FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE QUARTERLY INFORMATION 1 OCTOBER 2011 – 31 DECEMBER 2011

GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140

Rt Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) NIL RETURN

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) NIL RETURN

The Rt. Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) NIL RETURN

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP Date gift given To Gift Value NIL RETURN

Minister of State, David Lidington MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) NIL RETURN

Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) NIL RETURN

GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140

Rt Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Saudi Arabia Charity 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Bahrain Charity 20 Embassy of Selection of Over limit Retained for December Yemen alcohol official entertainment 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Qatar Charity

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Date gift From Gift Value Outcome given 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Bahrain Charity 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Qatar Charity 22 UAE Deputy Hamper Over limit Donated to December Foreign Charity Minister

The Rt. Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received 5 October Oxford Energy Case of wine £216 Purchased by Group the Minister 20 Embassy of Hamper £183.75 Purchased by December Saudi Arabia the Minister

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received 20 Embassy of Hamper £183.75 Purchased by December Saudi Arabia the Minister

Minister of State, David Lidington MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December Saudi Arabia charity

Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received 20 Embassy of Hamper Over limit Donated to December The United charity Arab Emirates (UAE)

HOSPITALITY RECEIVED

Rt Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality

NIL RETURN

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality

27 October Anglo - Omani Society Lunch 7 UK - Bahrain Society Dinner November 28 Archbishop of Canterbury Breakfast November

The Rt. Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality

10 October International Herald Dinner Tribune 14 October Asia House Giving speech – lunch included 14 October Anglo-Korean Society Dinner 18 October Man Booker Prize Dinner 10 Royal Over-Seas League Lunch November (ROSL) 11 Atlantic Partnership Breakfast November 16 The Spectator Dinner November Parliamentarian Awards 29 Global Strategy Forum Commonwealth lecture and lunch November 1 Chatham House Dinner December 3-6 Ministry of Energy & Accommodation at World Petroleum December Industry office, Council Congress Government of Qatar

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality 11 October Bank of America Merrill Lunch Lynch 28 Archbishop of Canterbury Breakfast November 20 Prince Asfa Wossen Lunch to discuss Ethiopia December Asserate Kassa

Minister of State, David Lidington MP Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality

17 October The Telegraph, the Lunch Guardian 3 Centre for European Dinner November Reform 14 The Times Lunch November 22 Future and Options Breakfast November Association 22 The Daily Mail, The Sun Lunch November 20 BBC Lunch December

Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality

3 October China Association Lunch 4 October Hong Kong Association Lunch 13 October The Independent Lunch 27 October London Evening Lunch Standard 25 The Economist Lunch November 1 London Evening Lunch December Standard 13 Parkinsons UK/APPG on Dinner December Parkinsons 21 Sky News Lunch December

‘Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions,

conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. * indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend.’

MINISTERS’ OVERSEAS TRAVEL

Rt Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ or Minister, accommodation ‘other RAF’ where non- of Minister only or ‘Chartered’ scheduled or ‘Eurostar’ travel is used 10 Luxembourg Foreign Affairs Scheduled £804 October Council 16-19 Valetta, Malta; Official visit RAF 8 £7485 October Tripoli, Libya; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Algiers, Algeria 24-30 Perth, Australia Commonwealth Scheduled £9045 October Heads of Government Meeting 7 Strasbourg, UK Scheduled £901 November France Chairmanship of the Council of Europe 13-14 Brussels, General Affairs Scheduled £387 November Belgium Council/ Foreign Affairs Council 30 Brussels, General Affairs Scheduled £277 November Belgium Council -1 December 4-5 Bonn, Germany Bonn Scheduled £859 December Conference on Afghanistan 7-8 Brussels, NATO Foreign Scheduled £795 December Belgium Minister’s Meeting 11-12 New Bilaterals with Scheduled £2877 December York/Washington, Hillary Clinton USA and General Petraeus 19-21 Abu Dhabi, Bilaterals with Scheduled £2692 December United Arab Abdullah bin Emirates Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan –

