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Overseas Travel by Ministers 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 1 APRIL 2009 – 31 MARCH 2010 CABINET OFFICE OCTOBER 2010 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2009 – 2010 INDEX Page Attorney General‟s Office 1 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (includes the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) 3 Cabinet Office (including Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General) 9 Department for Children, Schools and Families 10 Department for Communities and Local Government 11 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 12 Ministry of Defence 13 Department for Energy and Climate Change 19 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 25 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 28 Government Equalities Office 39 Department of Health 40 Home Office 42 Department for International Development 46 Ministry of Justice 51 Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal 52 Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 53 Northern Ireland Office 54 Office of the Advocate General for Scotland 57 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2009 – 2010 Prime Minister‟s Office 58 Scotland Office 61 Department for Transport 62 HM Treasury 65 Wales Office 68 Department for Work and Pensions 69 Government Whips (Commons) 71 Government Whips (Lords) 72 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, & RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non accommodation scheduled travel used Attorney General 23 – 29 The Rt Hon Anguilla Overseas Territories Attorney Generals‟ Scheduled £2,869 (costs May 2009 Baroness Conference met by FCO) Scotland of Asthal QC 18 – 20 The Rt Hon Washington Bilateral with US Attorney General Scheduled £1,199 June 2009 Baroness DC, Scotland of USA Asthal QC 2 The Rt Hon Sennelager, Opening of Military Court Scheduled £623 September Baroness Germany 2009 Scotland of Asthal QC 6 – 8 The Rt Hon Doha, Qatar Conference of Attorney Generals Scheduled £3,169 (costs November Baroness met by FCO) 2009 Scotland of Asthal QC 4 – 7 The Rt Hon Jerusalem, Hebrew University Lecture, meetings Scheduled £1,881 January Baroness Israel with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, 2010 Scotland of Israeli Minster of Justice, President of Asthal QC Israeli Supreme Court, Palestinian Justice Minister and Attorney General, Palestinian Chief Justice 17 – 19 The Rt Hon Interlaken, Conference on reform of the European Scheduled £1,771 (costs February Baroness Switzerland Court of Human Rights met by MoJ) 2010 Scotland of Asthal QC Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 1 4 – 8 The Rt Hon Washington Bilateral with US Attorney General Scheduled £2,745 (costs March Baroness DC, met by Home 2010 Scotland of USA Office) Asthal QC Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 2 DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, & RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non accommodation scheduled travel used Secretary of State 4-7 April Rt Hon Lord Bahrain, Meetings with members of the Bahrain Scheduled £8,760 2009 Mandelson Kuwait, Iraq Royal Family and Prime Minister, and Abu Kuwaiti Prime Minister and other Dhabi Ministers, officials and business representatives. 14-15 May Rt Hon Lord Athens, UK/Greek Business breakfast. Meeting Scheduled £1,389 2009 Mandelson Greece with the Board of the Greek Shipowners‟ Union 10-11 June Rt Hon Lord Berlin, Meetings with German Ministers and Scheduled £876 2009 Mandelson Germany officials. 18-19 June Rt Hon Lord Washington Meetings with Head of the US Auto Scheduled £5,696 2009 Mandelson DC, Task Force local newspapers. USA 6 July Rt Hon Lord Evian, Attend the UK-France Summit in Evian Scheduled £732 2009 Mandelson France 5-10 Rt Hon Lord Beijing and Meetings with Chinese Ministers and Scheduled £7,637 September Mandelson Shanghai, officials. 2009 China Speech at the UK-China Low Carbon Business event. Local visits Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 3 3-8 Rt Hon Lord Tokyo, Japan Meetings with Japanese and Korean Scheduled £3,214 October Mandelson and Seoul, Ministers, officials and business 2009 South Korea representatives. 17-23 Rt Hon Lord Bangalore Meetings with Indian Ministers and Scheduled £8,419 December Mandelson and Delhi, officials and local business 2009 India representatives. Meeting with Rolls- Royce. Speech. 28-30 Rt Hon Lord Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £2,275 January Mandelson Switzerland 2010 4-5 Rt Hon Lord Berlin, Bilaterals German Ministers and other Scheduled £1,105 February Mandelson Germany senior officials on the economy 2010 13-17 Rt Hon Lord Abu Dhabi, Bilaterals with UAE and Qatari Scheduled £7,144 February Mandelson Dubai and Ministers and other senior officials. 