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. 10 – 14 Rt Hon David Accra, To raise the profile of UK Higher Scheduled £5,033 February Lammy MP Ghana Education in Ghana and including 2010 bilateral discussions with Ghanaian Minister for Higher Education. 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. 7

11 – 12 Rt Hon David Vienna, Bologna Process conference Scheduled £940 March Lammy MP Austria 2010 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 11-12 May Lord Carter Helsinki, Meeting opposite Finnish Minister and Scheduled £1,089 2009 Finland Finnish telecoms regulator

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 28 Ian Lucas MP Brussels, Competitiveness Council in Brussels Scheduled £588 February – Belgium and the Motor Show in Geneva. 3 March Geneva, 2010 Switzerland

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 8 – 9 July Lord Young Jonkoping, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £1,105 2009 of Norwood Sweden Consumer Council Green 29 Lord Young Belem, UNESCO conference on Adult Scheduled £4,457 November of Norwood Brazil Education and Skills (Confintea). – 6 Green Bilaterals with HRH Princess Laurentien December of the Netherlands and Saudi Arabian 2009 and South African Ministers.

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

CABINET 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 Minister for the Olympics and Paymaster General 7-8 May Rt Hon Tessa Lausanne, IOC Forum on Sport for Peace and Scheduled £553 2009 Jowell MP Switzerland Development

19-22 Rt Hon Tessa Dubai, UAE World Economic Forum, Global Council Scheduled £2,133 November Jowell MP 2009

17-20 Rt Hon Tessa Vancouver, Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Scheduled £9,342 (costs February Jowell MP Canada meetings in Washington DC on third partly met by 2010 Washington sector delivery and public services. the Government DC, Olympic USA Executive)

23-27 Rt Hon Tessa Rio, Sao Meeting with Brazilian Minister for Sport Scheduled £4,785 (costs March Jowell MP Paulo and regarding Olympic and Paralympic met by the 2010 Brasilia, Games co-operation. Government Brazil Olympic Executive) Minister of State 18-19 Rt Hon Malmo, Meeting with Ministerial colleagues on Scheduled £1,080 November Angela Smith Sweden eGovernment 2009 MP

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. 9

DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES

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 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 24 May - 1 Sarah Toronto, Meeting with Deputy Minister of Scheduled £5,760 June 2009 McCarthy-Fry Canada Education to discuss narrowing gaps in MP Cincinnati achievement; gifted and talented and Washington Special Education Needs. School visits. DC, USA 23 – 24 Diana Stockholm, EU Education Council meeting to Scheduled £769 September Johnson MP Sweden discuss teachers training and how to 2009 develop a common framework across the EU. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 14 – 15 Baroness Brussels, EU Education and Youth Council Eurostar £1,017 February Morgan of Belgium meeting to discuss Education, Training 2010 Drefelin and Skills.

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

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 5-9 April Rt Hon Sadiq Karachi, Ministerial Visit on Preventing Scheduled £5,028 2009 Khan MP Islamabad Extremism and Mirpur Pakistan 17-20 Rt Hon Sadiq Riyadh, Ministerial Visit on Preventing Scheduled £2,332 May 2009 Khan MP Mecca and Extremism Medina Saudi Arabia

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. 11

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, where & RAF‟ or „Charter‟ non scheduled accommodation travel used Secretary of State 13-16 Rt Hon Ben Madrid, Meeting with Spanish Culture Minister Scheduled £644 November Bradshaw MP Spain 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 18-19 May Barbara Nice, Cannes Film Festival, various meetings Scheduled £892 2009 Follett MP France and promoting the British Film Industry Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 26 Sion Brussels, EU Council Meeting Scheduled £713 November Simon MP Belgium 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 29-30 June Gerry Malmo, UEFA Under 21 Championship Scheduled £775 2009 Sutcliffe MP Sweden 17-19 Gerry Berlin, World Athletics Championships Scheduled £590 August Sutcliffe MP Germany 2009 7-8 Gerry Geneva, Attend the European Club Association Scheduled £893 September Sutcliffe MP Switzerland General Meeting and to discuss football 2009 issues with FIFA and UEFA 24 Gerry Vancouver, Winter Olympic Games and closing Scheduled £4,998 February Sutcliffe MP Canada ceremony – 1 March 2010 11-15 Gerry Vancouver, Winter Paralympic Games Scheduled £3,128 March Sutcliffe MP Canada 2010