Minister for Foreign Affairs & Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – Crown Prince

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 12 Paris, France Bilateral Eurostar £125 October meetings 17 – 20 Baghdad, Iraq Bilateral and Scheduled £1346 October and Amman, business Jordan meetings 30 October Abu Dhabi, UAE UK/UAE Task Scheduled £2329 – 3 Force, November Kuwait City, Kuwait Royal Visit

Istanbul, Turkey Afghanistan Regional Conference 8 – 11 Male, Maldives South Asia Scheduled £4224 November Regional Conference 15 Brussels, Bilateral Eurostar £125 November Belgium meetings 20 – 23 Kuwait City, G8 BMena Scheduled £4613 November Kuwait Conference

Riyadh, Saudi Bilateral Arabia meetings 04 – 08 Geneva, Disarmament Scheduled £993 December Switzerland Conference

Bilateral Tripoli, Libya meetings 12 – 14 Manama, Bilateral Scheduled £2578 December Bahrain meetings

The Rt. Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 23-29 Perth, Australia Commonwealth Scheduled £4,374 October Heads of Government Meeting 26-28 Algiers, Algeria UK – Algeria Scheduled £992 November bilateral trade talks and the high level energy dialogue 3-6 Doha, Qatar World Scheduled £2,534 December Petroleum Council Congress

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including travel, Squadron’ accompanying and or ‘other Minister, where accommodation RAF’ or non-scheduled of Minister only ‘Charter’ or travel is used ‘Eurostar’ 30 Windhoek, To accompany Scheduled £5822 October - Namibia; HRH the Prince 10 Pretoria, South of Wales during November Africa; Maputo, his visit to South Mozambique; Africa, bilateral Lusaka, Zambia; and business Dar es Salaam, meetings, 50th Tanzania anniversary of independence in Tanzania.

15 – 16 The Hague, The Discussions Scheduled £571 November Netherlands with representatives of the International Criminal Court

and bilateral meetings. 7-8 Belgium, Meetings with Eurostar N/A £290 December Brussels EU institutions to discuss piracy.

Minister of State, David Lidington MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 10-11 Oct Luxembourg Bilateral Scheduled £297 and meetings, Brussels, General Affairs Belgium Council 18-19 Belfast, Meeting with Scheduled £120 Oct Northern Ireland Devolved Administration 20 Oct Dublin, Ireland Bilateral visit Scheduled £220 and Brussels, Belgium 20 Oct Brussels, General Affairs Eurostar £145 Belgium to Council London, UK 30 Oct to 1 Belgrade, Bilateral visit Scheduled £443 Nov Serbia 7-8 Nov The Hague, The Bilateral visit Scheduled £258 Netherlands 16-17 Nov Brussels, General Affairs Eurostar £144 Belgium Council 27-28 Nov Berlin, Germany European Scheduled £438 Affairs Sub- Committee visit 5-7 Dec Brussels, General Affairs Scheduled £1039 Belgium and Council and Vilnius, OSCE Lithuania Ministerial

Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 13-23 Miami, USA; Bilateral Visit Scheduled £5,351 October Mexico City, Mexico; Panama City, Panama; San José, Costa Rica 13-19 Beijing, Bilateral Visit Scheduled £4275 November Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, China 27-29 Recife, Brazil Opening of new Scheduled £2,842 November Consulate General 3-9 Manila, Bilateral Visit & Scheduled £6,848 December Philippines; Attendance to Singapore; Bali, The Bali Indonesia Conference

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Rt Hon William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October Ian MacGregor, Sunday General discussion about Telegraph foreign affairs and domestic politics October Lionel Barber, Financial Times General discussion about foreign affairs and domestic politics October James Harding, The Times General discussion about foreign affairs and domestic politics October John Witherow, Sunday Times General discussion about foreign affairs and domestic politics November BAE Systems To discuss commercial opportunities overseas December DLA Piper To discuss UK business opportunities overseas