2010 Qatar 2-3 March Rt Hon Lord New York, Speech at New York University. Various Scheduled £8,628 2010 Mandelson USA bilaterals with senior officials. Minister of State 12-18 Rt Hon Pat New Dehli Science & Innovation Council Scheduled £4,254 February McFadden and 2010 MP Chandigarh, India Minister of State 24-25 May Gareth Copenhagen, World Business Summit on Climate Scheduled £2,120 2009 Thomas MP Denmark Change 27-28 May Gareth Brussels, Competitiveness Council Scheduled £1,071 2009 Thomas MP Belgium Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 4 29 May Gareth Brussels, Meeting on the future of GM Europe Scheduled £756 2009 Thomas MP Belgium Minister of State 20-22 The Rt Hon New York To promote the UK Innovation Fund Scheduled £1,592 September Lord Drayson and Boston, 2009 USA 14-15 The Rt Hon Berlin, European Private Equity and Venture Scheduled £1,729 October Lord Drayson Germany Capital Association Conference 2010 Minister of State 15-21 April Lord Davies Hong Kong Meeting with Chief Executive of Hong Scheduled £11,238 2009 of Abersoch and Kong and President of Singapore. Singapore Meetings with UK companies in the market and Inward Investors 30 April – Lord Davies New York, Meetings with US business leaders, UK Scheduled £8,519 2 May of Abersoch USA companies in the market and Inward 2009 Investors 15 May Lord Davies Berlin, British Chamber of Commerce Annual Scheduled £602 2009 of Abersoch Germany Conference 26-27 May Lord Davies Dubai, UAE Meeting with Dubai Ports World Scheduled £6,900 2009 of Abersoch 4-5 June Lord Davies St World Economic Forum Scheduled £2,316 2009 of Abersoch Petersburg, Russia 23-24 June Lord Davies Ankara, Inaugural Joint Economic Trade Scheduled £952 2009 of Abersoch Turkey Committee. Meetings with Inward Investors and UK companies in the market 1-3 July Lord Davies Abu Dhabi Inward Investment meetings Scheduled £3,990 2009 of Abersoch Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 5 21-25 July Lord Davies Beijing, To promote trade and investment with Scheduled £9,480 2009 of Abersoch Shanghai and China Hong Kong, China 30 July Lord Davies Geneva, Meeting with Director of the World Trade Scheduled £732 2009 of Abersoch Switzerland Organisation 14-20 Lord Davies New Delhi, Meetings with Indian Ministers. UKTI Scheduled £5,970 September of Abersoch Mumba, India Business Awards 2009 Nagpur India 28-30 Lord Davies Dallas, USA UKTI USA Trade and Investment Scheduled £6,826 October of Abersoch Conference 2009 1-5 Lord Davies Kualar Meetings with Malaysian and Scheduled £8,846 November of Abersoch Lumpur, Indonesian Ministers. Speech at British 2009 Malaysia and Educational Suppliers‟ Association Jakarta, Indonesia 6-9 Lord Davies Jeddah and Meetings with Saudi Ministers and to Scheduled £6,000 December of Abersoch Riyadh, promote trade and investment 2009 Saudi Arabia 27-29 Lord Davies Davos, World Economic Forum Annual Scheduled £1,491 January of Abersoch Switzerland 2010 15-17 Lord Davies Madrid and Engagement with new EU presidency Scheduled £1,449 February of Abersoch Barcelona, and attend Mobile World Congress 2010 Spain Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 6 9-12 Lord Davies UAE Lead 100+ Business Delegation Scheduled £4,668 March of Abersoch 2010 Minister of State 30 August Kevin Calgary, WorldSkills Calgary 2009 Scheduled £6,146 – 4 Brennan Canada September 2009 4-9 Kevin Washington Meetings with US Congressmen and Scheduled £3,547 January Brennan DC, banks to discuss credit card regulations 2010 New York, USA Minister of State 28 -29 May Rt Hon David Brussels, Stakeholder dinner with the European Scheduled £536 2009 Lammy MP Belgium Digital Media Association. Represent the UK at the Competitiveness Council. 15 – 16 Rt Hon David Kuala To lead the UK delegation to the Scheduled £5,406 June 2009 Lammy MP Lumpur, Commonwealth Conference of Malaysia Education Ministers 30 August Rt Hon David Seattle and Meetings with US administration to Scheduled £6,596 – 4 Lammy MP Washington discuss intellectual property policy. To September DC, USA promote UK/US business relations. Visit 2009 to Microsoft HQ to discuss e-learning 4 – 8 Rt Hon David Astana and To position the UK as preferred partner Scheduled £5,892 October Lammy MP Almaty, of choice for Kazakhstan on Higher and 2009 Kazakhstan Vocational Education cooperation 15 – 19 Rt Hon David Atlanta and Visit to Higher and Further Education Scheduled £5,605 November Lammy MP New York, institutions seeking to build international 2009 USA partnerships, and further the International Education and Research Advisory Forum‟s work on sustainability.
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