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. 12

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

17-19 May Rt Hon John Florida, To watch Demonstration and Scheduled/ 1 £4,948 2009 Hutton MP USA Shakedown Operation and visit to Fort Other RAF Worth

Secretary of State 11 June Rt Hon Bob Maastricht, Afghanistan Regional Command No.32 Squadron 1 Nil*** 2009 Ainsworth MP Netherlands meeting and formal NATO meeting and Brussels, Belgium 25-29 Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ Other 3 £3,922 June 2009 Ainsworth MP RAF

18-19 Rt Hon Bob Amsterdam, To attend the 65th Anniversary of Scheduled £544 September Ainsworth MP Netherlands* Arnhem 2009 2-7 Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan/ Visit to British Forces and meetings with Scheduled/ 3 £1,921 October Ainsworth MP Pakistan senior officials Other RAF 2009 22-23 Rt Hon Bob Bratislava, NATO meeting No.32 Squadron 4 Nil*** October Ainsworth MP Slovakia 2009 26-27 Rt Hon Bob Algiers, Meetings with President and senior Scheduled £1,186 October Ainsworth MP Algeria officials 2009

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

2-5 Rt Hon Bob Kuwait City, Official ceremony in Kuwait and bilateral Scheduled £3,242 November Ainsworth MP Kuwait and meeting with King of Saudi Arabia 2009 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3-5 Rt Hon Bob Istanbul, NATO informal Defence meeting No.32 Squadron 4 Nil*** February Ainsworth MP Turkey 2010 5-7 Rt Hon Bob Munich, Munich Security Conference No.32 Squadron 3 Nil*** February Ainsworth MP Germany 2010 7-10 Rt Hon Bob Afghanistan Visit to British Forces and meeting with Scheduled/ Other 3 £1,810 March Ainsworth MP senior officials RAF 2010

Minister of State 26-30 July Bill Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ 6 £1,262 2009 Rammell MP Other RAF

2-4 Bill Sao Paolo, Bilateral meetings with Brazilian MOD Scheduled £3,972 September Rammell MP Brasilia, Rio 2009 de Janeiro Brazil 12-13 Bill Split, Bilateral meetings with Croatian Minister Scheduled £1,819 September Rammell MP Croatia and attend a British Forces and Croatian 2009 Forces football match

19-22 Bill Rammell Oman, Qatar Bilateral meetings Scheduled £4,987 October MP 2009

23-25 Bill Abuja, Lagos, Visit to British Forces at the Joint Scheduled £3,627 November Rammell MP Nigeria Maritime Security Training Centre and 2009 have bilateral meetings with their MOD

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. 14

31 January Bill Afghanistan/ Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ 7 £963 -4 Rammell MP Pakistan Other RAF February 2010 21-24 Bill Kuwait Visit to British Forces. Bilateral meetings Scheduled £4,238 March Rammell MP Iraq in Kuwait 2010 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 14-16 Kevan Cyprus Visit to British Forces Scheduled £528 September Jones MP 2009

13-19 April Kevan Kathmandu, Meetings with serving and veteran Scheduled £ 2,445 2009 Jones MP Nepal Ghurkhas 16-20 Kevan Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ 1 £2,219 November Jones MP Other RAF 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 1-2 Quentin Berlin, Typhoon Meeting Scheduled £819 April 2009 Davies MP Germany 4-5 Quentin Lille, Fromelles Visit Eurostar 1 £535 May 2009 Davies MP France 21-22 Quentin Seville, A400M Meeting Scheduled £518 June 2009 Davies MP Spain 23-24 July Quentin Le Castellet, A400M Meeting No.32 Squadron 1 Nil*** 2009 Davies MP France 30-31 July Quentin Munich, Typhoon Tranche 3 Signing Ceremony Scheduled £626 2009 Davies MP Germany 7-12 Quentin Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ 2 £2,142 August Davies MP Other RAF 2009

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

14-20 Quentin Washington Visit to various US defence companies Scheduled £3,454 September Davies MP DC, and meetings with Department of 2009 Dallas, Defense officials Charleston, USA 16-25 Quentin Tokyo, Visit with Defence Sales Organisation Scheduled £3,423 October Davies MP Japan and to promote wider Defence relations 2009 Gimpo, Korea 18-19 Quentin Berlin, A400M Meeting Eurostar £547 November Davies MP Germany 2009