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October British American Business UK-US Business links Council October Students from University of To discuss UK-US relations South Florida November BBC General discussion

November International Arab Association Keynote speaker Charity November Roundtable with NGOs Women’s rights in Afghanistan December Konrad Adenauer Society Keynote speech on UK Foreign Policy Implications on Arab Spring December Tawaakul Karman, Yemeni To discuss political situation Nobel Peace Prize Winner in Yemen December Konrad Adenauer Society Keynote speech on UK Foreign Policy Implications on Arab Spring December Tawaakul Karman, Yemeni To discuss political situation

Nobel Peace Prize Winner in Yemen

The Rt. Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October Shell America Discussion of international energy issues November BP Discussion of international energy issues November Centre for Global Energy Studies Discussion of international energy issues November Middle East Association Speech on energy issues November EIC Opening speech for conference December Central Japan Railway Company Discussion of Japanese and Asia House energy issues December Royal Dutch Shell Discussion of international energy issues November Global Strategy Forum Commonwealth lecture and lunch December Central Japan Railway Company Discussion of Japanese and Asia House energy issues December Royal Dutch Shell Discussion of international energy issues

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Henry Bellingham MP Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October Open Society Justice Initiative To discuss Human Rights in Kenya October Summa International To discuss commercial Construction Inc opportunities in Africa October The Hadley Centre To discuss Climate Change November Lord Razzall and Gunn Media To discuss Sudan and Zimbabwe November ME Afriqiyah Ltd To discuss Ghana, Kenya and Somalia November BAA To discuss commercial opportunities November Clifford Chance, Somaliland To discuss Somalia Development Corporation, Transparency International UK November Royal Society for the Protection To receive 16,000 pledges of Birds to support biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories November Virgin Atlantic To discuss operations and activities in Africa November Freightliner Group and CFM To discuss partnership with (Mozambique’s rail freight CFM (Mozambique’s rail

operator) freight operator). December Steve McCauley – Executive To discuss Rwanda Leadership Coach and volunteer on project Umubano in Rwanda December Tullow Oil To discuss Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana border dispute December Richard Oldridge - Zimbabwe To discuss Zimbabwe Diaspora December West India Committee and Cluff To discuss Anguilla and Geothermal Ltd geothermal in East Africa December The Prince’s Charities To discuss Climate Change International December West India Committee and Cluff To discuss Anguilla and Geothermal Ltd geothermal in East Africa December The Prince’s Charities To discuss Climate Change International

Minister of State, David Lidington MP Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting NIL RETURN

Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October Human Rights sub group on To discuss freedom of Freedom of Expression on the expression on the internet. Internet: Article 19, Amnesty International. Index on Censorship. University College London London Metropolitan University Nokia Siemens Networks. Director of Public Policy, Yahoo Reporters Without Borders October George Pascoe-Watson General Discussion October Christian Solidarity Worldwide & To discuss human rights in Shin Dong-Hyuk North Korea October University of Southern California To discuss public diplomacy November Burma Campaign UK To discuss Burma November AB Colombia To discuss human rights in Colombia November Amnesty International To receive a petition November Rehman Chishti MP, joined by To discuss a consular case constituents December Chuka Umunna MP, joined by To discuss a consular case constituents

December Standard Chartered Bank To discuss UK business in Jardine Matheson Philippines/Indonesia/Singa Cleveland Bridge UK pore Diageo BAE Systems British Business Council Singapore British Business Council December Tiger Time To discuss animal welfare Why Not Campaign in China December Human Rights Advisory Group: To discuss human rights Amnesty International UK. issues Dr Chaloka Beyani ARTICLE 19 Micah Challenge University of Bristol Leigh Day and Co. Solicitors. London School of Economics Blackstone Chambers. Human Rights Watch. University of Essex Oxfam GB. University of Leeds British Red Cross

Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments.