon Baroness Madeira, EU Futures Group Scheduled £1,585 October Scotland QC Portugal 2007 17 – 22 Rt Hon Baroness Baghdad, Iraq Meetings with the President, the Prime Minister, Scheduled £3,771 November Scotland QC the Minister for Justice and the Chief Justice 2007 24 – 26 Rt Hon Baroness Ljubljana, Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF / 1 £1,917 January Scotland QC Slovenia Scheduled 2008 15 – 20 Rt Hon Baroness New Delhi, Indo-British Legal Forum Scheduled £4,139 March 2008 Scotland QC India Solicitor General 10 – 11 Vera Baird QC MP Stockholm, Social issues fact finding Scheduled £940 January Sweden 2008

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DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM (FORMERLY DEPARTMENT FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY)

5 Rt Hon John Warsaw, Poland Ministerial meetings Scheduled £744 September Hutton MP 2007 1 – 5 Rt Hon John Washington DC Bilaterals with Secretary of State for Energy. Scheduled £3,598 October Hutton MP / San Francisco Meetings with various business, trade & industry 2007 / California, USA representatives Speech at RAND Corporation Conference on Globalisation / Growth and Social Justice 29 October Rt Hon John Lisbon, Portugal Launch of International Carbon Action Scheduled £1,044 2007 Hutton MP Partnership. Signature of ICAP Political Declaration. Ministerial Bilaterals 4 – 8 Rt Hon John Tokyo, Japan / Speech at the Launch of UK-Japan 2008 Scheduled £2,965 November Hutton MP Seoul, South Meetings with Ministers and various business, 2007 Korea trade & industry representatives 10 Rt Hon John Berlin, Germany Speech at Partners In Europe Scheduled £777 December Hutton MP Ministerial meetings 2007 15 – 22 Rt Hon John Delhi / Part of the Prime Minister’s delegation to India Charter / 3 £2,069 January Hutton MP Bangalore, India and China Scheduled 2008 / Beijing, China

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25 – 26 Rt Hon John Davos, World Economic Forum meeting Charter / 2 £1,110 January Hutton MP Switzerland Scheduled 2008 24 – 26 Rt Hon John Washington DC, Ministerial bilaterals Meetings with various Scheduled £2,506 February Hutton MP USA business, trade & industry representatives 2008 Minister of State 6 - 7 July Rt Hon Margaret Luxembourg Telecoms Council Scheduled £638 2007 Hodge MP 5 – 7 Rt Hon Stephen Oslo, Norway Meeting with Peter Ruskin on oil and gas Scheduled £716 October Timms MP 2007 Minister of State 18 Lord Jones Hanover, EMO Trade Show Scheduled £746 September Germany Bilateral with British Consul General 2007 23 – 28 Lord Jones New Delhi, India Ministerial bilateral on the trade liberalisation Scheduled £6,596 September agenda 2007 8 – 10 Lord Jones Moscow / St Trade Promotion Scheduled £3,741 October Petersburg, 2007 Russia

14 – 16 Lord Jones Phoenix, USA UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)Conference Scheduled £8,308 November 2007 19 – 23 Lord Jones Beijing / Trade Promotion Scheduled £3,426 November Wuhan / 2007 Shanghai, China 26 – 28 Lord Jones Dubai, UAE Trade Promotion Scheduled £4,449 November 2007 2 – 6 Lord Jones Philadelphia / Trade Promotion Scheduled £9,322 December New York, USA 2007

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10 – 11 Lord Jones Dusseldorf, Trade Promotion Scheduled £615 December Germany 2007 13 – 21 Lord Jones Delhi / Part of the Prime Minister’s delegation to India Scheduled £6,750 January Bangalore, India and China 2008 / Beijing, China 23 – 25 Lord Jones Zurich, World Economic Forum Scheduled £1,885 January Switzerland 2008 30 January Lord Jones Casablanca, Trade Promotion Scheduled £1,844 – 1 Morocco February 2008 8 – 16 Lord Jones Los Angeles / Trade Promotion Scheduled £13,328 February Denver / 2008 Minneapolis / Boston / New York, USA 9 – 11 Lord Jones Saudi Arabia, Trade Promotion Scheduled £4,275 March 2008 Bahrain

24 March – Lord Jones Thailand* / Trade Promotion Scheduled £20,812 7 April 2008 Australia* / New Zealand* via Bahrain Minister of State 26 – 27 Malcolm Wicks MP Wurtzburg, Informal Competitiveness Council Scheduled £650 April 2007 Germany 5 – 9 May Malcolm Wicks MP Boston, USA BIO International Convention 2007 Scheduled £3,032 2007 31 May – 1 Malcolm Wicks MP Stockholm, Ministerial meetings Scheduled £746 June 2007 Sweden 24 – 25 Malcolm Wicks MP Luxembourg Competitiveness Council on Research & Space Scheduled £638 June 2007 Issues

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9 – 10 Malcolm Wicks MP Berlin, Germany Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Scheduled £772 September Energy & Sustainable Development 2007 11 – 12 Malcolm Wicks MP Moscow, Russia UK-Russia Energy Forum Scheduled £1,531 September 2007 16 – 22 Malcolm Wicks MP Ankara / Visit to the Bosphorus Successful Traffic Scheduled £2,161 September Istanbul / Monitoring Centre. Ministerial bilaterals. Meetings 2007 Ashgabat, with various business, trade & industry Turkey / Baku, representatives Azerbaijan 3 – 4 Malcolm Wicks MP Brussels, Energy Council & European Offshore Wind Scheduled £799 December Belgium / Conference 2007 2007 Berlin, Germany 16 – 17 Malcolm Wicks MP Larnaca, Cyprus Euro-med Ministerial Conference on Energy Scheduled £967 December 2007 6 - 9 Malcolm Wicks MP Oslo, Norway 36th Sanderstolen Conference on Energy Scheduled £744 February 2008 13 – 16 Malcolm Wicks MP Chibwa, Japan Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Scheduled £6,099 March 2008 Energy and Sustainable Development Minister of State 5 Pat McFadden MP Estonia Meetings on EU Labour Market Dossiers Scheduled £671 September 2007 4 October Pat McFadden MP Luxembourg Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Scheduled £686 2007 Councils 28 Pat McFadden MP Warsaw, Poland Meetings with Ministers, the Working Time Scheduled £948 November Directive and the Agency Workers Directive 2007 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 20 Gareth Thomas Geneva, Meetings on the Doha Round and Economic Scheduled £630 November MP Switzerland Partnership Agreements 2007

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21 January Gareth Thomas Copenhagen, Meetings with the Danish Government on EU Scheduled £727 2008 MP Denmark Consumer Affairs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 28 April – 3 Lord Truscott Houston, USA Offshore Technology Conference Scheduled £800 May 2007 3 – 4 June Lord Truscott Lisbon, Portugal Climate Change Conference Scheduled £1,021 2007 10 June Lord Truscott Brussels, High Level Group (HLG) Meeting Scheduled £631 2007 Belgium 15 June Lord Truscott Oslo, Norway North Sea Basin Task Force Meeting Scheduled £746 2007

NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 6

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CABINET OFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 10 – 14 Rt Hon Ed Miliband Helsinki, Finland Social Exclusion fact finding Scheduled £2,254 February MP Stockholm / 2008 Malmo, Sweden Parliamentary Secretary 9 – 12 April Pat McFadden MP Hyderabad / Fact finding trip on public services and ICT, Scheduled £2,709 2007 New Delhi, India Ministerial meetings

19 – 21 Gillian Merron MP Lisbon, Portugal Speech at EU Presidency Scheduled £983 September 2007 14 – 18 Gillian Merron MP New York / Fact finding trip on Transformational Government, Scheduled £5,379 January Baltimore, USA / Social Exclusion & Civil Contingencies 2008 Toronto, Canada

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MINISTER FOR THE OLYMPICS AND LONDON

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used 18 – 22 Rt Hon Tessa Windhoek, Speech at Next Step Conference Scheduled £8,450 September Jowell MP Namibia Bilaterals with the President, Prime Minister and 2007 Minister for Sport 30 October Rt Hon Tessa Mumbai, India Speech at Urban Age Conference Scheduled £6,651 – 3 Jowell MP Bilateral with the Minister for Urban Regeneration November 2007 10 – 16 Rt Hon Tessa Beijing, China Ministerial bilaterals. Meetings with the Beijing Scheduled £7,213 November Jowell MP Organising Committee for the Olympic and 2007 Paralympic Games 28 Rt Hon Tessa Chicago, USA Speech to the Metropolitan Planning Council Scheduled £8,392 November – Jowell MP Olympic Games bid fact finding 1 December Visit Office of Emergency Management and 2007 Control

25 - 26 Rt Hon Tessa Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £590 January Jowell MP Switzerland 2008

NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 8

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WHIPS (COMMONS)

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Assistant Government Whip 8 – 11 Bob Blizzard MP Buenos Aires, Part of a UK Government delegation to meet the £4,276 December Argentina newly elected President of Argentina (Paid by the 2007 FCO) 9 - 15 Diana Johnson MP New York, USA Part of a UK Government delegation visiting the £3,209 March United Nations (Paid by the 2008 FCO)

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WHIPS (LORDS)

NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 10

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DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES (FORMERLY THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS)

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 12 – 13 Rt Hon Alan Brussels, Speech at ‘A more social Lisbon - Equipping our Scheduled £511 June 2007 Johnson MP Belgium citizens to prosper in the global economy’ Minister of State 12 – 16 Jim Knight MP Toronto, Speech at the Global Education Technology Scheduled £6,093 November Canada Summit and fact finding tour of Alberta. 2007 14 – 15 Jim Knight MP Brussels, EU Ministerial conference on multilingualism Scheduled £532 February Belgium 2008 Minister of State 11 – 12 Rt Hon Beverley Copenhagen, Visit National Institute of Social Research. Scheduled £902 June 2007 Hughes MP Denmark Minister of State 24 – 25 Bill Rammell MP Brussels, European Youth Council Scheduled £612 May 2007 Belgium 27 May – 2 Bill Rammell MP Tokyo, Visit to encourage international students to study Scheduled £5,853 June 2007 Japan in the UK 9 – 15 June Bill Rammell MP Tel Aviv, To strengthen Anglo-Israeli and Anglo-Palestinian Scheduled £2,235 2007 Israel educational links Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 18 May Lord Adonis Dublin, Ireland Fact finding visit on Irish education system Scheduled £619 2007 26 May – 2 Lord Adonis Singapore Fact finding visit on education reform in the far Scheduled £6,563 June 2007 east

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28 Lord Adonis New York / Fact finding visit to see development in Charter Scheduled £5,399 November – Chicago, USA Schools. 1 December 2007 31 January Lord Adonis Paris, France Progressive Path International Seminar. Scheduled £883 2008

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DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 13

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DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron’, or Minister, where accommodation ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 6 - 9 May Rt Hon Tessa New York, USA Attend Women in the Arts event Scheduled £7,693 2007 Jowell MP Meeting with the British Consul & the former Chief Art Critic of the New York Times 17 - 18 May Rt Hon Tessa Nice, France Cannes Film Festival Scheduled £1,836 2007 Jowell MP 28 May - 2 Rt Hon Tessa Bombay / Delhi, Ministerial meetings Scheduled £5,674 June 2007 Jowell MP India Visit the Magic Bus charity 7 - 9 June Rt Hon Tessa Venice, Italy Venice Art Biennial Scheduled £814 2007 Jowell MP 3 - 7 Rt Hon James Washington / Meetings with broadcasting sectors, producers, Scheduled £6,310 September Purnell MP San Francisco, creative industries. Meetings to discuss 2007 USA philanthropy in the arts and inward investment in the UK film industry 20 October Rt Hon James Paris, France Rugby World Cup Final Charter** £1,000 2007 Purnell MP Minister of State 19 - 24 Rt Hon Richard Barbados & Sign co-production film treaty with Jamaican Scheduled £8,977 April 2007 Caborn MP Jamaica, West Prime Minister Indies Meetings on grassroots sporting links between the two countries. Attend Cricket World Cup 3 - 5 June Rt Hon Richard Berlin, Germany Visit Olympic Stadium Scheduled £690 2007 Caborn MP / Brussels, Ministerial meetings Belgium Attend EPFL Football Conference 18 - 19 Rt Hon Richard Strasbourg, Launch of the Council of Europe enlarged partial Scheduled £769 June 2007 Caborn MP France agreement on sport

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 13 - 14 David Lammy MP Paris, France Meeting with UNESCO Scheduled £523 May 2007 28 May – 1 David Lammy MP Caracas, Ministerial meetings, visit to musical instrument Scheduled £4,655 June 2007 Venezuela manufacturing workshop 8 - 9 June David Lammy MP Venice, Italy Venice Art Biennial Scheduled £1,174 2007 20 - 22 David Lammy MP New York, USA Launch of AMISTAD event and to raise Scheduled £2,025 June 2007 awareness of Cutty Sark Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 20 October Gerry Sutcliffe MP Paris, France Rugby World Cup Final Charter** £1,000 2007 24 - 26 Gerry Sutcliffe MP Estoril, Portugal EU Conference – Anti Doping in sport Scheduled £1,003 October 2007 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 22 - 25 May Rt Hon Shaun Nice, France / Cannes Film Festival & Council of Ministers Scheduled £2,000 2007 Woodward MP Brussels, Belgium

NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 15

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 12 – 14 Rt Hon Des Quebec, Meeting on Regional Command South Scheduled £5,736 April 2007 Browne MP Canada 28 April – 2 Rt Hon Des Cyprus / Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 6 £6,700 May 2007 Browne MP No32 Squadron 22 – 25 Rt Hon Des Washington / Bilateral and visit to the United Nations Scheduled £2,308 May 2007 Browne MP New York, USA 8 June Rt Hon Des Brussels, NATO Conference and meeting with NATO Scheduled £507 2007 Browne MP Belgium Secretary 10 – 12 Rt Hon Des Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled and 3 £3,134 June 2007 Browne MP No32 Squadron 10 – 11 July Rt Hon Des Berlin, Germany Bilateral with German Defence Minister Scheduled £767 2007 Browne MP 13 – 15 July Rt Hon Des Brussels, Meetings with NATO Ambassador and French Eurostar £549 2007 Browne MP Belgium / Paris, Defence Minister France 6 – 10 Rt Hon Des Afghanistan Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £2,904 August Browne MP No32 Squadron 2007 28 – 29 Rt Hon Des Evora, Portugal EU Defence Ministerial Meeting Scheduled £696 September Browne MP 2007 24 – 25 Rt Hon Des Noordwijk, NATO Defence Ministerial Meeting No32 Squadron 4 Nil *** October Browne MP Netherlands 2007 29 October Rt Hon Des Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £2,304 – 2 Browne MP No32 Squadron November 2007 NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 16

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18 – 19 Rt Hon Des Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Council Scheduled £730 November Browne MP Belgium 2007 4 – 5 Rt Hon Des Geneva, Disarmament Conference Scheduled £660 December Browne MP Switzerland 2007 7 – 10 Rt Hon Des Afghanistan Operational Visit to British Forces Charter 4 £2,180 December Browne MP 2007 6 – 8 Rt Hon Des Vilnius, Latvia NATO Defence Ministerial No32 Squadron 4 Nil*** February Browne MP 2008 21 – 22 Rt Hon Des Ljubljana, EU Defence Ministerial Chartered 4 £1,330 February Browne MP Sloveinia 2008 10 – 14 Rt Hon Des Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £2,668 March 2008 Browne MP No32 Squadron Minister of State 14 – 15 Rt Hon Adam Brussels, Speech at the 10th Anniversary of Chemical Scheduled £748 May 2007 Ingram MP Belgium Weapons Demilitarisation Convention

31 May – 5 Rt Hon Adam Singapore and IISS Gulf Dialogue on International Security Scheduled £9,979 June 2007 Ingram MP Malaysia Conference in Singapore Ministerial meetings in Malaysia 11- 19 June Rt Hon Adam Falklands 25th Anniversary of Liberation of the Falklands Other RAF 2 Nil**** 2007 Ingram MP* Islands Islands 9 – 13 July Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £4,450 2007 Ainsworth MP Other RAF 19 – 22 July Rt Hon Bob Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £3,545 2007 Ainsworth MP Other RAF

7 – 11 Rt Hon Bob Bahrain / Qatar IISS Regional Security Summit in Bahrain Scheduled £3,084 December Ainsworth MP Ministerial meetings in Qatar 2007

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17 – 21 Rt Hon Bob Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £3,191 December Ainsworth MP Other RAF 2007 3 – 7 Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 3 £1,232 February Ainsworth MP Other RAF 2008 25 – 28 Rt Hon Bob Sierra Leone Visit British Forces involved with the Military Scheduled £2,002 February Ainsworth MP Assistance Training Team 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary Of State 15 – 21 Derek Twigg MP Afghanistan / Operational visit to British Forces in Afghanistan Scheduled / 1 £7,170 September Kazakhstan Ministerial meetings and visit troops who are Other RAF 2007 working with the Kazakhstan Army 6 – 14 Derek Twigg MP Falkland Islands 25th Anniversary - wreath-laying, church service Other RAF 1 Nil**** November ceremonies and meetings 2008 11 – 12 Derek Twigg MP Spain Lay a wreath for the Spanish War of Scheduled £778 February Commemoration 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary Of State 26 Rt Hon Baroness Paris, France Bilateral discussions Scheduled £638 November Taylor of Bolton 2007 5 – 8 Rt Hon Baroness Washington, Bilateral discussions Scheduled £2,837 December Taylor of Bolton USA 2007 20 – 23 Rt Hon Baroness Afghanistan Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled / 2 £3,115 February Taylor of Bolton No32 Squadron 2008

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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron’, or Minister, where accommodation ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled ‘Charter’ travel used 10 - 12 April Rt Hon John Prague, Czech Meetings with Ministers and officials No.32 Squadron 4 £8,103 2007 Prescott MP Republic / Speech at the British Embassy in Prague on Valetta, Malta climate change 18 - 25 April Rt Hon John Shanghai / Bilateral with Premier Wen. Meetings with Scheduled £14,276 2007 Prescott MP Beijing, China Ministers and senior government officials on climate change and sustainable cities Speeches at China Council for International Co- operation on Environment and Development and the World Cities Forum 18 - 28 May Rt Hon John Philadelphia / Speech at the Congress for the New Urbanism Scheduled £10,567 2007 Prescott MP Baltimore, USA Speech and visits to mark 200th anniversary of / Kingston, abolition of the slave trade, including meetings Jamaica / with Ministers and Jamaica National Bicentenary Bridgetown, Committee Barbados

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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 20 – 22 Rt Hon David Frankfurt, Meeting on climate change Eurostar £805 May 2007 Miliband MP Germany 4 - 8 June Rt Hon David Washington / Meeting with UN officials and senior policy Scheduled £5,020 2007 Miliband MP New York, USA officials on climate change 11 - 14 Rt Hon David Stockholm, Environmental Ministerial Retreat Scheduled £886 June 2007 Miliband MP Sweden / Berlin, Germany 28 June Rt Hon David Luxembourg Environment Council Scheduled £581 2007 Miliband MP 16 July Rt Hon David Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Eurostar £742 2007 Miliband MP Belgium 9 - 11 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Berlin, Germany Ministerial G8 Gleneagles Dialogue Scheduled £747 September MP 2007 23 - 24 Rt Hon Hilary Benn New York, USA Meeting with UN Secretary General on climate Scheduled £1,621 September MP change 2007 3 October Rt Hon Hilary Benn Brussels, Meetings with MEPs at the European Parliament Eurostar £742 2007 MP Belgium 22 October Rt Hon Hilary Benn Luxembourg Agriculture and Fisheries Council Scheduled £581 2007 MP 30 October Rt Hon Hilary Benn Luxembourg Environment Council Scheduled £581 2007 MP 20 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Lisbon, Portugal Preparatory discussions for the United Nations Scheduled £822 November MP Framework Convention on Climate Change 2007 Conference of the Parties (COP)

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28 - 30 Rt Hon Hilary Benn New Delhi, India Environment and energy fact finding Scheduled £2,175 November MP 2007 10 - 14 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Canberra, United Nations Framework Convention on Scheduled £4,592 December MP Australia / Bali, Climate Change Conference of the Parties 2007 Indonesia Climate Change negotiations 25 - 26 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Zurich, World Economic Forum Scheduled £564 January MP Switzerland 2008 Minister of State 13 – 16 Ian Pearson MP Barcelona, Expo CO2 conference Scheduled £871 April 2007 Spain 23 – 25 Ian Pearson MP Copenhagen, Asia-Europe (ASEM) Environment Ministers Scheduled £707 April 2007 Denmark meeting 8 – 11 May Ian Pearson MP New York, USA UN Commission on Sustainable Development Scheduled £3,932 2007 20 – 21 Ian Pearson MP Warsaw, Poland Ministerial Troika meeting Scheduled £874 May 2007 24 May Ian Pearson MP Prague, Czech Meeting of Environment Ministers of the Visegrad Scheduled £988 2007 Republic Group of Countries 1 – 3 June Ian Pearson MP Essen, Informal Environment Council Scheduled £994 2007 Germany 18 - 19 Rt Hon The Lord Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Eurostar £500 February Rooker Belgium 2008 Minister of State 31 August – Phil Woolas, MP Lisbon, Portugal Informal Environment Council Scheduled £3,718 2 September 2007 11 – 12 Phil Woolas, MP Paris, France OECD Meeting Eurostar £766 September 2007 26 – 29 Phil Woolas, MP Washington, Major Economies Process Meeting Scheduled £5,057 September USA 2007

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22 – 25 Phil Woolas, MP Bogor, Meeting to prepare for United Nations Framework Scheduled £6,198 October Indonesia Convention on Climate Change, Conference of 2007 the Parties 4 – 6 Phil Woolas, MP Warsaw, Poland Ministerial conference for Protection of Forests in Scheduled £874 November Europe 2007 13 – 16 Phil Woolas, MP Washington / Federal and State level Climate Change visit Scheduled £5,471 November Chicago, USA 2007 9 – 15 Phil Woolas, MP Bali, Indonesia United Nations Framework Convention on Scheduled £6,510 December Climate Change, Conference of the Parties 2007 29 January Phil Woolas, MP Honolulu, Second Meeting of Major Economies Process Scheduled £7,983 - 1 February Hawaii 2008 20 – 22 Phil Woolas, MP Monaco United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Scheduled £1,206 February Governing Council 2008 13 – 17 Phil Woolas, MP Tokyo, Japan G8 Gleneagles Dialogue Meeting Scheduled £4,160 March 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 2 – 4 Joan Ruddock MP Paris, France Meeting on International Carbon Capture and Eurostar £536 October Storage 2007 11- 12 Joan Ruddock MP Lisbon, Portugal International Biodiversity Conference Scheduled £807 November 2007 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 – 25 Ben Bradshaw MP Brussels, Bilateral with EU Commissioner Kyprianou Eurostar £702 April 2007 Belgium 6 – 8 May Ben Bradshaw MP Brussels, Agriculture & Fisheries Council Eurostar £742 2007 Belgium 11 – 14 Ben Bradshaw MP Berlin, Germany Bilateral with German State Secretary for Scheduled £747 May 2007 Agriculture and Fisheries 10 – 12 Ben Bradshaw MP Luxembourg Agriculture & Fisheries Council Scheduled £764 June 2007

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13 – 14 Jonathan Shaw MP Vilnius, EU Seminar on Common Agricultural Policy Scheduled £1,611 September Lithuania reform and Rural Development 2007 23 Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Scheduled / £780 September Belgium Eurostar 2007 16 October Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Eurostar £748 2007 Belgium 23 October Jonathan Shaw MP Luxembourg Agriculture and Fisheries Council Scheduled £1,161 2007 28 – 30 Jonathan Shaw MP Lisbon, Portugal Attend Conference on Illegal, Unreported and Scheduled £2,189 October Unregulated Fishing 2007 26 Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Eurostar £748 November Belgium 2007 13 Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, Pre – December Council Meeting Eurostar £748 December Belgium 2007 16 Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, December Council Meeting Eurostar £748 December Belgium 2007 10 – 11 Jonathan Shaw MP Copenhagen, International Whaling Seminar Scheduled £1,283 March 2008 Denmark 17 March Jonathan Shaw MP Brussels, Agriculture and Fisheries Council Eurostar £748 2008 Belgium Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 May – 1 Barry Gardiner MP Anchorage, International Whaling Commission Scheduled £14,256 June 2007 Alaska, USA 2 June Barry Gardiner MP Berlin, Germany Illegal Logging Summit Scheduled £592 2007 12 – 14 Barry Gardiner MP Amsterdam, Conference of the Parties UN Framework Scheduled £1,116 June 2007 Netherlands Convention on Climate Change 26 June Barry Gardiner MP Brussels, Climate Change Seminar Eurostar £748 2007 Belgium

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 15 - 17 April Rt Margaret New York, USA* Informal United Nations Security Council Scheduled £10,078 2007 Beckett MP 23 April Rt Hon Margaret Luxembourg General Affairs & External Relations Council Other RAF 8 £1,396 2007 Beckett MP 2 – 4 May Rt Hon Margaret Sharm El Expanded Iraq Neighbours Conference and the Other RAF 14 £25,472 2007 Beckett MP Sheikh, Egypt* launch of the International Compact with Iraq

5 - 8 May Rt Hon Margaret Washington, Accompany HM The Queen on State Visit Scheduled / No 7 £6,397 2007 Beckett MP USA* 32 Squadron 13 - 14 May Rt Hon Margaret Brussels, General Affairs & External Relations Council Charter 7 £10,192 2007 Beckett MP Belgium* 16 - 23 May Rt Hon Margaret Beijing / Attend Launch of “Using UK Energy Efficiency Scheduled £9,797 2007 Beckett MP Guangzhou / Technology” and Launch of Climate Change Hong Kong, Brochure. Speech at Business and Climate China* / Tokyo, Change Conference. Bilaterals with Ministers and Japan* officials 30 May Rt Hon Margaret Berlin, Germany G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting Other RAF 8 £8,084 2007 Beckett MP 17 - 18 Rt Hon Margaret Luxembourg* General Affairs & External Relations Council Other RAF 10 £3,640 June 2007 Becket MP 21 - 22 Rt Hon Margaret Brussels, European Council Other RAF 10 £3,884 June 2007 Beckett MP Belgium 24 June Rt Hon Margaret Washington, Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Scheduled £7,368 2007 Beckett MP USA* Conference 18 July Rt Hon David Paris, France / Bilaterals with Ministers and Foreign Policy Other RAF 5 £2,008 2007 Miliband MP Berlin, Germany Advisor 22 – 23 July Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs & External Relations Council Other RAF 8 £3,251 2007 Miliband MP Belgium NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 24

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24 - 27 July Rt Hon David Afghanistan / Funeral of the former King of Afghanistan Zahir Scheduled / 15 £2,415 2007 Miliband MP Pakistan Shah and attend the Joint British Council Active Other RAF Citizenship Seminar Ministerial meetings and visit to rural project in Pakistan 28 - 30 July Rt Hon David Washington, Meetings with Senators, the Senate Armed Scheduled / 4 £11,811 2007 Miliband MP USA Services Committee, the Speaker of the House of Charter with PM Representatives and Ministerial meetings 10 August Rt Hon David Florence, Italy Meeting with the Prime Minister Other RAF 3 £7,038 2007 Miliband MP 4 - 6 Rt Hon David Bucharest, Speech on Common values, Common future in Other RAF 10 £16,509 September Miliband MP Romania / Europe in Rome, attend event on Engaging with 2007 Ankara / Islam Madrid, Ministerial meetings in Romania, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey, Italy and Spain / Rome, Italy / Madrid, Spain 7 - 8 Rt Hon David Lisbon, Portugal Gymnich Viana de Castelo meeting Other RAF 5 £5,897 September Miliband MP 2007 26 - 29 Rt Hon David New York, USA United Nations General Assembly Scheduled £7,080 September Miliband MP Bilaterals with; Foreign Ministers of Russia, Saudi 2007 Arabia, Colombia, Canada, Syria, Thailand, Israel, Iran, Malta, China, India and the President of Palestinian Authority 14 - 15 Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs & External Relations Council Scheduled / 11 £1,788 October Miliband MP Other RAF 2007 18 - 19 Rt Hon David Lisbon, Portugal European Council Summit Scheduled £826 October Miliband MP 2007 22 - 23 Rt Hon David New York / Meetings with Jewish groups, the Mayor of New Scheduled £3,108 October Miliband MP Washington, York, Secretary General of the UN. Bilaterals with 2007 USA US Secretary of State and Defence Secretary 17 - 20 Rt Hon David Israel / Palestine Ministerial meetings and visits on the Middle East Scheduled / 11 £10,266 November Miliband MP / Cairo Peace Process Charter 2007

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20 - 23 Rt Hon David Uganda Accompany HM The Queen on State Visit. Scheduled £1,696 November Miliband MP Bilaterals with Ministers 2007 26 - 27 Rt Hon David Annapolis, USA Meetings with Middle East Conference delegates Scheduled £5,279 November Miliband MP 2007 10 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs & External Relations Council Eurostar £580 December Miliband MP Belgium 2007 13 Rt Hon David Lisbon, Portugal European Council Scheduled £1,110 December Miliband MP 2007 15 - 18 Rt Hon David Kuwait / Basra / Basra PIC Ceremony, meetings with Consulate Charter / 11 £46,931 December Miliband MP Baghdad / Erbil / team, Provincial Reconstruction Team staff & the Scheduled / 2007 Amman Governor of Basra. Bilaterals with Ministers and Other RAF officials 19 January Rt Hon David Ljubljana, Official Dinner of the European Members of the Other RAF 5 £2,165 2008 Miliband MP Slovenia 'Contact Group' 22 January Rt Hon David Berlin, Germany Quad and E3+3 Meeting Other RAF 5 £1,841 2008 Miliband MP 24 - 26 Rt Hon David Davos, World Economic Forum Other RAF 5 £1,964 January Miliband MP Switzerland Speech at CBI Business Leaders Lunch 2008 Bilaterals with Ministers 6 - 11 Rt Hon David Kabul / Meetings with the Afghan President and the Charter 8 £71,089 February Miliband MP Kandahar, ISAF leadership in Kabul 2008 Afghanistan / Visit to meet ISAF/US & UK troops in Kandahar Dhaka, Visit to DfID Chars Livelihoods Programme and Bangladesh attend event at Dhaka University 18 - 19 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs & External Relations Council Other RAF 8 £7,398 February Miliband MP Belgium 2008 23 - 29 Rt Hon David Hong Kong / Bilaterals with Ministers and officials Scheduled £7,589 February Miliband MP Shanghai / Speeches on ‘politics of globalisation’ in Hong 2008 Chongqing / Kong and on the rural/urban divide and Beijing, China* addressing inequalities in Chongquing

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6 March Rt Hon David Brussels, NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting` Other RAF 5 £671 2008 Miliband MP Belgium 13 - 14 Rt Hon David Brussels, European Council Eurostar £695 March 2008 Miliband MP Belgium 17 - 19 Rt Hon David Stockholm, Bilaterals with Ministers in Sweden, Finland and Scheduled / 7 £24,614 March 2008 Miliband MP Sweden / Denmark. Visit to the Global College School in Charter Helsinki, Finland Stockholm, Copenhagen University / Copenhagen, Denmark 28 - 29 Rt Hon David Ljubljana, Gyminch Brdo Foreign Ministers Meeting Charter 6 £12,632 March 2008 Miliband MP Slovenia 31 March Rt Hon David Paris, France Official Dinner with Foreign Minister Kouchner Other RAF 3 £856 2008 Miliband MP Minister of State 14 May Rt Hon Geoff Hoon Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Council Scheduled / £1,458 2007 MP Belgium Eurostar 21- 22 May Rt Hon Geoff Hoon Paris / Ministerial bilaterals Scheduled £762 2007 MP Strasbourg, European Parliament Plenary Session in France Strasbourg 23 May Rt Hon Geoff Hoon Ljubljana, Meeting with Chair of EU Parliamentary RAF / Charter 1 £4,347 2007 MP Slovenia Committee, Ministerial meetings 24 – 25 Rt Hon Geoff Hoon Athens, Greece Meeting with UN Special Representative of the Scheduled £3,727 May 2007 MP / Nicosia, Secretary General in Cyprus, Ministerial meetings Cyprus in Greece 3 – 5 Jim Murphy MP Brussels, European Neighbourhood Policy Conference in Scheduled £2,319 September Belgium / The Brussels 2007 Hague, Ministerial meetings in The Hague Netherlands / European Plenary Session in Strasbourg Strasbourg, France 14 – 15 Jim Murphy MP Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Council Scheduled £864 October 2007 5 – 6 Jim Murphy MP Ljubljana, Ministerial meetings Scheduled £2,776 November Slovenia 2007

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14 – 15 Jim Murphy MP Berlin, Germany Meeting with the Europe Minister and Key Scheduled / £2,423 November / Paris, France Influencers on the Reform Treaty in Paris, Eurostar 2007 Ministerial meetings in Berlin 18 – 19 Jim Murphy MP Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Council Scheduled £1,556 November Belgium 2007 29 Jim Murphy MP Madrid, Spain OSCE Ministerial Meeting Scheduled £2,001 November 2007 6 – 7 March Jim Murphy MP Paris, France Ministerial meetings Scheduled / £684 2008 Visit to the Equitess Project Eurostar 10 March Jim Murphy MP Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Council Scheduled £742 2008 Belgium 18 – 20 Jim Murphy MP Sarajevo, Meetings with Ministers representatives of the Scheduled £562 March 2008 Bosnia International Community 31 March – Jim Murphy MP Istanbul, Turkey Conference on Turkey’s Accession to the EU Scheduled £1,838 2 April 2008 Minister of State 28 - 29 May Rt Hon Ian Hamburg, ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Foreign Ministers Scheduled £1,615 2007 McCartney MP Germany Meeting 2 – 8 June Rt Hon Ian South Africa / Ministerial meetings in South Africa and Scheduled £12,250 2007 McCartney MP Botswana Botswana. Attend round table discussion on climate security

Minister of State 22 - 25 April Dr Kim Howells MP Ottawa, Ministerial meetings on Afghanistan Scheduled £16,429 2007 Canada / Washington, USA 25 - 26 April Dr Kim Howells MP Oslo, Norway NATO Summit Scheduled £1,100 2007 6 - 9 May Dr Kim Howells MP Bridgetown, Speech at regional drugs conference Scheduled £6,000 2007 Barbados / Meeting with the Prime Minister of Barbados Kingston, Jamaica

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14 - 23 May Dr Kim Howells MP Jaipur / Delhi, Bilateral with the President of Afghanistan, Scheduled £15,469 2007 India / Kabul, Ministerial meetings in India and Pakistan Afghanistan / Islamabad, Pakistan 29 - 31 May Dr Kim Howells MP Basra, Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Other RAF 1 Nil**** 2007 10 - 12 Dr Kim Howells MP Colombo, Sri Meeting with President of Sri Lanka Scheduled £10,667 June 2007 Lanka 25 June Dr Kim Howells MP Washington, Bilaterals on Counter Terrorism and Afghanistan Scheduled £6,250 2007 USA 22 - 26 July Dr Kim Howells MP Amman, Jordan Meetings in Jordan on the Middle East Peace Charter 3 £13,500 2007 / Cairo, Egypt / Process Tripoli, Libya Meetings in Libya to press for the release of European hostages in Libya 30 August - Dr Kim Howells MP San Francisco / Speech at World Affairs Council of San Francisco, Scheduled £19,987 7 Chicago / Los Meeting with Admiral of US 3rd Fleet September Angeles, USA 2007 11 - 19 Dr Kim Howells MP Rio de Janeiro, Meeting with the US Coast Guard, Ministerial Scheduled £16,476 September Brazil / Lima, meetings in Rio and Lima 2007 Peru / Miami, USA 24 - 27 Dr Kim Howells MP New York, USA United Nations General Assembly Scheduled £9,852 September 2007 22 - 25 Dr Kim Howells MP Abuja, Nigeria / Drugs and Immigration Bilaterals Scheduled £15,937 October Accra, Ghana 2007 2 - 3 Dr Kim Howells MP Istanbul, Turkey Iraq Neighbours Conference Scheduled £2,305 November 2007 5 - 6 Dr Kim Howells MP Lisbon, Portugal EuroMed conference Scheduled £1,892 November 2007

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29 Dr Kim Howells MP Bogotá, Bilaterals with Columbian Government on Drugs Scheduled £10,723 November - Colombia and Human Rights 2 December 2007 17 - 20 Dr Kim Howells MP Beirut, Lebanon Meetings on elections. Visit to refugee camp Scheduled £7,066 December 2007 8 - 15 Dr Kim Howells MP Miami, USA / FCO Americas Heads of Mission Conference Scheduled £7,400 January Kingston, 2008 Jamaica 30 - 31 Dr Kim Howells MP Ottawa,/ Bilaterals on Afghanistan Scheduled £7,913 January Montreal, 2008 Canada 7 - 11 Dr Kim Howells MP Baghdad / Meetings with Kurdistan and Iraqi regional Charter and 3 £8,112 February Basra, Iraq governments and Prime Minister of Iraq Scheduled 2008 22 - 25 Dr Kim Howells MP Riyadh, Saudi Meeting with HE Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Scheduled £8,600 February Arabia / Muscat, MFA 2008 Oman 6 - 14 Dr Kim Howells MP Rio, Brazil / Bilaterals with Ministers and officials Scheduled £20,324 March 2008 Santiago, Chile / Montevideo, Uruguay 28 - 31 Dr Kim Howells MP Manama, Meeting with the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Scheduled £10,221 March 2008 Bahrain / Doha, Meeting with MPs in Doha. Opening of Embassy Qatar Minister of State 26 – 30 Rt Hon Lord Beijing / Hong Speech on “Africa: New Partnerships and Scheduled £7,260 August Malloch-Brown Kong, China Opportunities”. Meetings with Ministers and senior 2007 members of the British business community

9 – 14 Rt Hon Lord Khartoum, Meeting with President of Sudan Scheduled £6,032 September Malloch-Brown Sudan 2007

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21 Rt Hon Lord New York, USA UN General Assembly Scheduled £8,943 September Malloch-Brown Foreign Minister's meeting on Sudan & – 2 October Afghanistan, meeting with UNICEF 2007 14 – 19 Rt Hon Lord Delhi, India / Fact finding visit Charter / 2 £3,781 November Malloch-Brown Kabul, Meetings with Ministers and the Pakistani Scheduled 2007 Afghanistan / Electoral Commissioner Islamabad, Pakistan 20 – 27 Rt Hon Lord Entebbe, Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Scheduled £3,400 November Malloch-Brown Uganda / Cairo, CHOGM 2007 in Entebbe 2007 Egypt The Inaugural Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in Africa in Cairo 16 – 19 Rt Hon Lord Tokyo, Japan Speech at the launch party of UK-Japan 2008 Scheduled £3,077 January Malloch-Brown Ministerial meetings 2008 27 January Rt Hon Lord Nairobi, Kenya / Meeting with the Chair of the AU Eminent African Charter / Nairobi–Juba: £27,096 – 2 Malloch-Brown Juba / Panel , Attend AU summit Scheduled 3 February Khartoum, Juba-Khartoum: 2008 Sudan / Addis 16 Ababa, Ethiopia Khartoum-Addis 5 13 – 17 Rt Hon Lord New York, USA Meeting with UN representatives on MDG Call to Scheduled £2,855 February Malloch-Brown Action 2008 4 – 5 March Rt Hon Lord Geneva, UN Human Rights Council Scheduled £553 2008 Malloch-Brown Switzerland 11 – 14 Rt Hon Lord Ulaanbaatar, 9th UK/Mongolia Round Table meeting in Scheduled £5,651 March 2008 Malloch-Brown Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Ministerial meetings Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 17 – 24 Lord Triesman Panama / Bilaterals with Ministers. Meetings with Cable and Scheduled £4,070 April 2007 Dominican Wireless Panama and HSBC Republic Visit to the Panama Canal Authority 18 – 21 Lord Triesman Madrid, Spain* Ministerial meetings Scheduled £787 June 2007

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8 – 16 Meg Munn MP Jamaica, Meetings on security, crime and anti-corruption Scheduled £15,765 September Panama and and migration in Jamaica and on British business 2007 Mexico involvement in Panama Visit to see consular emergency planning efforts in Mexico 14 – 23 Meg Munn MP Tonga, New Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga Scheduled £22,865 October Zealand Meetings on key common foreign policy issues, 2007 climate change and migration in New Zealand 18 - 22 Meg Munn MP Singapore ASEAN – EU Summit Scheduled £7,555 November 2007 9 – 14 Meg Munn MP Grand Cayman, Meetings on the Constitutional review process in Scheduled £9,941 December Dominican Grand Cayman, meetings on the Economic 2007 Republic Partnership Agreement, Archipelagic claim by the DR government, the relationship with Haiti and Prison Reform in Dominican Republic 2 – 6 Meg Munn MP Falkland Islands Meetings on a range of governance and other Other RAF / 1 £5,502 January and Ascension issues with these Overseas Territories Scheduled 2008 27 February Meg Munn MP Thailand Meetings with newly elected Government Scheduled £6,393 – 2 March 2008 27 – 30 Meg Munn MP Bermuda Meetings on constitutional review process. Scheduled £7,225 March 2008

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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HOME OFFICE

17 – 20 Rt Hon John Reid Washington / Meetings with US Government , Mayor of New Scheduled £4,151 June 2007 MP New York, USA York and NYC Police Department representatives on Crime Prevention 1 – 2 Rt Hon Jacqui Lisbon, Portugal EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £969 October Smith MP 2007 17 – 18 Rt Hon Jacqui Gdansk, Poland G6 Ministerial Meeting Scheduled £1,227 October Smith MP 2007 30 Rt Hon Jacqui Berlin, Germany G6 Ministerial Meeting Scheduled £1,020 November Smith MP 2007 10 – 12 Rt Hon Jacqui Washington, Meetings with US Government representatives on Scheduled £4,349 February Smith MP USA Counter Terrorism 2008 Visits to local Gang Resistance programmes and a visa application support centre Minister of State 15 – 19 Liam Byrne MP Sydney, Bilateral talks with Chinese and Australian Scheduled £12,553 April 2007 Australia / Immigration Ministers Beijing, China 3 – 8 Liam Byrne MP Delhi / Mumbai, Bilateral talks with Indian Immigration Minister Scheduled £2,786 February India and Trade and Industry Ministers 2008

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

Minister of State 24 – 25 Rt Hon Tony Munich, G8 Justice Home Affairs Council Scheduled £1,725 May 2007 McNulty MP Germany 4 Rt Hon Tony Lyon, France Meeting with Interpol General on UK cooperation Scheduled £712 September McNulty MP with Interpol 2007 11 – 15 Rt Hon Tony Tunis, Tunisia / Bilateral talks with Ministers and officials on Scheduled £1,091 February McNulty MP Casablanca, counter terrorism co-oporation and the DWA 2008 Morocco Minister of State 20 – 21 Rt Hon Baroness Frankfurt, Meeting at the Future Group as part of the Justice Scheduled £1,107 May 2007 Scotland of Asthal Germany and Home Affairs Council QC 11 – 12 Rt Hon Baroness Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £774 June 2007 Scotland of Asthal QC Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 19 – 20 Rt Hon Joan Ryan Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £647 April 2007 MP 12 – 13 Rt Hon Joan Ryan Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £853 May 2007 MP 1 – 2 Meg Hillier MP Lisbon, Portugal Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council Scheduled £1,230 November 2007 5 – 6 Meg Hillier MP Brussels, Justice and Home Affairs Council Eurostar £896 December Belgium 2007 24 – 25 Meg Hillier MP Ljubljana, Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF 2 £6,549 January Slovenia 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 30 Vernon Coaker MP Lisbon, Portugal Launch of the Joint Maritime Drugs Initiative and Scheduled £570 September / Madrid Spain bilateral talks on Serious Organised Crime – 1 October Initiatives 2007 NOTE: Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 35

OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

9 – 10 Vernon Coaker MP Bucharest, Bilaterals with Ministers and officials on human Scheduled £1,658 March 2008 Romania trafficking and drug smuggling 12 – 13 Vernon Coaker MP Sofia, Bulgaria Meetings with Ministers, Police representatives Scheduled £1,319 March 2008 and the Organised Crime Directorate Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 29 July – 1 Admiral the Lord Washington, Meetings with US Government representatives on Scheduled £2,688 August West of Spithead USA security and Counter Terrorism 2007 GCB DSC 28 – 31 Admiral the Lord Abu Dhabi, UAE Bilaterals with Ministers and the Chief of Staff of Scheduled £2,844 October West of Spithead / Manama, Armed Forces 2007 GCB DSC Bahrain 2 – 4 March Admiral the Lord Abu Dhabi, UAE Bilateral talks to discuss counter terrorism and Scheduled £3,885 2008 West of Spithead security GCB DSC

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DEPARTMENT FOR INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 27 October Rt Hon John Beijing, China UK-China Higher Education Summit Scheduled £4,421 – 3 Denham MP November 2007 Minister of State 12 – 15 Bill Rammell MP Turkey Ministerial meetings Scheduled £1,105 December 2007 Minister of State 22 – 23 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, EU Competitiveness Council Eurostar £542 November Belgium 2007 22 – 23 Ian Pearson MP Frankfurt, Visit to European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Scheduled £730 January Germany EUMETSAT, meeting with European Space 2008 Agency Director General Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 16 – 20 David Lammy MP Stockholm, Meeting with Ministers and Finish Board of Scheduled £2,875 September Sweden / Education representatives 2007 Helsinki, Finland 13 – 18 David Lammy MP Tokyo, Japan World Skills event Scheduled £5,537 November 2007 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21 – 22 Lord Triesman Bonn, Germany Third Ministerial Meeting on Education of the Scheduled £818 November Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) 2007 Countries and the Group of Eight (G8) event

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DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 15 – 16 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Washington DC Spring meetings with IMF / World Bank, Speech Scheduled £4,718 April 2007 MP / New York, on foreign policy in New York USA 23 – 25 Rt Hon Hilary Benn Kinshasa / Visit to DFID overseas office Scheduled £22,199 April 2007 MP Goma, Ministerial and official meetings Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 – 13 July Rt Hon Douglas Washington DC, Meeting with the World Bank Scheduled £6,407 2007 Alexander MP USA Speech at Council on Foreign Relations 17 – 20 July Rt Hon Douglas Khartoum, Meetings with Ministers, UN representatives & the Scheduled / 6 £13,449 2007 Alexander MP Sudan NGO Steering Committee Charter Field visits to Darfur and Juba. 27 – 30 Rt Hon Douglas Kabul, Meetings with Ministers, local government Scheduled / 2 £4,842 August Alexander MP Afghanistan representatives and UK military officials Charter 2007 27 – 30 Rt Hon Douglas New York, USA UN General Assembly Scheduled £4,428 September Alexander MP 2007 18 – 22 Rt Hon Douglas Washington DC, World Bank Annual Meetings Scheduled £4,214 October Alexander MP USA 2007 22 – 27 Rt Hon Douglas Kampala / Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Scheduled / 4 £5,005 November Alexander MP Entebbe, meetings with the Caribbean Group, UN, local Charter 2007 Uganda, community leaders and local press in Uganda Nairobi / Meetings with the High Commissioner & the Garissa, Kenya, Provincial Commissioner in Kenya

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

9 – 13 Rt Hon Douglas Jerusalem, Visit to UNWRA refugee camp, Ministerial Scheduled / 6 £4,842 December Alexander MP Israel / Amman, meetings Charter 2007 Jordan / Basra / Basra Development Forum, meetings with Baghdad, Iraq Ministers, UN and local government representatives in Iraq and Jordan 18 – 20 Rt Hon Douglas Dhaka, Meetings with Ministers, local government Scheduled / 4 £4,328 December Alexander MP Bangladesh representatives and Save the Children Charter 2007 Visits to cyclone affected areas 8 – 11 Rt Hon Douglas Bangkok, Meetings with local government, donors and Scheduled / 6 £10,046 January Alexander MP Thailand outgoing DFID local staff Charter 2008 21 – 24 Rt Hon Douglas Accra, Ghana / Meeting with the President of Ghana, visited DFID Scheduled / 5 £7,526 February Alexander MP Freetown, project Charter 2008 Sierra Leone Ministerial meetings in Sierra Leone Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 22 – 23 July Gareth Thomas Brussels, General Affairs & External Relations Council Eurostar £580 2007 MP Belgium 8 November Gareth Thomas Lisbon, Portugal EU Development Days Scheduled £1,079 2007 MP 19 Gareth Thomas Rome, Italy Food Agricultural Organisation Biennial Scheduled £773 November MP Conference 2007 20 – 21 Gareth Thomas Geneva, World Trade Organisation General Council on Scheduled £913 November MP Switzerland Aid for Trade 2007 26 – 27 Gareth Thomas New York, USA Meetings with UN Representatives on UN reform Scheduled £4,745 November MP 2007 4 February Gareth Thomas Oslo, Norway Junior Development Ministerial meeting Scheduled £743 2008 MP 18 February Gareth Thomas Ljubljana, European Disability Forum Anniversary Scheduled £588 2008 MP Slovenia Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 30 July – 2 Shahid Malik MP Sana’a, Yemen Meetings with Ministers, the UN, the World Bank Scheduled £2,406 August and US Aid 2007

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

27 – 31 Shahid Malik MP Hanoi and Hoa Meetings with Ministers, local charities, Unions Scheduled £2,445 August Binh province, and NGOs 2007 Vietnam Visit to DFID’s HIV project 16 – 20 Shahid Malik MP Kathmandu and Meetings with Ministers, local projects and Scheduled £1,899 September Biratnagar, journalists 2007 Nepal 25 – 26 Shahid Malik MP Washington, Opening of Islamic Art Exhibition Scheduled £3,980 October USA 2007 14 – 16 Shahid Malik MP Madrid, Spain Alliance of Civilisations Forum Scheduled £714 January 2008 12 – 15 Shahid Malik MP Senegal OIC Summit Scheduled £1,630 March 2008 21 – 23 Shahid Malik MP Istanbul, Turkey Meeting with World Congress on Muslim Scheduled £753 March 2008 Philanthropists Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 29 August – Baroness Vadera Abuja, Nigeria Speech at the launch of DFID-World Bank state- Scheduled £4,066 2 level investment climate surveys, meetings with September Ministers and development partners 2008 Visits to local projects & the DFID country office 27 Baroness Vadera Berlin, Germany Meeting with Global Fund to Fight Aids, Scheduled £812 September Tuberculosis and Malaria on Replenishment 2007 3 – 6 Baroness Vadera Kinshasa, Visit to DFID country office Scheduled / 2 £12,217 October Democratic Meetings with Ministers, the World Bank and Charter 2007 Republic of the various other donor organisations Congo 21 – 25 Baroness Vadera Washington DC Meetings with Ministers, the World Bank and Scheduled £5,463 October / New York, various other donor organisations 2007 USA 30 October Baroness Vadera Delhi / Patna / Visit to the DFID country office Scheduled £3,767 – 3 Bihar, India Meetings with Ministers, UNICEF & the World November Bank 2007

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008

8 – 9 Baroness Vadera Rome, Italy Meetings with Vatican officials and donor Scheduled £1,810 November organisations 2007 18 – 26 Baroness Vadera Ethiopia / Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting IN Scheduled £4,122 November Uganda / Uganda, Speech at the formal opening of 2007 Rwanda / Kenya Development Partner’s meeting in Rwanda, visits to DFID country offices 17 – 19 Gillian Merron MP Accra, Ghana Visit to DFID country office Scheduled £3,309 February Meetings with Ministers, UNICEF and various 2008 other Development partners 17 – 19 Gillian Merron MP Cape Town, Visits to DFID country office Scheduled £3,211 March 2008 South Africa Meetings with Ministers, UK Trade organisations, UNICEF and various other donor organisations

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State 12 - 13 Rt Hon Lord Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £626 June 2007 Falconer of Thoroton 8 - 9 Rt Hon Jack Straw Belgium, Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF 4 £1,150 November MP Brussels 2007 22 - 24 Rt Hon Jack Straw Ankara / Bilateral talks with Ministers. Speech at Other RAF 4 £17,604 November MP Istanbul, Bosphorous University. Visit to Turkish Probation 2007 Turkey* office

12 - 16 Rt Hon Jack Straw Washington DC Bilateral with Condoleezza Rice. Speech at Scheduled £3,536 February MP* / Virginia / New George Washington University Law School, 2008 York, USA meetings with Federal and State Justice officials. Visit to Coffeewood Correctional facility and the US Supreme Court Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 19 April Rt Hon Baroness Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £632 2007 Ashton 3 – 5 May Rt Hon Baroness Bangalore / Negotiations for the liberalisation of the legal Scheduled £6,118 2007 Ashton New Delhi / services market Chandigarh, India 30 – 31 Rt Hon Baroness Berlin, Germany Bilateral with the German Justice Minister Scheduled £892 May 2007 Ashton 5 – 6 June Rt Hon Baroness Bucharest, Ministerial meetings, visits to Justice related Scheduled £1,341 2007 Ashton Romania / Sofia, projects Bulgaria

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 8 – 9 Bridget Prentice Lisbon, Portugal Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £735 November MP 2007 4 February Bridget Prentice Berlin, Germany Bilateral with the German Justice Minister Scheduled £518 2008 MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 – 26 Maria Eagle MP Ljubljana, Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF / 1 £1,906 January Slovenia Scheduled 2008

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LORD PRIVY SEAL AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used NIL RETURN

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LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

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NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 10 – 13 July Rt Hon Shaun Washington / Meetings with US Government officials and key Scheduled £8,750 2007 Woodward MP New York opinion formers USA 12 – 13 Rt Hon Shaun Dublin, Bilaterals with the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, the Charter 4 £9,068 September Woodward MP Ireland Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for 2007 Justice. 16 – 18 Rt Hon Shaun Boston / New Meetings with US Government officials and key Scheduled £8,351 October Woodward MP York, opinion formers 2007 USA 14 – 19 Rt Hon Shaun New York, Meetings with US Government officials and key Scheduled £7,795 November Woodward MP USA opinion formers 2007 23 – 25 Rt Hon Shaun Rome, Attend the Consistory Scheduled £1,984 November Woodward MP Italy 2007 10 January Rt Hon Shaun Dublin, Meetings with the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, the Charter 4 £4,485 2008 Woodward MP Ireland Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Justice. 28 February Rt Hon Shaun Dublin, Meetings with the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, the Charter 4 £5,865 2008 Woodward MP Ireland Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Justice. 12 – 17 Rt Hon Shaun Washington / Meetings with US Government officials and key Scheduled £9,380 March 2008 Woodward MP New York opinion formers. Attend St Patrick’s Day USA celebrations at the White House Minister of State 16 – 18 Paul Goggins MP Boston, Meetings with US Government officials and key Scheduled £4,698 March 2008 USA opinion formers

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PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

Date Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No of Total cost of 32 (The Royal) officials Travel and Squadron’, or Accommodation ‘Other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ 24 April Rt Hon Tony Blair Berlin, Germany Bilateral talks with Chancellor Other RAF 15 £6,411 2007 MP Merkel 27 April Rt Hon Tony Blair Warsaw, Poland Bilateral talks with President Kaczynski and Prime Other RAF 23 £9,348 2007 MP Minister Kaczynski 11 May Rt Hon Tony Blair Paris, France Bilateral talks with President Sarkozy Other RAF 11 £3,738 2007 MP 16 - 19 May Rt Hon Tony Blair Washington, Bilateral talks with President Bush, Prime Minister Charter / Other 18 £319,100 2007 MP USA / Kuwait / HH Sheikh Nasser, Prime Minister al- Malaki, Ba RAF Baghdad / Visit British troops Basra, Iraq 29 May - 1 Rt Hon Tony Blair Tripoli, Bilateral talks with Col Qadhafi, President Kabah, Charter 30 £314,755 June 2007 MP Lebanon, President Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and Freetown / President Mbeki Liberia * / Johannesburg / Pretoria, South Africa * 3 June Rt Hon Tony Blair Berlin, Germany Bilateral talks with Chancellor Merkel Charter 14 £30,700 2007 MP 6 - 8 June Rt Hon Tony Blair Helligendamm, G8 Summit Charter 38 £33,548 2007 MP Germany* 21 - 22 Rt Hon Tony Blair Brussels, European Council Other RAF 21 £3,636 June 2007 MP Belgium 23 June Rt Hon Tony Blair Rome, Italy Audience with the Pope Other RAF 5 £3,450 2007 MP 16 July Rt Hon Gordon Berlin, Germany Bilateral talks with Chancellor Merkel Other RAF 8 £5,745 2007 Brown MP 20 July Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Bilateral talks with President Sarkozy Other RAF 11 £4,156 2007 Brown MP

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29 - 31 July Rt Hon Gordon Washington / Bilateral talks with President Bush Charter 24 £117,530 2007 Brown MP New York, USA Speech at the United Nations 1 - 2 Rt Hon Gordon Baghdad (via Bilateral talks with the Prime Minister al-Malaki Charter / Other 15 £197,600 October Brown MP Kuwait) / Basra, Visit British troops RAF 2007 Iraq 18 -19 Rt Hon Gordon Lisbon, Portugal Special European Council Other RAF 18 £13,270 October Brown MP 2007 20 October Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Rugby World Cup Final Charter** 2 £3,735 2007 Brown MP 22 - 25 Rt Hon Gordon Uganda * Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting Charter 25 £123,204 November Brown MP 2007 9 - 10 Rt Hon Gordon Basra (via Bilateral talks with President Karzi Charter 16 £222,100 December Brown MP Kuwait) Visit British troops 2007 Afghanistan (Via Oman) 12 - 13 Rt Hon Gordon Lisbon, European Council Other RAF 14 £ 18,259 December Brown MP Portugal/ 2007 Brussels, Belgium 17- 21 Rt Hon Gordon China* / Bilateral talks with President Hu and Premier Wen Charter 32 £195,789 January Brown MP India * and Prime Minister Singh 2008 25 January Rt Hon Gordon Davos, World Economic Forum Charter 14 £40,300 2008 Brown MP Switzerland 21 February Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, Bilateral with President Barrosso £4,392 2008 Brown MP Belgium 13 - 14 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, European Council £5,401 March 2008 Brown MP Belgium

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SCOTLAND OFFICE

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DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 5 – 8 June Rt Hon Douglas China Bilaterals with Ministers for Communication, Scheduled £5,476 2007 Alexander MP Aviation, Railways and First Secretary Commercial. Meetings with Aviation representatives and officials Minister of State 30 May – 1 Stephen Ladyman Sofia, Bulgaria International Transport Forum. Meetings with Scheduled £874 June 2007 MP German and New Zealand Ministers 7 – 8 June Stephen Ladyman Luxemberg EU Transport Council Scheduled £752 2007 MP 28 – 30 Rosie Winterton Brussels, Transport Council Eurostar £568 November MP Belgium 2007 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 10 – 12 Tom Harris MP Zurich / Bern, Rail Traffic Management fact finding Scheduled £1,486 September Switzerland 2007 17 – 18 Tom Harris MP Paris, France World Roads’ Ministers Congress. Bilaterals with Eurostar £824 September Mexican Secretary of State for Transport and 2007 Communications 27 February Tom Harris MP Beijing, China Meetings with Ministers and officials and Scheduled £4,198 – 2 March representatives of the Rail Industry 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23 – 25 Jim Fitzpatrick MP Venice, Italy Handover of Queen Victoria Ship to Cunard. Scheduled £921 November Informal talks with the Italian Prime Minister and 2007 other dignitaries

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15 – 19 Jim Fitzpatrick MP Singapore Bilaterals with Ministers Scheduled £3,324 February 2008

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HM TREASURY

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Chancellor of the Exchequer 12 – 15 Rt Hon Gordon Washington, Spring meetings with IMF / World Bank Scheduled £7,212 April 2007 Brown MP USA 2 May 2007 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, International Education conference Other RAF 7 £1,794 Brown MP Belgium 18 – 19 Rt Hon Gordon Potsdam, G8 Finance Ministers’ meetings Other RAF 6 £2,553 May 2007 Brown MP Germany 10 – 12 Rt Hon Gordon Iraq Operational Visit to British Forces Scheduled £3,947 June 2007 Brown MP 14 Rt Hon Alistair Porto, Portugal ECOFIN Other RAF 4 £11,143 September Darling MP 2007 18 – 21 Rt Hon Alistair Washington, IMFC G7 Annual meetings Scheduled £7,433 September Darling MP USA 2007 16 – 17 Rt Hon Alistair Cape Town, G20 meetings Scheduled £6,918 November Darling MP South Africa 2007 17 January Rt Hon Alistair Paris, France Meetings with French, German and Italian Other RAF 5 £1,794 2008 Darling MP Finance Ministers 7 – 10 Rt Hon Alistair Japan G7 meeting Scheduled £3,114 February Darling MP 2008 Economic Secretary 20 – 21 Rt Hon Ed Balls Berlin, Germany ECOFIN Ministers Scheduled £950 April 2007 MP 7 May 2007 Rt Hon Ed Balls Brussels, ECOFIN Ministers Scheduled £663 MP Belgium

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5 June Rt Hon Ed Balls Luxembourg ECOFIN Ministers Scheduled £978 2007 MP 13 July Kitty Ussher MP Brussels, ECOFIN Ministers Eurostar / £672 2007 Belgium Scheduled 22 Kitty Ussher MP Brussels, ECOFIN Ministers Eurostar £596 November Belgium 2007 Paymaster General 16 - 17 April Rt Hon Dawn Brussels, EU Code of Conduct Group Eurostar £525 2007 Primarolo MP Belgium Financial Secretary 20 May John Healey MP Warsaw, Poland EU Troika Ministerial meeting on energy and Scheduled £717 2007 Climate Change 4 June John Healey MP Lisbon, Portugal EU Troika Ministerial meeting on energy and Scheduled £697 2007 climate change 18 - 19 Rt Hon Jane Brussels, EU Code of Conduct Group Eurostar / £612 September Kennedy MP Belgium Scheduled 2007 8 – 9 Rt Hon Jane Luxembourg ECOFIN Scheduled £691 October Kennedy MP 2007 15 - 16 Rt Hon Jane Brussels, EU Code of Conduct Group Eurostar £526 October Kennedy MP Belgium 2007

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WALES OFFICE

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DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Secretary of State 9 – 13 April Rt Hon John Japan Bilaterals and meetings with Ministers and Scheduled £7,008 2007 Hutton MP officials. Visits to work projects. Speech at The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, visits and Ministerial meetings 25 – 29 Rt Hon John Rome / National Families Conference. Bilaterals with Scheduled £602 May 2007 Hutton MP* Florence, Italy Romano Prodi, Cesare Damiano and Franca Donaggio 22 - 26 Rt Hon Peter Hain New York / Meetings with the Commission of Human Scheduled £559 October MP Washington, Resource Administration, the President of 2007 USA Seedco, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Retirement Security Project, Secretary for Health and Human Services, the Commissioner for Social Security Administration, the Secretary of Labour & the Democratic Leadership Council Speech at Lessons from the UK / US Conference. Attend Northern Ireland reception 6 – 7 March Rt Hon James New York, USA Meetings with Centre for Economic Opportunity Scheduled £5,072 2008 Purnell MP Maryland Rural Development Corporation, Seedco, the Mayor of New York and the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Visits to Groundwork, the Small Business Services and Linden Job Centre Minister of State 6 – 9 May Jim Murphy MP Dresden, G8 Labour Summit. Danish Welfare Work Model Scheduled £1,408 2007 Germany / Copenhagen, Denmark

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 10 – 11 James Plaskitt MP Geneva, International Labour conference Scheduled £634 June 2007 Switzerland 31 January James Plaskitt MP Ljubljana, Employment Social Policy Health & Scheduled £1,064 – 2 Slovenia Consumer Affairs Informal Council February 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 29 – 30 Anne McGuire MP Brussels, EU Pensions Meeting Scheduled £621 May 2007 Belgium 12 June Anne McGuire MP Berlin, Germany EU Disability Meeting Scheduled £678 2007 29 Anne McGuire MP Shanghai, China Special Olympics Scheduled £2,246 September – 5 October 2007

* Accompanied by spouse / partner. Cost included in the total cost of ministerial travel ** DCMS Ministers travelled on the plane chartered by the Prime Minister *** Nil cost to Minister as accompanied Chief of Defence Staff on No32 Squadron and host nation provided accommodation **** Nil cost to Minister as a regular scheduled RAF flight referred to as ‘RAF Trooper’ was used

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