OVERSEAS TRAVEL by MINISTERS 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009

OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009

CABINET OFFICE July 2009

OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

INDEX Page Attorney General’s Office 1 Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 3 Cabinet Office (including Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General) 11 Department for Children, Schools and Families 13 Department for Communities and Local Government 15 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 17 Ministry of Defence 19 Department for Energy and Climate Change 24 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 26 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 28 Department of Health 45 Home Office 48 Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 51 Department for International Development 54 Ministry of Justice 64 Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 66 Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords 67 Northern Ireland Office 68 Office of the Advocate General for Scotland 70 Prime Minister’s Office 71 Scotland Office 76 Department for Transport 77 HM Treasury 80 Wales Office 83 Department for Work and Pensions 84

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Government Whips (Commons) 86 Government Whips (Lords) 87

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ATTORNEY GENERAL’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 & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Attorney General 31 March - Rt Hon Baroness Ljubljana, Meeting EU Futures Group Scheduled £1,290 1 April Scotland QC Slovenia 2008 17 - 18 Rt Hon Baroness Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £1,075 April 2008 Scotland QC 5 - 6 June Rt Hon Baroness Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £1,025 2008 Scotland QC 28 August Rt Hon Baroness Singapore International Association of Prosecutors Scheduled £7,377 - 1 Scotland QC Conference September 2008 23 - 27 Rt Hon Baroness Brussels, Meeting with Vice President Barrot (EU JHA Scheduled £7,029 September Scotland QC Belgium Council), Heads of Commission Legal Service 2008 New York, and Council Legal Service in Brussels USA Women’s Leaders Working Group meeting in New York

13 - 25 Rt Hon Baroness Auckland and Bilateral talks with counterparts in Australia Scheduled £6,113 February Scotland QC Wellington, and New Zealand and meetings with legal 2009 New Zealand community / pro bono representatives Sydney and Canberra, Australia

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Solicitor General 13 - 14 Vera Baird QC Dusseldorf, Army Prosecutions Authority Scheduled £689 May 2008 MP Germany 17 - 30 Vera Baird QC Canberra, Family violence and specialist courts Scheduled £1,516 May 2008 MP Melbourne, conference Sydney, Australia 19 - 20 Vera Baird QC Amsterdam, Visit regarding the legalisation of brothels Scheduled £722 June 2008 MP Netherlands

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DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM

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 1-7 June Rt Hon John Hanoi, G8 Summit Scheduled £15,093 2008 Hutton MP Vietnam Hong Kong, China Tokyo, Japan Paris, France

9-10 June Rt Hon John Paris, France Employment Council Chartered 2 £10,823 2008 Hutton MP Luxembourg

21-23 June Rt Hon John Jeddah, Saudi G8 Energy Summit Charter/ 3 £1,231 2008 Hutton MP Arabia Scheduled

15-19 July Rt Hon John Washington Procurement Policy Round Table and Scheduled £2,423 2008 Hutton MP DC, USA Industry meetings

31 August Rt Hon John Sao Paulo, Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £11,442 – 6 Hutton MP Brasilia, and business, trade and industry representatives September Rio de Janeiro, 2008 Brazil

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26-29 Rt Hon Lord Moscow, UK-Russia Joint Steering Committee plus Scheduled £10,662 October Mandelson Russia various bilaterals with Ministers and speech 2008 at Higher School of Economics

1-4 Rt Hon Lord Riyadh, Saudi Meeting with Ministers and CEOs of state Charter 5 £2,900 November Mandelson Arabia bodies such as Saudi Arabian General 2008 Abu Dhabi, Investment Authority (SAGIA) and Saudi United Arab Arabian Basic Industries Corporation Emirates (SABIC). Various other bilaterals Qatar 16 January Rt Hon Lord Brussels, Automotive Summit and meeting with Eurostar £618 2009 Mandelson Belgium President of European Commission

18-22 Rt Hon Lord Delhi, India Co-Chair of the Joint Economic Trade Scheduled £8,160 January Mandelson Committee meeting 2009 28-31 Rt Hon Lord Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £3,380 January Mandelson Switzerland 2009 14-17 Rt Hon Lord New York, Council for Foreign Relations Scheduled £10,827 February Mandelson USA 2009 24-29 Rt Hon Lord Sao Paulo, Trade Delegation Scheduled/ 3 £8,503 March Mandelson Brazil Charter 2009 Santiago, Chile Minister of State 11-12 April Lord Jones Tokyo, Japan Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £6,721 2008 business, trade and industry representatives

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20-24 April Lord Jones Bucharest, Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £3,050 2008 Romania business, trade and industry representatives Sofia, Bulgaria

8-9 May Lord Jones Athens, Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £2,000 2008 Greece business, trade and industry representatives

12-16 May Lord Jones Tripoli, Libya Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £8,000 2008 Abu Dhabi, business, trade and industry representatives United Arab Emirates Qatar 28-31 May Lord Jones Mexico City, Trade Promotion Scheduled £12,000 2008 Mexico

2-5 June Lord Jones Baku, Ministerial bilaterals, meetings with various Scheduled £7,741 2008 Azerbaijan business, trade and industry representatives

6-10 July Lord Jones Johannesburg, Trade Promotion Scheduled £7,840 2008 South Africa

19-21July Lord Jones Tel Aviv, Israel Meeting with Israel President & Palestinian Scheduled £3,377 2008 /Occupied Ministerial delegation, Meet with Israel's Palestinian Trade Minister, Visit Israel Aerospace Territories

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19 -27 Lord Jones Beijing, China Olympic Games visit to support UKTI Scheduled £10,390 August promoting trade & investment opportunities 2008 arising from London 2012 and British business in China

Minister of State 28-30 Lord Davies Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £6,985 January Switzerland 2009

11-13 Lord Davies Beijing, China G20 Preparation Scheduled £7,286 February 2009

17-18 Lord Davies Barcelona, Support British companies and promote UK Scheduled £2,073 February Spain expertise at Mobile World Congress 2009

2-4 March Lord Davies Oran and Led UK-Algeria trade talks and support UK Scheduled £1,652 2009 Algiers, Algeria trade and investment interests

24-27 Lord Davies Beijing, China G20 Preparation Scheduled £8,204 March 2009 Minister of State 8 June Rt Hon Pat Luxembourg Employment Council Scheduled £1,895 2008 McFadden MP

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16-17 Rt Hon Pat Brussels, Working Time Directive Scheduled £1,198 September McFadden MP Belgium 2008

1-2 Rt Hon Pat Luxembourg Employment Council Scheduled £1,098 October McFadden MP 2008

22-23 Rt Hon Pat Prague, Czech Informal Employment Council Scheduled £1,769 January McFadden MP Republic 2009 8-9 March Rt Hon Pat Brussels, Employment Council Scheduled £817 2009 McFadden MP Belgium

Minister of State 14-17 April Gareth Thomas Beijing, China UK China Economic Forum. Meeting with Scheduled £4,395 2008 MP Chinese Ministers for Trade and Education

14-15 Gareth Thomas Brussels, EU Trade Ministers Informal Meeting Scheduled £659 September MP Belgium 2008

18 Gareth Thomas Paris, France Inward Investor Meetings/ Visit Tradeshow Scheduled £1,094 November MP 2008

20 Gareth Thomas Dusseldorf, Medica Tradeshow Scheduled £2,733 November MP Germany 2008

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12-21 Gareth Thomas Singapore Meetings with Inward Investors, British Scheduled £10,686 January MP Taipei, companies and Ministerial meetings. 2009 Taiwan, Opening UK-Taiwan Trade Talks. Hong Kong, Speech to Institute of Civil Engineers. China Meeting with Prime Minister of Vietnam Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

25-26 Gareth Thomas Brussels, EU Trade Ministers Informal Meeting Scheduled £1,324 January MP Belgium 2009

16 March Gareth Thomas Rome and Ministerial Meetings Scheduled £1,298 2009 MP Vatican, Italy

Minister of State 6-11 April Malcolm Wicks Washington Bilateral Energy visits and visit to the Oil Scheduled £7,484 2008 MP DC, USA Sands Ottawa, Calgary, Canada

20-22 April Malcolm Wicks Rome, Italy Energy Forum Conference and the Scheduled £1,538 2008 MP International Energy Business Forum

4-8 May Malcolm Wicks Houston, USA Offshore Technologies Conference Scheduled £7,347 2008 MP

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5 June Malcolm Wicks Luxembourg Energy Council Scheduled £1,482 2008 MP

18-21 Malcolm Wicks Abuja, Nigeria Prime Minister’s Global Energy Initiative Scheduled £10,602 August MP 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 30 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Informal Competitiveness Council Scheduled £867 November Belgium - 1 December 2008

12 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Meeting with Toyota Scheduled £889 February Belgium 2009

5 March Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Informal Competitiveness Council Scheduled £990 2009 Belgium

13 March Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Meeting on General Motors Scheduled £908 2009 Belgium

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 16 April Baroness Vadera Ljubljana, Informal Competitiveness Council Scheduled £1,229 2008 Slovenia

29 May Baroness Vadera Brussels, Competitiveness Council Scheduled £556 2008 Belgium

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11June Baroness Vadera Luxembourg Telecoms Council Scheduled £1,596 2008

17-18 July Baroness Vadera Paris, France Informal Competitiveness Council Eurostar/ £1,500 2008 Scheduled 24-27 Baroness Vadera Washington UN General Assembly Charter ** September DC, USA 2008 4-6 Baroness Vadera Kuwait Bilaterals on Investments Scheduled £3,218 November 2008 29-31 Baroness Vadera Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £3,618 January Switzerland 2009 2-4 March Baroness Vadera Washington UN General Assembly Charter ** 2009 DC, USA 20 March Baroness Vadera Paris, Meeting with the French President and Scheduled £1,475 2009 France Finance Ministers

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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 2-6 June Rt Hon Ed New York and Sutton Trust Social Mobility Summit and fact Scheduled £6,120 2008 Miliband MP Washington finding visit DC, USA Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 25-29 Rt Hon Liam Boston and Public service reform fact finding visit Scheduled £5,930 March Byrne MP Washington 2009 DC, USA Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 17-18 May Phil Hope MP Cannes, Cannes Film Festival. To promote the East Scheduled £1,721 2008 France Midlands film industry and meetings with key figures from the British Film industry

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 12-18 April Tom Watson MP New York, Fact finding meetings on public services and Scheduled £9,856 2008 Washington access to information. Speech at the US DC, Maryland General Services Administration IRMCO and Los Conference. Angeles, USA 13-16 Tom Watson MP New York, UK Digital Trade mission Scheduled £6,768 September USA 2008

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12-13 Tom Watson MP Paris, France Speech at OECD Conference on ‘Virtual Eurostar £885 March Worlds’. Meeting with OECD. 2009 Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General 16 – 20 Rt Hon Tessa Vancouver, 2010 Winter Olympics Organising Committee. Scheduled £8,733 June 2008 Jowell MP Canada & Meetings with Regional Government and Dublin, Rep. of business representatives. Speech in Dublin Ireland 4 - 26 Rt Hon Tessa Beijing, China 2008 Olympic Games Scheduled/ 1 £8,366 (paid August Jowell MP Charter by DCMS) 2008 13 - 18 Rt Hon Tessa Beijing, China 2008 Paralympic Games Scheduled £4,563 (paid September Jowell MP by DCMS) 2008

1 -5 Rt Hon Tessa Recife, Rio de International Inspiration (2012 Legacy Scheduled £9,727 November Jowell MP Janeiro, Sao Programme) projects & meetings with the Rio 2008 Paulo, Brazil 2016 Bid Team

6 -8 Rt Hon Tessa Dubai, United World Economic Forum Scheduled £4,890 November Jowell MP Arab Emirates 2008

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DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES

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 22-23 Rt Hon Paris, France Franco British Colloque Scheduled £598 January Ed Balls MP 2009 24-26 Rt Hon New York and Fact finding visit to look at New York City Scheduled £6,788 March Ed Balls MP Washington Schools' Report Cards 2009 DC, USA Minister of State 28 Rt Hon Jim Bilbao and Meetings with the Education Ministers to Scheduled £1,586 September Knight MP Madrid, Spain discuss Home Access -6 October Lisbon, 2008 Portugal 1-4 Rt Hon Jim Muscat, Oman G8 / Broader Middle East and North Africa Scheduled £3,478 November Knight MP Education Ministers Conference 2008

28 Rt Hon Jim Melbourne, Speech at the International Education Scheduled £10,651 November Knight MP Australia, Leaders Dialogue. Fact finding visit on Rural -5 Dubai, United Schools December Arab Emirates 2008 14-20 Rt Hon Jim Beijing and Fact finding visit on vocational education, Scheduled £12,106 February Knight MP Hong Kong, Olympics and International Trends Studies 2009 China

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 26-29 May Lord Adonis Brussels, Fact finding visit on Raising Standards and Scheduled £1,785 2008 Belgium sustainable transport Rotterdam, Netherlands Frankfurt, Germany 21-23 Lord Adonis Copenhagen, Fact finding visit on raising standards. Scheduled £777 September Denmark Meeting with European Commissioner for 2008 Education

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 1-5 Kevin Brennan Helsinki, Fact finding visit on policy and practice Scheduled £2,093 September MP Finland relating to children in care, healthy schools, 2008 Stockholm, obesity and drugs Sweden Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 15-16 Sarah McCarthy- Brussels, Speech at the EU Youth Council Scheduled £524 February Fry MP Belgium 2009

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DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 1-6 Iain Wright MP Nanging, World Urban Forum IV Scheduled £7,020 November China 2008 30-31 Iain Wright MP Paris, France OECD conference Scheduled £1,260 March 2009

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DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT

18-25 Rt Hon Andy Beijing, China Olympic Games and Closing Ceremony and Scheduled/ 2 £6,019 August Burnham MP Handover Ceremony. Meetings with the Charter 2008 Chinese Culture, Broadcasting and Sport Ministers. Chief Executive of Sina.com

3-4 Rt Hon Andy Zurich, Official England 2018 World Cup bid document Scheduled £769 February Burnham MP Switzerland handover, and meeting with Fifa President 2009

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Minister of State 6-11 Rt Hon Margaret Seattle, Discussing the new film tax relief system with Scheduled £8,864 March Hodge MP San the major film studios; meetings with video 2008 Francisco, games companies; view Visit Britain’s overseas Los Angeles, operation. Attend the Association of Film USA Commissioners International Locations Trade Show

18-20 Rt Hon Margaret Cannes, Promoting British Film Industry and attending Scheduled £657 March Hodge MP France European Ministers Day 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21-22 May Gerry Sutcliffe Moscow, Champions League Final and meeting with Scheduled £2,089 2008 MP Russia FIFA and UEFA authorities 29-30 June Gerry Sutcliffe Vienna, UEFA Euro 2008 and meeting with world Scheduled £788 2008 MP Austria football authorities 7-9 July Gerry Sutcliffe Johannesburg UK/ South Africa Bilateral Forum - meeting with Scheduled £2,766 2008 MP South Africa South African Ministers 3-14 Gerry Sutcliffe Hong Kong 2008 Olympic Games to attend various Scheduled £7,404 August MP and Beijing, sporting events and meetings with sporting 2008 China bodies

3-9 Gerry Sutcliffe Beijing, China Paralympics - Eve of Games Reception and Scheduled £4,398 September MP meetings with various sporting bodies 2008

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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 19 May Rt Hon Des Iraq, Operational visit. Bilaterals in Australia and Scheduled £2,932 2008 Browne MP Afghanistan, Singapore Pakistan, Australia and Singapore 9 July Rt Hon Des Washington Mutual Defence Agreement 50th Anniversary Scheduled £2,781 2008 Browne MP DC, USA 6 August Rt Hon Des Muscat, Oman Operational visit to Afghanistan Scheduled £3,097 2008 Browne MP Afghanistan 1 October Rt Hon Des Deauville, EU Defence Ministers Meeting Eurostar/ 2 Nil*** 2008 Browne MP France No 32 Squadron Secretary of State 8 October Rt Hon John Budapest, NATO Defence Ministers Meeting Scheduled/ 4 Nil*** 2008 Hutton MP Hungary No 32 Squadron 18 October Rt Hon John Iraq and Operational visit Scheduled £2,912 2008 Hutton MP Afghanistan

11 Rt Hon John Bahrain International Institute for Strategic Studies Scheduled £3,743 November Hutton MP Manama Dialogue – regional security seminar 2008

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20 Rt Hon John Halifax, Regional Command South Meeting Scheduled £3,594 November Hutton MP Canada 2008 18 January Rt Hon John Afghanistan Operational visit Scheduled £2,680 2009 Hutton MP and Pakistan 4 February Rt Hon John Brussels, NATO Meeting Scheduled £686 2009 Hutton MP Belgium 7 February Rt Hon John Munich, Munich National Security Conference Scheduled £547 2009 Hutton MP Germany 19 Rt Hon John Krakow, NATO Defence Ministers Meeting No 32 4 Nil*** February Hutton MP Poland Squadron 2009 12 March Rt Hon John Prague, Czech EU Defence Ministers Meeting No 32 3 Nil*** 2009 Hutton MP Republic Squadron 17 March Rt Hon John Washington Bilateral meeting with Defence Secretary Scheduled £2,475 2009 Hutton MP DC, USA Minister of State 23-24 Rt Hon Bob Pristina, Visit to British Forces Scheduled £1,249 June 2008 Ainsworth MP Kosovo

30 July– 2 Rt Hon Bob Basra, Iraq Visit to British Forces Other RAF 3 £4,178 August Ainsworth MP 2008 16-17 Rt Hon Bob Herford, Visit to 1 Division Scheduled £517 September Ainsworth MP Germany 2008

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17-19 Rt Hon Bob Nairobi, Kenya Visit to British Forces Training Teams Scheduled £4,034 November Ainsworth MP 2008 30 Rt Hon Bob Cyprus Visit to a Military Exercise Scheduled £969 November Ainsworth MP -3 December 2008 21-24 Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Other RAF 2 £3,873 December Ainsworth MP 2008 4-11 Rt Hon Bob Iraq Visit to British Forces. Bilaterals Other RAF 2 £4,078 February Ainsworth MP Bahrain 2009 Muscat, Oman Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 7-10 April Derek Twigg MP Iraq Visit to the Iraq Operational Theatre to meet Scheduled £1,974 2008 with troops and commanders

30 April Derek Twigg MP Washington Speech at the Veterans International Forum Scheduled £1,973 2008 DC, USA and visit to a US Military Hospital

26-28 Derek Twigg MP Afghanistan Visit to the Afghanistan Operational Theatre Scheduled £3,049 August to meet with troops and commanders 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23-25 Quentin Davies Bahrain Visit to British Forces Scheduled £3,149 October MP 2008

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5-7 Quentin Davies Bahrain Visit to British Forces in Afghanistan Scheduled £2,967 January MP 2009 12-14 Quentin Davies Dallas, USA Visit to Lockheed Martin JSF facility Scheduled £4,036 February MP 2009 12 March Quentin Davies Berlin, Typhoon Ministerial meeting Scheduled £875 2009 MP Germany Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 4-8 Kevan Jones MP Afghanistan Visit to the Afghanistan Operational Theatre Scheduled £3,049 February to meet troops and commanders. 2008 7 April Kevan Jones MP Kathmandu Meetings with Nepalese President, Prime Scheduled £3,506 2008 and Pokhara Minister and Chief of Army Gorka,Nepal Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 19-22 April Rt Hon Baroness Kuala Lumpur, Defence Exhibition Scheduled £4,754 2008 Taylor Malaysia 5-7 May Rt Hon Baroness Dallas and Visit to Lockheed Martin in Dallas and Scheduled £4,657 2008 Taylor Washington bilateral talks in Washington DC, USA 23 June Rt Hon Baroness Paris, France UK/French High Level Working Group to Scheduled/ £653 2008 Taylor improve joint working and co-operation on Eurostar defence equipment projects

6-10 Rt Hon Baroness Prague, Czech Meetings with Defence Ministers. Laid a Scheduled £849 November Taylor Republic wreath at the Remembrance Ceremony at the 2008 Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery

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12-13 Rt Hon Baroness Tallinn, High level NATO discussions. Meetings with Scheduled £1,001 November Taylor Estonia Ukraine Defence Ministers 2008 26-27 Rt Hon Baroness Kiev, Ukraine Ministerial discussions on Ukraine’s No32 2 £1,865 January Taylor membership of NATO Squadron 2009 28 January Rt Hon Baroness Reykjavik, Speech at the NATO High North Conference. Scheduled £843 –1 Taylor Iceland February 2009 25 - 27 Rt Hon Baroness Oslo, Norway Meetings with the Norwegian Defence Scheduled £582 February Taylor Minister and Chief of Defence Staff. 2009

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DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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 9-10 Rt Hon Ed Luxembourg Energy Council Scheduled £964 October Miliband MP 2008 12-13 Rt Hon Ed Warsaw, Meeting with Climate Change Ministers Scheduled £955 October Miliband MP Poland 2008 20 October Rt Hon Ed Luxembourg Environment Council Scheduled £708 2008 Miliband MP 1-3 Rt Hon Ed United Arab Visit on Energy and Climate Change Charter/ 3 £2,600 November Miliband MP Emirates, Scheduled 2008 Saudi Arabia, Qatar 10 – 13 Rt Hon Ed Poznan, United Nations Framework Convention on Scheduled £2,015 December Miliband MP Poland Climate Change Ministerial meeting 2008 28 – 31 Rt Hon Ed Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £2,286 January Miliband MP Switzerland 2009 16 – 18 Rt Hon Ed Nairobi, United Nations Environment Protection Scheduled £4,913 February Miliband MP Kenya meeting 2009

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2 March Rt Hon Ed Brussels, Environment Council Scheduled/ £800 2009 Miliband MP Belguim Eurostar 2-5 March Rt Hon Ed Washington US Symposium with Lord Stern Scheduled £4,005 2009 Miliband MP DC, USA Minister of State 12-13 Mike O’Brien MP Oslo, Norway “ZERO” Conference with Crown Prince Scheduled £803 October Haakon 2008 18-19 Mike O’Brien MP Vienna, OPEC 4th International Seminar Scheduled £871 March Austria 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 10-13 Joan Ruddock Poznan, United Nations Framework Convention on Scheduled £780 December MP Poland Climate Change Ministerial meeting 2008

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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 12-14 May Rt Hon Hilary Chicago, USA Ministerial visit on Climate Change Scheduled £503 2008 Benn MP 22–28 May Rt Hon Hilary Kobe,Japan G8 Environment Ministers Scheduled £3,763 2008 Benn MP 29 Rt Hon Hilary Brussels, Agriculture Council Scheduled £533 September Benn MP Belgium 2008 20 October Rt Hon Hilary Luxembourg Environment Council Eurostar £684 2008 Benn MP 16 -19 Rt Hon Hilary Nairobi, Kenya United Nations Environment Programme Scheduled £2,895 February Benn MP Cape Town, 2009 South Africa Minister of State 14 April Rt Hon Lord Luxembourg Agriculture and Fisheries council Scheduled £550 2008 Rooker 21-26 April Rt Hon Lord Santiago, International Whaling Conference Scheduled £8,678 2008 Rooker Chile Minister of State 17-18 Phil Woolas MP Paris, France Major Economies Meeting Scheduled £1,282 April 2008 19-22 June Phil Woolas MP Seoul, South Major Economies Meeting Scheduled £3,777 2008 Korea

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13-18 Phil Woolas MP Buenos Aires, Ministerial Follow-up to Greenland Dialogue Scheduled £7,215 September Argentina 2008 Minister of State 19-24 Lord Hunt San Paolo and Biofuels conference Scheduled £1,600 November Manaus, Brazil 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23 June Jonathan Shaw Luxembourg EU Fisheries Council Scheduled £721 2008 MP 28 Jonathan Shaw Brussels, EU Fisheries Council Scheduled £540 September MP Belgium 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 26 October Huw Irranca- Luxembourg EU Fisheries Council Scheduled £640 2008 Davies MP 22 March Huw Irranca- Alesund, Fact finding mission to discover how the Scheduled £1,127 2009 Davies MP Norway Norwegian Government handles discards

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

17 April Rt Hon David Berlin, Meeting German Minister of Foreign Affairs Other RAF 3 £2,880 2008 Miliband MP Germany 19-24 April Rt Hon David Pakistan, Bilateral with Iraqi Neighbours Meeting Charter/ 6 £43,074 2008 Miliband MP Kuwait, Saudi Scheduled Arabia, Erbil, Iraq 13-16 May Rt Hon David Ankara, State Visit Charter 4 £18,566 2008 Miliband MP Istanbul* 19 -23 May Rt Hon David New York, Meeting with Jewish Leaders, New York Scheduled £6,895 2008 Miliband MP Washington Partnership. Bilateral with UN Secretary DC, General, Chair Security Council debate. California, Speech on Afghanistan. Joint Programme USA with the US Secretary of State

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28-29 May Rt Hon David Stockhom, Iraq Conference and Bilaterals Charter 5 £25,748 2008 Miliband MP Sweden, Oslo, Norway 8-10 June Rt Hon David Beirut, Bilaterals with Lebanese Foreign Minister, Scheduled/ 11 £41,826 2008 Miliband MP Lebanon Speaker, President/Prime Minister. Bilaterals Charter Israel/ with Palestinian Foreign Minister, President Occupied and Prime Minister Palestinian Territories 12 June Rt Hon David Paris, France Afghanistan Conference Other RAF 4 £1,920 2008 Miliband MP 16 June Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Other RAF 6 £1,846 2008 Miliband MP Council (GAERC)

23-27 June Rt Hon David Kyoto, Japan G8 Summit. Separate Tokyo Programme- Scheduled £4,707 2008 Miliband MP bilaterals with Foreign Minister Koumura. Discussion on climate change, Globe Video Conference

6 -11 July Rt Hon David Johannesburg, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers. Meetings Charter/ 12 £50,688 2008 Miliband MP South Africa with young South African leaders, civil society Scheduled Khartoum, representatives. Launch DfID carbon Sudan footprint project. UNISA (University in South Africa) outreach event. Co- chaired peace and security discussion. Presentation on Climate Change

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13-14 July Rt Hon David Paris, France Meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers Other RAF 2 £1,770 2008 Miliband MP of Foreign Affairs

13 August Rt Hon David Brussels, Emergency General Affairs and External Eurostar/ 3 £7,399 2008 Miliband MP Belgium Relations Council meeting Other RAF

19-20 Rt Hon David Brussels, NATO Foreign Ministers meeting/ Visit to Other RAF 5 £7,764 August Miliband MP Belgium Georgia 2008 Tbilisi, Georgia 27 August Rt Hon David Kiev, Ukraine Bilaterals/Keynote Speech Other RAF 14 £6,798 2008 Miliband MP 5-6 Rt Hon David Avignon, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar/RAF 5 £2,862 September Miliband MP France Council 2008 11 Rt Hon David Dublin, Rep. of Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £547 September Miliband MP Ireland 2008 15 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £563 September Miliband MP Belgium Council 2008 24-27 Rt Hon David New York, United Nations General Assembly Scheduled £8,268 September Miliband MP USA 2008 13 October Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Other RAF 6 £1,128 2008 Miliband MP Council

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15-16 Rt Hon David Brussels, European Council Other RAF 3 £1,989 October Miliband MP Belgium 2008 21-26 Rt Hon David Ljubljana*, State Visit/Asia-Europe Meeting Scheduled £2,035 October Miliband MP Slovenia 2008 Bratislava*, Slovakia Beijing*, China 3-4 Rt Hon David Marseille, Informal Foreign Ministers Meetings Other RAF 3 £3,101 November Miliband MP France (GYMNICH). Union for the Mediterranean 2008 4-5 Rt Hon David Pristina, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Charter 5 £52,782 November Miliband MP Kosovo 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 10 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Charter 10 £52,937 November Miliband MP Belgium Council /Bilateral 2008 Sarajevo, Bosnia 16-19 Rt Hon David Jerusulam, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled/ 6 £55,078 November Miliband MP Sderot, Charter 2008 Ramallah, Israel/ Occupied Palestinian Territories Damascus, Syria Beirut, Lebanon

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23-27 Rt Hon David Abu Dhabi, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £4,733 November Miliband MP United Arab 2008 Emirates, Kabul Camp, Shorabak, Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan/ Islamabad, Pakistan 2-5 Rt Hon David Brussels, NATO Foreign Ministers/Cluster Eurostar/ 4 £1,243 December Miliband MP Belgium Munitions/Organization for Security and Co- Charter/ 2008 Oslo, Norway operation in Europe (OSCE) Scheduled Helsinki, Finland 14-16 Rt Hon David New York, UN Meetings Scheduled £2,922 December Miliband MP USA 2008 30 Rt Hon David Paris, France EU Meeting on Gaza Charter 4 £12,718 December Miliband MP 2008 6-9 Rt Hon David New York, UN Meetings on Gaza Charter/ 4 £9,285 January Miliband MP USA Scheduled 2009 12-17 Rt Hon David New Delhi, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Charter/ 8 £76,758 January Miliband MP Mumbai, Scheduled 2009 India

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21 January Rt Hon David Brussels, EU Foreign Ministers Dinner with Israeli Other RAF 4 £1,403 2009 Miliband MP Belgium Foreign Minister

2-3 Rt Hon David Washington Meeting with US Secretary of State Charter 2 £92,182 February Miliband MP DC, USA 2009 6-7 Rt Hon David Munich, Security Conference Other RAF 5 £2,658 February Miliband MP Germany 2009

16-19 Rt Hon David Lashkar Gah, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £4,453 February Miliband MP Kandahar, 2009 Kabal, Afghanistan 24 -28 Rt Hon David Cairo, Egypt Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £4,160 February Miliband MP Baghdad, 2009 Basra, Iraq 2-3 March Rt Hon David Sharm El Gaza Reconstruction Charter 4 £15,012 2009 Miliband MP Sheikh, Egypt 17-18 Rt Hon David Washington Meeting with US Secretary of State Scheduled £7,893 March Miliband MP DC, USA 2009 26-28 Rt Hon David Prague*, Informal Foreign Ministers Meetings Charter 6 £16,000 March Miliband MP Czech (GYMNICH) 2009 Republic

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Minister of State 6-8 April Rt Hon Kim Pretoria, Speech and bilaterals with Foreign Scheduled £3,500 2008 Howells MP South Africa Ministers/officials. 22 – 24 Rt Hon Kim Rabat, Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials. Scheduled £1,275 April 2008 Howells MP Morocco Speech at conference Algiers, Algeria 2 – 6 May Rt Hon Kim Doha, Qatar Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £4,191 2008 Howells MP Sanna, Yemen 12 – 17 Rt Hon Kim Lima, Peru Bilaterals with Foreign Ministers/officials Scheduled £5,535 May 2008 Howells MP La Paz, Bolivia Brasilia,Brazil 22 – 24 Rt Hon Kim Berlin, Conference on Security Sector Support to Scheduled £1,200 June 2008 Howells MP Germany Palestinian Authority Minister of State 22 – 24 Rt Hon Jim Strasbourg, Meetings with Leader of the Socialists in the Scheduled £1,790 April 2008 Murphy MP France European Parliament, European Parliament Madrid, Spain Deputy Secretary General and MEPs. Gibraltar Roundtable on Migration, Meetings with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister, EU Minister Diego López Garrido and Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana

29 April Rt Hon Jim Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Scheduled £685 2008 Murphy MP Council

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6 – 7 May Rt Hon Jim Baku, Meetings on energy, security and commercial Scheduled £2,819 2008 Murphy MP Azerbaijan lobbying, NATO/South Caucasus, human Tbilisi, Georgia rights and Counter Terrorism. Bilateral meetings with Azeri Ministers and officials and representatives. Meetings with Georgian Ministers and Opposition Representatives

13 – 14 Rt Hon Jim Prague, Czech Conference. Signature of Joint EU Scheduled £727 May 2008 Murphy MP Republic Communique 'The Prague Declaration' on Better Regulation 20 May Rt Hon Jim Rome, Italy Meetings with new Italian Government and Scheduled £1,441 2008 Murphy MP with representatives of Confindustria journalists and trade union representatives

25 – 26 Rt Hon Jim Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Scheduled £1,006 May 2008 Murphy MP Belgium Council

16 June Rt Hon Jim Luxembourg General Affairs and External Relations Other RAF Accompanied 2008 Murphy MP Council the Foreign Secretary on RAF flight 30 June – Rt Hon Jim Berlin, Meetings with German Ministers and officials. Scheduled £661 1 July Murphy MP Germany Speech at conference on ‘Global Europe: An 2008 Anglo-German Agenda’

4 – 11 July Rt Hon Jim Los Angeles, Launch the new FCO publication Scheduled £8,750 2008 Murphy MP Utah, New 'Engagement: Public Diplomacy in a York, Globalised World' Washington DC, USA

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13 August Rt Hon Jim Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Scheduled £799 2008 Murphy MP Belgium Council

16 – 17 Rt Hon Jim Budapest, Bilaterals/press conference with Hungarian Scheduled £2,076 September Murphy MP Hungary Foreign Minister and officials. 2008 Warsaw, Meetings with Polish Europe Minister and Poland officials Minister of State 8 – 10 Rt Hon Caroline Nicosia, Meetings with Turkish Cypriot Ministers and Scheduled £1,269 October Flint MP Cyprus Opposition Leaders. Meetings with Greek 2008 Athens, Ministers and the Opposition Greece 28 - 29 Rt Hon Caroline Paris, France Meetings with key figures in the French EU Scheduled £554 October Flint MP Prague, Czech Presidency including French Europe Minister. 2008 Republic Bilaterals to discuss Czech EU Presidency priorities. Speech/interviews in the British Embassy Global Europe Seminar

5 - 7 Rt Hon Caroline Sofia, Bulgaria Meeting with Bulgarian counterparts. Scheduled £1,551 November Flint MP Zagreb, Discussions on Croatian progress towards 2008 Croatia EU membership. Meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister

12 – 13 Rt Hon Caroline Brussels, Speech at the annual Belgo-British Scheduled/ £551 November Flint MP Belgium conference. Meetings with the Belgian Eurostar 2008 administration and MEPs to discuss working time directive

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17 – 18 Rt Hon Caroline Dublin, Rep. of Meeting with the Institute of International and Scheduled £1,345 November Flint MP Ireland European Affair’s (IIEA) Future of Europe 2008 Group. Meeting with Irish Minister of State for Europe

26 – 27 Rt Hon Caroline Berlin, Meetings with EU Adviser to German Scheduled £919 November Flint MP Germany Chancellor, German European Minister and 2008 Deputy Chair of the EU Parliamentary Committee

30 Rt Hon Caroline Madrid, Spain Council of the Party of European Socialists. Scheduled £1,154 November Flint MP Meetings with Madrid Embassy staff, and with 2008 key figures in the Spanish administration

1-3 Rt Hon Caroline Kiev, Ukraine Meetings with officials to publicise UK support Scheduled £2,265 December Flint MP for Ukraine's closer integration with the EU. 2008 Visit to the Crimea

15 – 16 Rt Hon Caroline Ankara, Meetings with Turkish Ministers and officials Scheduled £1,699 December Flint MP Turkey 2008 7 January Rt Hon Caroline Prague*, General Affairs and External Relations Scheduled £1,355 2009 Flint MP Czech Council Republic 26 January Rt Hon Caroline Skopje, Meeting with Ministerial colleagues Scheduled £1,390 2009 Flint MP Macedonia

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

8 – 11 Rt Hon Caroline Nicosia, Meetings with Cypriot President, Leader of Scheduled £2,627 February Flint MP Cyprus the Turkish Cypriots, Cypriot Foreign Minister, 2009 UN Special Representative Zerihoun and Force Commander UN peacekeeping force - G20 Preparation

10 March Rt Hon Caroline Strasbourg, Meetings with European Parliament President Scheduled £751 2009 Flint MP France and Deputy Secretary General, Leader of the Socialists in the European Parliament and Lib Dem and Conservative Leaders in Europe and Labour MEPs.

Minister of State 14 – 19 Rt Hon Lord Beijing, China UK-China Economic Dialogue in Beijing, Scheduled £6,449 April 2008 Malloch-Brown New York, United Nations Security Council Ministerial USA meeting on conflict and Human Rights Council lobbying in New York

13 – 18 Rt Hon Lord Bangkok, Meetings with various ministers in Myanmar Scheduled £6,616 May 2008 Malloch-Brown Thailand, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations Singapore (ASEAN) countries in response to Cyclone Yangon, Nargis Myanmar 24 – 25 Rt Hon Lord Geneva, Annual High Level Meeting of the Global Scheduled £1,772 June 2008 Malloch-Brown Switzerland Humanitarian Forum, Geneva & speech on Oslo, Norway responsibility to protect at the OSLO Forum 2008

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

29 June – Rt Hon Lord Sharm El African Union Summit for discussions with Scheduled £974 1 July Malloch-Brown Sheikh, Egypt various Heads of State and Foreign Ministers 2008 13 – 19 Rt Hon Lord Male, Pre-election visit to Maldives, official visits to Scheduled/ 2 £9,994 July 2008 Malloch-Brown, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Meetings with Maldivian Charter Colombo, and Sri Lankan Presidents and Nepalese Trincomalee, Prime Minister Hambantota, Sri Lanka Kathmandu, Nepal 1 – 4 Rt Hon Lord Lusaka, Funeral of Zambian President and meetings Scheduled £5,123 September Malloch-Brown Zambia with regional leaders 2008 8 – 11 Rt Hon Lord Abuja and Official visit to Nigeria including meetings with Scheduled £3,227 September Malloch-Brown Lagos, Nigeria President and Foreign Minister 2008 19 – 26 Rt Hon Lord New York, Meeting of the UN General Assembly Scheduled £4,804 September Malloch-Brown USA Ministerial week. Meetings with international 2008 leaders and UN Secretariat

13 – 18 Rt Hon Lord Dhaka, Official visit to Bangladesh & India with Scheduled £3,984 October Malloch-Brown Bangladesh & meetings with Bangladeshi Chief Advisor and 2008 New Delhi, Foreign Affairs Advisor and Indian Foreign India Minister

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6 – 7 Rt Hon Lord Nairobi, Kenya South African Development Community Scheduled £4,717 November Malloch-Brown summit on Democratic Republic of Congo 2008 crisis with meetings with regional leaders

14-21 Rt Hon Lord Cairo & Attendance at the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Scheduled £3,610 November Malloch-Brown Alexandria, Achievement in Africa (Egypt), official visit to 2008 Egypt, DRC and Rwanda including meetings with Kinshasa & Rwandan and DRC Presidents Goma, DRC & Kigali, Rwanda 10-12 Rt Hon Lord Pretoria, South Official visit to South Africa including Scheduled £2,982 December Malloch-Brown Africa meetings with President and Foreign Minister 2008 14 Rt Hon Lord Paris, France Informal Foreign Ministers Meeting on Scheduled £671 December Malloch-Brown Afghanistan 2008 6 – 10 Rt Hon Lord Accra, Ghana Ghanaian presidential inauguration and Scheduled £4,805 January Malloch-Brown Freetown, official visit to Sierra Leone. Including 2009 Sierra Leone meetings with incoming and outgoing Ghanaian Presidents and Sierra Leone President

31 January Rt Hon Lord Addis Ababa, African Union Summit for discussions with Scheduled £2,732 – 4 Malloch-Brown Ethiopia various Heads of State and Foreign Ministers February – G20 preparation 2009 7 – 14 Rt Hon Lord New York, Pre-London Summit lobbying: UN, Brazil and Scheduled £9,800 February Malloch-Brown USA, Argentina – G20 preparation 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil

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18 – 23 Rt Hon Lord Tokyo, Japan Pre-London Summit lobbying: Japan and Scheduled £7,219 February Malloch-Brown Beijing, China China – G20 preparation 2009 26 – 28 Rt Hon Lord Bangkok, Pre-London Summit lobbying at ASEAN Scheduled £4,093 February Malloch-Brown Thailand summit– G20 preparation 2009 3 – 4 Rt Hon Lord Geneva, UN Human Rights Council and pre- London Scheduled £727 March Malloch-Brown Switzerland Summit lobbying at UN in Geneva– G20 2009 preparation

7 – 9 Rt Hon Lord Riyadh, Saudi Pre-London Summit lobbying– G20 Scheduled £2,962 March Malloch-Brown Arabia preparation 2009 11 – 13 Rt Hon Lord Moscow, Pre-London Summit lobbying– G20 Scheduled £2,089 March Malloch-Brown Russia preparation 2009 30 – 31 Rt Hon Lord The Hague, International Security Assistance Force Scheduled £626 March Malloch-Brown Netherlands Foreign Ministers meeting 2009 Minister of State 21 – 23 Bill Rammell MP Israel/ Bilaterals with Israeli Foreign and Palestinian Scheduled £3,200 December Occupied Foreign Minister and senior Government 2008 Palestinian officials Territories

