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A Burt Transparency Return 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
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