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18 – 23 Bill Rammell MP Beijing, Bilaterals on global economic slowdown and Scheduled £6,500 January Guangzhou, high growth low carbon. Meetings on Burma 2009 Hong Kong, and counter-proliferation. Meetings with Hong China Kong Government

8- 13 Bill Rammell MP Jakarta, Bilaterals with Foreign Minister on Human Scheduled £2,272 February Indonesia Rights. Speech on Middle East. Meetings with 2009 NGOs on extremism

24 – 26 Bill Rammell MP Tunis, Tunisia Counter terrorism conference. Bilaterals with Scheduled £1,751 February Tripoli, Libya Foreign Ministers 2009 15-20 Bill Rammell MP Seoul, Pre G 20 conference. Speech at Climate Scheduled £7,768 March South Korea change and Security conference. Meetings 2009 Tokyo, Japan with Japanese Foreign Ministers. Meetings with Korean MPs and officials

31 March – Bill Rammell MP Damascus, Bilaterals on Middle East Peace Process. Scheduled £1,958 2 April Syria 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 1 - 7 Gillian Merron Kingston, Visit to Jamaica, including meeting with Scheduled £5,114 November MP Jamaica Foreign Minister. Ministerial meetings in 2008 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad

8 – 12 Gillian Merron Sao Paulo, Rio Bilateral meetings with the Brazilian Scheduled £8,847 December MP de Janerio and government. 2008 Brasilia, Brazil

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24 Gillian Merron Islamabad, Ministerial and other meetings to progress Scheduled £3,254 February – MP Pakistan forced marriage and child abduction issues 1 March 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 13 – 20 Meg Munn MP Barbados Bilateral meetings with Ministers, including Scheduled £4,041 April 2008 Belize City, the President of Guatemala Belize Guatemala City, Guatemala 30 April – Meg Munn MP Manila, Bilateral meetings to discuss regional issues, Scheduled £8,972 11 May Philippines climate change and Burma 2008 Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, Australia

4 – 10 Meg Munn MP Phnom Penh Meetings to discuss human rights and free Scheduled £6,220 June 2008 and Siem and fair election. Bilaterals with Malaysian Reap, government Cambodia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 - 23 Meg Munn MP Singapore Attendance of the Pacific Island Forum Scheduled £5,488 August Niue (Pacific); meeting in Niue, and a bilateral visit to New 2008 Wellington and Zealand. Bilateral meetings in Singapore Auckland, New Zealand

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17 – 20 Meg Munn MP Ibiza and Visit to Ibiza to assess the emergency Scheduled £1,482 September Madrid, Spain contingency planning procedures. Bilateral 2008 meetings in Madrid

29 Meg Munn MP San Jose , Bilateral meetings covering human rights, Scheduled £5,521 September Costa Rica climate change and other issues – 6 Mexico City, October Mexico 2008

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

18-19 May Rt Hon Alan Geneva, World Health Assembly (WHA). Bilateral talks Scheduled £503 2008 Johnson MP Switzerland with Chinese, Iraqi and Libyan Ministers of Health and Director General of the World Health Organisation

28-29 July Rt Hon Alan Prague, Czech Bilateral meetings with Czech and Polish Scheduled £1,389 2008 Johnson MP Republic Health Ministers Warsaw, Poland 26-30 Rt Hon Alan Beijing and Bilateral meetings with Chinese Health Scheduled £6,252 October Johnson MP Shanghai, Ministers and officials 2008 China

11-15 Rt Hon Alan Washington Attended and speech at the Commonwealth Scheduled £5,033 November Johnson MP DC, USA Fund Symposium. Bilateral with Chair of the 2008 Congress Health Committee

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16-19 Rt Hon Alan New York and Health related meetings and visits, focussing Scheduled £5,153 February Johnson MP Boston, USA on engagement with the pharmaceutical 2009 industry

22-27 Rt Hon Alan Tokyo, Japan Health related meetings and visits, focussing Scheduled £8,167 February Johnson MP on engagement with the pharmaceutical 2009 industry

Minister of State 3-8 July Rt Hon Dawn Johannesburg, Bilateral meeting with South African Health Scheduled £4,389 2008 Primarolo MP South Africa and Foreign Ministers and visits on Public Health work

21-24 Rt Hon Dawn Tripoli, Libya Meetings with the Secretary of the General Scheduled £2,092 November Primarolo MP People's Committee, the Prime Minister and 2008 Secretary of State for European Affairs, Foreign Liaison Bureau

15-16 Rt Hon Dawn Madrid, Spain Meeting with Minister for Social Policy and Scheduled £817 February Primarolo MP Health 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 12-14 Lord Darzi Washington Commonwealth Fund's International Scheduled £5,139 November DC, USA Symposium 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23 - 25 Ann Keen MP Paris, France International Forum on Quality and Safety Scheduled £614 April 2008

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24-27 Ann Keen MP Washington UN General Assembly Charter ** September DC, USA 2008

4 -9 Ann Keen MP Mumbai, Speech at Healthcare seminar ‘The Diabetes Scheduled £5,842 October Chennai, India Challenge’ in Mumbai and Chennai. 2008 Meeting with Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra

18-19 Ann Keen MP Boston, USA Boston Hospital. Meeting at the Institute for Scheduled £5,647 February Healthcare 2009

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HOME OFFICE

26-27 Rt Hon Jacqui Brussels, Justice and Home Affairs Council. Meetings Eurostar/ £1,315 November Smith MP Belgium with Belgian Ministers Scheduled 2008 5-7 Rt Hon Jacqui Istanbul and Bilaterals with Turkish Ministers on Counter- Scheduled £1,495 January Smith MP Ankara, Turkey terrorism, Organised crime, immigration 2009

11- 12 Rt Hon Jacqui Berlin, UK-Netherlands-Germany Countering Scheduled £1,096 February Smith MP Germany Extremism seminar. Meetings with German 2009 and Dutch Ministers

12 -14 Rt Hon Jacqui Washington Meetings with Secretary for Homeland Scheduled £5,002 March Smith MP DC, USA Security and Attorney General 2009

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15-16 Rt Hon Jacqui Berlin, G6 Ministerial Meeting. Meetings with Scheduled £1,147 March Smith MP Germany German Interior Minister, US Secretary for 2009 Homeland Security and Roberto Maroni

Minister of State 13-17 April Rt Hon Liam Beijing and Meetings on the return of Chinese nationals Scheduled £3,447 2008 Byrne MP Qingdao,China and signing memorandum of understanding with Chinese Premier Wen

30 Rt Hon Liam Paris, France Bilateral with French Immigration Minister Scheduled £712 September Byrne MP 2008 Minister of State 16 -18 Vernon Coaker Tirana, Albania Meetings with Albanian Ministers and Scheduled £1,269 February MP Opposition 2009 Minister of State 2-4 Phil Woolas MP Abuja, Nigeria Meeting on UK/Nigeria memorandum of Scheduled £2,017 February understanding on immigration returns. 2009 Discuss visa and prisoner transfer issues, and returns and reintegration fund

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 25-29 Alan Campbell Rio de Janeiro Third World Congress against the sexual Scheduled £5,701 November MP and Brasilia, exploitation of youngsters and adolescents 2008 Brazil

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21-24 July Vernon Coaker Kingston, Meeting with Jamaican Ministers and Police Scheduled £4,534 2008 MP Jamaica Commissioner on organised crime and drug trafficking

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6-9 July Meg Hillier MP Pretoria, South UK/SA Migration Forum Scheduled £1,357 2008 Africa 9-10 Meg Hillier MP Stockholm, Meeting with Swedish Ministers Scheduled £1,037 October Sweden 2008 14 -15 Meg Hillier MP Prague, Czech Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £561 January Republic 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 28-30 Lord West Jerusalem, Terrorism Convention Scheduled £1,409 May 2008 Israel/ Palestinian Occupied Territiories 4-7 June Lord West Ottawa, Meeting with Canadian Deputy Minister and Scheduled £4,957 2008 Canada and US Ministers Washington, USA 10 -13 Lord West Tokyo, Japan Plenary Session. Meeting with the Director of Scheduled £4,167 June 2008 the UN 10-13 Lord West Nairobi, Kenya UN Ministerial Meeting on Piracy. Meeting Scheduled £4,758 December with State Minister, Foreign Affairs 2008

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DEPARTMENT FOR INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS

Minister of State 29 - 30 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Scheduled £510 May 2008 Belgium Brussels with various Research Ministers

13-17 June Ian Pearson MP Singapore G8 Science meeting with Singapore Minister Scheduled £10,409 2008 of Trade and Industry. Meetings with Chairman of A*STAR and Chairman, National Research Foundation

16-17 July Ian Pearson MP Paris, France EU Competitiveness Council meeting with Scheduled £881 2008 various Research Ministers

25-26 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Competitiveness Council with various Scheduled £512 September Belgium Research Ministers 2008

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Minister of State 14-15 April Bill Rammell MP Athens, Bilateral talks with Greek Education Minister Scheduled £2,141 2008 Greece 22 May Bill Rammell MP Brussels, EU Education Council - European Education Scheduled £1,300 2008 Belgium Ministers

25 – 30 Bill Rammell MP Pune and Prime Minister’s Initiative 2 – Exporting Scheduled £4,822 May 2008 Delhi, India Models of Education. Follow up on Ukieri (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) Project, Bilateral with Minister for Higher Education and Minster for Science and Technology

7-8 July Bill Rammell MP Paris, France Meeting with Microsoft. Speech with French Scheduled £1,167 2008 Minister for Higher Education and Science & US Secretary of Education

Minister of State 21 October Lord Drayson Geneva, State opening of CERN. Bilateral with the Scheduled £717 2008 Switzerland Swiss State Secretary for Education and Research

24-26 Lord Drayson Amsterdam, European Space Agency. Ministerial Scheduled £1,228 November Netherlands meetings with various Research Ministers 2008 Minister of State 30 Rt Hon David Berlin, Meetings about apprenticeships & German Scheduled £1,190 September Lammy MP Germany Industry with Federation of German - 2 October employers, German Education and Research 2008 Ministry

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7-8 Rt Hon David Paris, France OECD Future of Higher Education Scheduled £586 December Lammy MP Conference. Meetings with various 2008 Government Ministers and senior EU and UN officials

18-23 Rt Hon David Istanbul, OECD Future of Higher Education Scheduled £2,827 March Lammy MP Turkey Conference with various Government 2009 Ministers and senior EU and UN officials

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 – 25 Baroness Morgan Brussels, Competitive Council with various Ministers Scheduled £782 September Belgium responsible for Intellectual Property 2008 2 October Baroness Morgan Paris, France Meeting with French Ministers to discuss Scheduled £537 2008 Intellectual Property

3 October Baroness Morgan Prague, Czech Respekt Institute Seminar. Meetings with Scheduled £795 2008 Republic Czech Ministers

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21 Siôn Simon MP Brussels, Meeting with various European Ministers for Scheduled £763 November Belgium Further Education 2008 16-20 Siôn Simon MP Baghdad, Launch of Iraq education initiative – Meeting Scheduled £6,435 January Iraq with Iraqi Prime Minister and Education 2009 Minister 16 Siôn Simon MP Brussels, Meetings with various European Ministers for Scheduled £756 February Belgium Education 2009

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

20-22 May Rt Hon Douglas Jerusalem, Palestinian Investment Conference. Meeting Scheduled £4,745 2008 Alexander MP Israel/ with Palestinian Prime Minister. Visited DfID Occupied country office and British Consulate in Palestinian Jerusalem Territories

23-26 May Rt Hon Douglas Rangoon, UN chaired humanitarian meetings on Scheduled £6,263 2008 Alexander MP Burma Cyclone Nargis Bangkok, Thailand

3-6 June Rt Hon Douglas Rome, Italy World Food Programme in Rome and the Scheduled/ 4 £17,675 2008 Alexander MP Cape Town, World Economic Forum in South Africa charter South Africa

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28 June - 4 Rt Hon Douglas Kabul and Meetings with Afghan President and UN Scheduled/ 3 £2,652 July 2008 Alexander MP Helmand, Special Representative. Launch of Other RAF Afghanistan Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility. Visit Islamabad, to micro finance project in Rawalpindi. Pakistan Meeting with Pakistani Ministers and officials

26-29 July Rt Hon Douglas Geneva, Doha trade negotiation Scheduled £1,698 2008 Alexander MP Switzerland

3-4 Rt Hon Douglas Accra, Ghana 3rd High Level forum on Aid Effectiveness Scheduled/ 3 £19,898 September Alexander MP charter 2008

23-29 Rt Hon Douglas New York, UN High Level Event on Millennium Scheduled £5,649 September Alexander MP USA Development Goals 2008

10 - 13 Rt Hon Douglas Washington World Bank Annual Meeting. Bali Breakfast Scheduled £3,832 October Alexander MP DC, USA and Development Committee. Bilaterals with 2008 US Trade Rep, Nepalese and Rwandan Finance Ministers, and President of the African Development Bank

15 - 18 Rt Hon Douglas Addis Ababa, Visit to Southern Nations and Somali regions Scheduled/ 3 £4,073 October Alexander MP Ethiopia Meetings with the Prime Minister and local Other RAF 2008 government

5 - 7 Rt Hon Douglas Basra and Meetings with US Ambassador and Prime Scheduled/ 1 £4,542 November Alexander MP Baghdad, Iraq M inister and troops. Visit to Basra Investment Other RAF 2008 Commission and Basra International Airport

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16 - 20 Rt Hon Douglas New Delhi and Meetings with Minister of Commerce, Indian Scheduled/ 2 £4,274 November Alexander MP Bihar, India Press, Deputy Chair of Planning Commission, charter 2008 Minister for Science and Technology. Launch of Bihar Governance Mission

30 Rt Hon Douglas Doha, Qatar Finance for Development conference. Scheduled £6,153 November Alexander MP Bilaterals with Ministers/officials from - 2 Germany, US, Tanzania, South Korea. UK December Aid for Trade, Taskforce on Innovative 2008 Financing for Health Systems, Global Financial Crisis

6 - 8 Rt Hon Douglas Kinshasa and Meetings with Democratic Republic of Congo Scheduled/ 2 £29,658 January Alexander MP Goma, DRC and Rwandan Ministers and officials and UN charter 2009 Kigali, Rwanda Mission DRC (MONUC)

12 - 13 Rt Hon Douglas Washington Meetings at World Bank with various officials Scheduled £7,321 January Alexander MP DC, USA 2009

29 – 31 Rt Hon Douglas Davos, World Economic Forum. Meetings with UN Scheduled £6,332 January Alexander MP Switzerland officials and others. Malaria event 2009

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OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009

28 Rt Hon Douglas Tel Aviv and Meetings with HM Cónsul General and Israeli Scheduled/ 4 £50,625 February Alexander MP Gaza Ambassador, Israeli Minister for Welfare and charter 2009 - 4 Israel/ Social Services and various NGOs. Visit to March Occupied Erez crossing, United Nations Relief and 2009 Palestinian Works Agency (UNRWA headquarters). Territories Meetings with Afghan Ministers and UK Kabul, military officials Afghanistan

11 - 12 Rt Hon Douglas Nairobi, Kenya Meetings with Kenyan President and Prime Scheduled/ 2 £6,125 March Alexander MP Minister. Visits to local projects charter 2009

25 - 29 Rt Hon Douglas Sao Paulo and Part of Prime Minister led delegation to take Scheduled/ 1 £8,664 March Alexander MP Brasilia, Brazil forward UK objectives for G20 London Charter 2009 Santiago, Chile summit

Minister of State 2 – 3 April Gareth Thomas New York, UN system wide coherence, early recovery Scheduled £6,291 2008 MP USA and the Millennium Development Goals Call Tokyo, Japan to Action. G8 Development Ministers

20-23 April Gareth Thomas Accra, Ghana United Nations Conference on Trade and Scheduled £4,238 2008 MP Development

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9 May Gareth Thomas Copenhagen, Trade and Climate Change event Scheduled £829 2008 MP Denmark 4 June Gareth Thomas Helsinki, Junior Development Ministers meeting Scheduled £1,289 2008 MP Finland 15 Gareth Thomas Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £663 September MP Belgium Council 2008 23 – 25 Gareth Thomas New York, Millennium Development Goals summit Scheduled £3,427 September MP USA 2008 29 – 30 Gareth Thomas Bordeaux, EU Development Ministerial meeting. Scheduled £829 September MP France 2008 7 – 9 Gareth Thomas Geneva and Humanitarian Aid speech. International Trade Scheduled £841 October MP Montreux, Centre World Export Development Forum 2008 Switzerland

10 – 11 Gareth Thomas Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £597 November MP Belgium Council 2008 28 Gareth Thomas Doha, Qatar Doha Financing for Development Conference Scheduled £3,040 November MP 2008 2 Gareth Thomas Nairobi, Kenya Meetings with business leaders and Scheduled £9,711 December MP Dar es government in Tanzania. HIV/Aids clinic in 2008 Salaam, Langata Women’s prison in Nairobi. Speech. Tanzania Meetings with UN officials

29 January Gareth Thomas Prague, Czech EU Development Ministers Informal Meeting Scheduled £786 2009 MP Republic

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23 – 24 Gareth Thomas Washington World Bank. Various meetings officials and Scheduled £5,171 February MP DC and New representatives 2009 York, USA Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 13-15 May Shahid Malik MP Bangkok, Meetings with the Thai Government Scheduled £4,535 2008 Thailand

28-29 May Shahid Malik MP Halifax, Nova Caribbean Development Bank Annual Scheduled £4,456 2008 Scotia, Canada Meeting

17-19 Shahid Malik MP Dhaka, Meetings with members of Nepalese political Scheduled £7,216 June 2008 Bangladesh, parties. Meetings with NGOs. Meetings with Kathmandu, Islamic organisations and NGOs. Meetings Nepal with Bangladeshi Finance Adviser. Visits to Jakarta, local projects Indonesia

7-10 Shahid Malik MP Pristina, Meetings with officials from the new Kosovo Scheduled £1,231 September Kosovo government and NGOs 2008

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 8 - 10 April Gillian Merron Tunis, Tunisia Visit to African Development Bank. Meetings Scheduled £1,461 2008 MP with Ministers and officials

5 - 7 May Gillian Merron Oslo, Norway Sudan Consortium. Universal Health Care Scheduled £1,606 2008 MP Paris, France Conference - Meetings with French Ministers and officials

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10 - 15 Gillian Merron Maputo, African Development Bank meetings. Scheduled £3,929 May 2008 MP Mozambique Meetings with Mozambique Ministers. Visit to local projects

21 - 22 Gillian Merron Geneva, World Health Assembly Scheduled £737 May 2008 MP Switzerland

12 - 20 Gillian Merron Lusaka, Visit to country office. Meeting with Zambian Scheduled £2,048 June 2008 MP Zambia First President and Health Minister. Meeting Lilongwe, with Malawian Finance Minister. Visits to local Malawi projects

8 - 13 July Gillian Merron Lagos, Nigeria Visit to country office. Meetings with officials Scheduled £4,666 2008 MP and NGOs. Visits to local projects

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21-22 Michael Foster Brussels, EU Georgia Pledging Conference Scheduled £660 October MP Belgium 2008

16-17 Michael Foster Strasbourg, European Development Days Conference Scheduled £1,088 November MP France 2008

24-27 Michael Foster Kathmandu, Meetings with new Nepalese government Scheduled £3,671 November MP Nepal including Signing ceremony for Renewable 2008 Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership and NAPA Announcement and a Climate Change Mission. Glaciers field trip

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5-10 Michael Foster Beijing, China Meetings with Chinese Government officials. Scheduled £6,141 January MP Visits to earthquake destruction site and 2009 Poverty Alleviation Office

18-19 Michael Foster Tel Aviv, Israel Meetings with various NGOs. Meeting with Scheduled £2,144 January MP Jerusalem/ Consul General of Jerusalem, Chief of Staff 2009 Occupied (Office of President) and Israeli Minister for Palestinian Social Welfare Territories

24-27 Michael Foster Sana’a, Yemen Meeting with Vice President of Yemen. Visit Scheduled £4,836 January MP Jedda, Saudi to DfID projects. Met with the Islamic 2009 Arabia Development Bank

9-12 Michael Foster Dhaka, Meetings with NGOs and Bangladeshi Scheduled £3,482 March MP Bangladesh Finance and Foreign Affairs Ministers. Visit to 2009 various local projects

30 March- Michael Foster Kathmandu, Meetings with Nepalese Ministers, members Scheduled £4,390 2 April MP Nepal of the Constituent Assembly, the head of the 2009 UML and the leader of the Nepali Congress. Visit to various local projects

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 16 - 20 Ivan Lewis MP Lagos, Nigeria Launch of HIV/AIDS programme with Scheduled £5,410 November Nigerian Minister. Meeting with Kaduna State 2008 Governor Sambo and Nigerian parliamentarians

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27 - 30 Ivan Lewis MP Pretoria, South Visit to country office. Meetings with Scheduled £3,855 November Africa Ministers,officials and NGOs. Visits to local 2008 projects

9 - 13 Ivan Lewis MP Kigali, Rwanda Visit to genocide memorial/Displaced People Scheduled £10,307 December Camp. Meetings with Minister of Finance and 2008 Governor of North Kivu, MONUC officials, humanitarian representatives

16- 17 Ivan Lewis MP Oslo, Norway UNESCO Education for All meeting Scheduled £713 December 2008 26 - 27 Ivan Lewis MP Madrid, Spain Food Conference. Meeting with Malawi Scheduled £1,277 January Minister of Food, Irish Development Minister, 2009 Tanzanian Minister, Bangladeshi Minister

4 - 6 Ivan Lewis MP Geneva, International Health Partnership Annual Scheduled £1,217 February Switzerland Meeting. Bilateral with World Health 2009 Organisation and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. Ministers of Mozambique and Uganda

21 - 26 Ivan Lewis MP Kampala, Meetings with Ugandan President and Scheduled/ 3 £6,818 February Uganda Minister of Finance. Visit to Kireka Charter 2009 Orphanage. Various visits/meetings to local projects

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31 March - Ivan Lewis MP Freetown, Meetings with Resident Minister, Paramount Scheduled/ 3 £7,179 3 April Sierra Leone Chief, Head of Police & Army, President Charter 2009 Nairobi, Kenya Koroma. Launch of DfID funded health initiative

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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 5-6 June Rt Hon Jack Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled/ 3 £2,758 2008 Straw MP Other RAF 10-17 Rt Hon Jack Hanoi, Meeting with Vietnamese Ministers and Scheduled £4,066 September Straw MP Vietnam* officials. Meeting with Indian Legal Ministers 2008 Delhi, India and officials and leader of Opposition. Lahore and Meetings with Pakistani Ministers and officials Islamabad, and legal and human rights representatives. Pakistan

24 October Rt Hon Jack Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF 3 £1,560 2008 Straw MP 15-16 Rt Hon Jack Prague, Information Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £768 January Straw MP Czech 2009 Republic Minister of State 4-5 Rt Hon David Sofia, Bulgaria Meetings with Bulgarian Justice Minister , Scheduled £1,390 November Hanson MP Bulgarian Prosecutor-General and British 2008 Ambassador. Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the PHARE Project “Strengthening the Penitentiary System in Bulgaria”. Visits to local projects

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Minister of State 9-10 April Rt Hon Michael Geneva, Evidence to UN Examinations on Human Scheduled £701 2008 Wills MP Switzerland Rights Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 October Lord Bach Luxembourg European Justice and Home Affairs Council Other RAF 3 £1,560 2008 27-28 Lord Bach Brussels, European Justice and Home Affairs Council Eurostar £1,023 November Belgium 2008 3-4 Lord Bach Strasbourg, European Parliament and Council of Europe Scheduled £1,946 February France 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 4-9 May Bridget Prentice Mumbai, New Liberalisation of Legal Services Scheduled £5,085 2008 MP Delhi and Calcutta, India 7-8 July Bridget Prentice Nice, France European Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £977 2008 MP 24-27 July Bridget Prentice Brussels, European Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £514 2008 MP Belgium

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LORD PRIVY SEAL AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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

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 Leader of the House of Lords 9 -11 April Rt Hon Baroness Brussels Meeting with members of the European Eurostar £732 2008 Ashton Belgium Commission and UKRep

15-16 May Rt Hon Baroness Lima, Peru Latin and Caribbean Summit Scheduled £5,556 2008 Ashton

26 August Rt Hon Baroness Sydney, Fact-finding visit to study an example of Scheduled £8,049 -5 Ashton Brisbane, bicameral democracy and have a meeting September Melbourne, with the Governor of Queensland in relation 2008 Canberra, to the 2012 Olympics Australia 30 Rt Hon Baroness Brussels, Meeting with members of UKRep Eurostar £758 September Ashton Belgium – 1 October 2008 12 -15 Rt Hon Baroness Madrid*, Spain Fact-finding visit to study an example of Scheduled £1,722 March Royall bicameral democracy 2009

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NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

10-14 Rt Hon Shaun New York, Meetings with US Government Officials and Scheduled £8,622 September Woodward MP USA key opinion formers 2008 24 - 28 Rt Hon Shaun New York and Meetings with US Government Officials and Scheduled £911 September Woodward MP Portland, USA key opinion formers 2008 8 October Rt Hon Shaun Dublin, Rep. of Meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Charter 3 £11,016 2008 Woodward MP Ireland

15 - 19 Rt Hon Shaun Washington Meetings with the US Special Envoy to Scheduled £8,410 October Woodward MP DC, USA Northern Ireland, other US Government 2008 Officials and key opinion formers

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29 Rt Hon Shaun New York, Meetings with the US Special Envoy to Scheduled £9,125 November Woodward MP USA Northern Ireland and other US Government - 2 Officials December 2008 28 January Rt Hon Shaun Dublin, Rep. of Meeting with Irish Prime Minister Charter 1 outward £7,377 2009 Woodward MP Ireland 3 on return 29 January Rt Hon Shaun New York, Meeting with US Government Officials and Scheduled £8,638 - 2 Woodward MP USA key opinion formers February 2009 15 - 21 Rt Hon Shaun Washington Meetings with the US Special Envoy to Scheduled £9,510 March Woodward MP DC, New York, Northern Ireland, other US Government 2009 USA Officials and key opinion formers. Attendance at the St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations. Meetings with the US Secretary of State and National Security Council

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OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND

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 Advocate General for Scotland 9 - 17 April Lord Davidson of Hong Kong, Meetings with Hong Kong Ministers and Scheduled £4,500 2008 Glen Clova QC Hainan, Beijing senior officials. Boao Forum for Asia and Shanghai, Conference. Delegation for the UK/China China Economic and Financial Dialogue. Meeting with a Fund Management company

25 - 26 Lord Davidson of Luxembourg Hearing before the European Court of Justice Scheduled £1,010 November Glen Clova QC 2008

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PRIME MINISTER

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 Prime Minister 2 - 4 April Rt Hon Gordon Budapest, NATO Summit Charter 18 £56,129 2008 Brown MP Hungary 16 - 18 Rt Hon Gordon New York Meetings at the United Nations. Bilateral talks Charter 31 £309,750 April 2008 Brown MP Washington with President Bush. Speech at the Kennedy DC * Library Boston * 19 - 20 Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Bilateral talks with French President. Charter/ 15 £8,660 June 2008 Brown MP Brussels, European Council Eurostar Belgium 21 -22 Rt Hon Gordon Jeddah, Saudi Oil Summit Charter 24 £164,900 June 2008 Brown MP Arabia 7 - 9 July Rt Hon Gordon Hokkaido*, G8 Summit Charter 32 £525,477 2008 Brown MP Japan

13 July Rt Hon Gordon Paris*, France Paris Summit for the Mediterranean Charter 13 £16,890 2008 Brown MP 18 - 21 Rt Hon Gordon Iraq Bilateral talks with Prime Minister al-Maliki Charter 22 £228,275 July 2008 Brown MP Israel/ * and visit British troops. Bilateral talks with Occupied Israeli Prime Minister. Speech to the Israeli Palestinian Parliament. Bilateral talks with Palestinian Territories President

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20 - 25 Rt Hon Gordon Muscat*, Bilateral with the Sultan. Bilateral talks with Charter 16 £502,084 August Brown MP Oman Afghan President and visit British troops. 2008 Afghanistan Bilateral talks with President Hu and Premier Beijing *, Wen and Olympic Games China 1 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, Special European Council Charter 5 £11,145 September Brown MP Belgium 2008

24 - 27 Rt Hon Gordon New York, * Global Initiative Conference. Meetings and Charter 25 £283,164 September Brown MP Washington speech at the United Nations. Bilateral talks 2008 DC *, USA with President Bush

4 October Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Euro Group - Bilateral talks with French Charter 8 £22,450 2008 Brown MP President and EU Leaders

12 October Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Finance Summit Charter 8 £15,200 2008 Brown MP 15 - 16 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, European Council Charter 14 £21,025 October Brown MP Belgium 2008 28 October Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Bilateral talks with French President and EU Charter 14 £22,100 2008 Brown MP Leaders

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1 - 4 Rt Hon Gordon Riyadh, Saudi Bilateral talks with King Saud. Bilateral talks Charter 29 £352,391 November Brown MP Arabia, with the Amir. Bilateral talk with Shaikh 2008 Doha, Qatar Zayed. Bilateral talks with Prime Minister Al Abu Dhabi, Maktoum United Arab Emirates Dubai

7 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, Informal European Council Charter 15 £11,300 November Brown MP Belgium 2008 13 -15 Rt Hon Gordon New York, Meetings at the United Nations. Bilateral talks Charter 24 £245,929 November Brown MP Washington with President Bush. G20 Economic Summit 2008 DC, USA

11 - 12 Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, European Council Charter 15 £17,460 December Brown MP Belgium 2008

12 -14 Rt Hon Gordon Afghanistan, Bilateral talks with Afghan President. Visit Charter 22 £309,908 December Brown MP Delhi, India British troops. Bilateral talks with Indian Prime 2008 Islamabad, Minister. Bilateral talks with Pakistani Pakistan President

16 -18 Rt Hon Gordon Kuwait, Bilateral talks with the Amir. Bilateral talks Charter 18 £233,000 December Brown MP Iraq with Prime Minister al-Maliki + Visit British 2008 troops

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14 - 15 Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Bilateral talks with French President. Bilateral Charter 13 £37,050 January Brown MP Berlin, talks with German Chancellor – All G20 2009 Germany preparation meetings

18 January Rt Hon Gordon Sharm El Middle East Conference. Bilateral talks with Charter 14 £173,514 2009 Brown MP Sheikh, Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Israel 29 – 31 Rt Hon Gordon Davos, * World Economic Forum – G20 preparation Other RAF 17 £ 7,950 January Brown MP Switzerland 2009 19 Rt Hon Gordon Rome*, Italy Audience with the Pope. Bilateral talks with Other RAF 14 £13,647 February Brown MP Italian Prime Minister – G20 preparation 2009 22 Rt Hon Gordon Berlin, Bilateral talks with German Chancellor – G20 Charter 11 £34,850 February Brown MP Germany preparation 2009 1 March Rt Hon Gordon Brussels, Special European Council – G20 preparation Other RAF 11 £2,516 2009 Brown MP Belgium 2 - 4 Rt Hon Gordon Washington Bilateral talks with President Obama – G20 Charter 27 £289,575 March Brown MP DC*, USA preparation 2009 19 -20 Rt Hon Gordon Paris, France Bilateral talks with French President. Other RAF 15 £ 9,403 March Brown MP Brussels, European Council – G20 preparation 2009 Belgium

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24 - 28 Rt Hon Gordon Strasbourg*, Speech to the European Parliament. Charter 27 £743,341 March Brown MP France Bilateral talks with the UN Secretary General 2009 New York*, Bilateral talks with Brazilian and Chilean USA, Presidents. Speech and Trade missions. All Brasilia*, Brazil bilaterals – G20 preparation Santiago, Vina del Mar*, Chile

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SCOTLAND OFFICE

12 Rt Hon Jim Hamburg, Visit to Scots Dragoon Guards Scheduled £686 December Murphy MP Germany 2008 22 - 27 Rt Hon Jim Shanghai, Ministerial bilaterals and meetings with Scheduled £4,088 March Murphy MP Beijing and officials including the China Securities 2009 Hong Kong, Regulatory Commission China Minister of State 25 - 28 David Cairns MP Stavanger, Offshore Europe conference on North Sea Oil Scheduled £1,947 August Norway 2008

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 5 - 8 Ann McKechin Kolkata, India To promote Indo-Scottish educational ties in Scheduled £4,558 February MP East India and Ministerial meeting to discuss 2009 Bengal-Scottish business and cultural ties

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DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

9 - 10 Rt Hon Geoff Brussels, Transport Council Eurostar £1,156 December Hoon MP Belgium 2008

25 - 26 Rt Hon Geoff Paris, France SNCF and Ministerial meetings Eurostar £1,409 February Hoon MP 2009

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18 - 19 Rt Hon Geoff Madrid, Spain Ministerial meeting Scheduled £1,433 March Hoon MP 2009

30 - 31 Rt Hon Geoff Brussels, EU Transport Council, meetings with MEPs Eurostar £1,081 March Hoon MP Belgium and the Chinese Transport Minister 2009 Minister of State 6-7 April Rt Hon Rosie Luxembourg Transport Council Scheduled £1,020 2008 Winterton MP 12-13 June Rt Hon Rosie Luxembourg Transport Council Scheduled £999 2008 Winterton MP Minister of State 23 - 27 Lord Adonis Tokyo, Japan High speed rail fact finding visit, including Scheduled £6,807 November ministerial meetings 2008 19 - 20 Lord Adonis Berlin and High speed rail fact finding visit, including Scheduled £967 January Frankfurt, ministerial meetings 2009 Germany 4 February Lord Adonis Paris, France High speed rail fact finding visit, including Eurostar £888 2009 meeting with Minister for Transport 12 - 14 Lord Adonis Rome and High speed rail fact finding visit, including Scheduled £961 March Naples, Italy ministerial meetings and meting with EU 2009 Commissioners 25 - 27 Lord Adonis Madrid and High speed rail fact finding visit, including Scheduled £919 March Barcelona, ministerial meetings 2009 Spain

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 22 - 25 Tom Harris MP New Delhi, Rail Industry Association Trade Delegation for Scheduled £3,959 April 2008 India inward investment to the UK rail industry. Meetings with Ministers, officials and representatives of the Rail Industry Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 29 May - 3 Jim Fitzpatrick Leipzig, International Transport Forum in Leipzig and Scheduled £1,402 June 2008 MP Germany formal naming of the Queen Victoria in Athens, Athens Greece 11 - 16 Jim Fitzpatrick Tokyo, Japan Ministerial Conference on Global Scheduled £4,109 June 2008 MP Environment and Energy in Transport

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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 15-16 April Rt Hon Alistair Beijing, UK - China economic and financial dialogue Scheduled £11,965 2008 Darling Chongquing, China 12-15 June Rt Hon Alistair Osaka, Japan G8 finance ministers meeting Scheduled £3,802 2008 Darling 14-15 Rt Hon Alistair Washington Summit on financial markets and the world Scheduled £2,752 November Darling DC, USA economy 2008 15 January Rt Hon Alistair Prague, Czech Finance Ministers meeting Other RAF 4 £576 2009 Darling Republic 13-14 Rt Hon Alistair Rome, Italy G7 Leaders Summit Scheduled £935 February Darling 2009 22 Rt Hon Alistair Berlin, G7 Leaders summit Other RAF 2 ** February Darling Germany 2009

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Chief Secretary 2 June Rt Hon Yvette Luxembourg Economic and Financial Affairs Council Scheduled £762 2008 Cooper MP (ECOFIN)

Financial Secretary 8 - 9 Rt Hon Jane Brussels, EU Code of Conduct Group Eurostar/ £722 September Kennedy MP Belgium Scheduled 2008 Financial Secretary 20 - 21 Rt Hon Stephen Paris, France OECD meeting Scheduled £814 October Timms MP 2008 3 - 4 Rt Hon Stephen Brussels, Economic and Financial Affairs Council Eurostar/ £766 November Timms MP Belgium (ECOFIN) Ministers Scheduled 2008 6 - 9 Rt Hon Stephen Sao Paulo, G20 Finance Ministers Scheduled £5,336 November Timms MP Brazil 2008 7 - 12 Rt Hon Stephen Seoul, South Bi-laterals as part of G20 presidency Scheduled £5,042 December Timms MP Korea 2008 Delhi, India 18 - 19 Rt Hon Stephen Paris, France Economic and Financial Affairs Council Scheduled £524 December Timms MP (ECOFIN) Ministers 2008 5 - 9 Rt Hon Stephen Jakarta, Bi-laterals as part of G20 presidency Scheduled £5,587 January Timms MP Indonesia 2009 Beijing, China

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16 - 19 Rt Hon Stephen Brasilia, Brazil Bi-laterals as part of G20 presidency Scheduled £6,681 February Timms MP Buenos Aires, 2009 Argentina 30 - 31 Rt Hon Stephen Brussels, Speech at Brussels Tax Forum Eurostar £553 March Timms MP Belgium 2009 Exchequer Secretary 4 - 5 May Angela Eagle MP Ljubljana*, Economic and Financial Affairs Council Scheduled £815 2008 Slovenia (ECOFIN) Ministers

Economic Secretary 20 - 21 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Economic and Financial Affairs Council Eurostar £1,382 November Belgium (ECOFIN) Ministers 2008 1 - 2 Ian Pearson MP Brussels, Economic and Financial Affairs Council Eurostar £1,048 December Belgium (ECOFIN) Ministers 2008 4 - 5 Ian Pearson MP Paris, France OECD Meeting Eurostar £1,605 December 2008

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WALES 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 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 30 Wayne David MP Vienna, 2008 Ministerial e-Inclusion Conference and Scheduled £2,978 November Austria exhibition – 2 December 2008

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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 18 Rt Hon James Copenhagen, Welfare reform policy Scheduled £1,221 September Purnell MP Denmark 2008 8 - 9 Rt Hon James Paris, France New World Symposium and bilaterals Scheduled £597 January Purnell MP 2009 22 - 24 Rt Hon James Paris, France Franco-British Colloque Scheduled £953 January Purnell MP 2009 29 March Rt Hon James Rome, G8 Employment Ministers Conference Scheduled £914 2009 Purnell MP Italy Minister of State 2 - 3 April Rt Hon Stephen Rotterdam, Parliamentary Committee Scheduled £644 2008 Timms MP Netherlands 17 - 19 Rt Hon Stephen Venice, Italy OECD conference Scheduled £1,228 April 2008 Timms MP 10 -13 May Rt Hon Stephen Tokyo, Japan G8 Conference Scheduled £3,568 2008 Timms MP

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6 -10 May Anne McGuire Ottawa and Visit to Canadian Office for Disability Issues. Scheduled £3,405 2008 MP Toronto, Meetings with disability organisations, Canada members of the Canadian Parliament and other stakeholders.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 8 June James Plaskitt Geneva, International Labour conference Scheduled £919 2008 MP Switzerland 24 James Plaskitt Alicante, Launch Benefit Fraud Hotline Scheduled £832 September MP Spain 2008 1 James Plaskitt Luxembourg International Labour conference Scheduled £1,293 November MP 2008 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 22-23 Lord McKenzie Prague, Czech Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £919 January Republic Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6 - 11 Jonathan Shaw Seattle and Special Olympics Scheduled £6,618 February MP Idaho, USA 2009 22 March Jonathan Shaw Geneva, International Labour conference Scheduled £648 2009 MP Switzerland

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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 Chief Whip 24 – 27 Rt Hon Geoff Washington Bilateral talks with the UK Ambassador to the Scheduled £8,041 April 2008 Hoon MP DC, USA US and meetings with US Government officials 9 -11 Rt Hon Geoff Brussels, Meetings with Trade Commissioner, Scheduled £719 September Hoon MP Belgium Commission Vice-President, European 2008 Parliament officials and MEPs

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WHIPS (LORDS)

* accompanied by spouse/partner. Costs included in total cost of Ministerial travel ** accompanied Prime Minister on chartered flight. *** Nil cost to Minister as accompanied Chief of Defence Staff on No.32 Squadron and host nation provided accommodation.

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