25 Quentin Delhi, India Visits in support of the Defence Sales Scheduled £4,424 November Davies MP Langkawi, Organisation – 6 Malaysia; December Jakarta, 2009 Indonesia Singapore 26-27 Quentin Berlin, A400M Meeting Scheduled £637 January Davies MP Germany 2010 31January Quentin Afghanistan Visit to British Forces Scheduled/ 2 £2,142 – 3 Davies MP Other RAF February 2010 12–18 Quentin Washington Visit to various US companies Scheduled £4,255 February Davies MP DC, 2010 Dallas, Baltimore, USA 4-5 March Quentin Berlin, A400M Meeting Scheduled £783 2010 Davies MP Germany

Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 16

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6-8 Rt Hon Moscow, Bilateral talks Russian Ministers and Scheduled £1,537 April 2009 Baroness Russia senior officials Taylor 22-24 Rt Hon Tirana, NATO Membership Discussions Scheduled £1,521 April 2009 Baroness Albania Taylor Zagreb, Croatia 26-29 April Rt Hon Istanbul, International Defence Industry Fair Scheduled £953 2009 Baroness Turkey Taylor 18-19 Rt Hon Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £541 May 2009 Baroness Belgium Council Taylor

25-28 Rt Hon Rome, Bilateral talks with Italian Defence Scheduled £735 May 2009 Baroness Italy Minister Taylor 29 May - 4 Rt Hon Singapore Shangri-La Dialogue. Five Powers Scheduled £4,281 June 2009 Baroness Kuala Defence Arrangement Ministerial Taylor Lumpur, Meeting. Garrison Agreement & Ship Malaysia Exercise (OP TAURUS) Brunei 22-23 Rt Hon Lisbon, Burden Sharing Ministerial meeting Scheduled £727 June 2009 Baroness Portugal Taylor

12-15 Rt Hon Belgrade, Air Show and NATO Membership Scheduled £1,319 September Baroness Serbia discussion 2009 Taylor

28-29 Rt Hon Gothenburg, EU Defence Ministers Informal Scheduled £764 September Baroness Sweden 2009 Taylor

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. 17

1-10 Rt Hon Bahrain UK Maritime Component Command Scheduled £8,863 October Baroness Dubai Visit. 2009 Taylor Sydney, Australia

5-11 Rt Hon Washington Washington DC Security Conference. Scheduled £1,578 November Baroness DC Visits to NATO and United Nations 2009 Taylor New York, USA 16-17 Rt Hon Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £541 November Baroness Belgium Council 2009 Taylor

30 Rt Hon Skopje, NATO Membership Discussions Scheduled £1,365 November Baroness Macedonia - 2 Taylor Pristina, December Kosovo 2009 7-8 Rt Hon Berlin, 8TH Congress on European Defence & Scheduled £547 December Baroness Germany Security 2009 Taylor

21-23 Rt Hon Washington Discussions on Defence Green Paper; Scheduled £3,520 March Baroness DC, and on US Quadrennial Diplomacy & 2010 Taylor USA Development Review

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. 18

DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, where & RAF‟ or „Charter‟ non scheduled accommodation travel used Secretary of State 26 - 29 Rt Hon Ed Washington Major Economies Forum Scheduled £2,628 April 2009 Miliband MP DC, USA 2 - 8 May Rt Hon Ed Beijing, Meetings with Chinese Ministers Scheduled £4,254 2009 Miliband MP China 24 - 25 Rt Hon Ed Rome, G8 and Major Economies Forum Scheduled £1,874 May 2009 Miliband MP Italy Paris, France 21 - 24 Rt Hon Ed Mexico City, Major Economies Forum Scheduled £4,262 June 2009 Miliband MP Mexico 6 July Rt Hon Ed Evian, UK France summit Scheduled £732 2009 Miliband MP France 23 - 25 Rt Hon Ed Are, Informal Energy Council Scheduled £2,364 July 2009 Miliband MP Sweden 31 July - 7 Rt Hon Ed Sao Paolo Meeting Ministers, NGOs and local Scheduled £9,013 August Miliband MP Brasilia groups 2009 Brazil Pretoria, South Africa 30 August Rt Hon Ed Delhi Meeting Ministers and local groups Scheduled £3,909 - 3 Miliband MP Kolkata, September India 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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. 19

16- 22 Rt Hon Ed Washington Major Economies Forum, Greenland Scheduled £3,811 September Miliband MP DC & New Dialogue, UN Heads Summit on Climate 2009 York, USA Change & UN General Assembly 4 - 7 Rt Hon Ed Moscow, Meetings with Russian and Polish Scheduled £2,907 October Miliband MP Russia Ministers 2009 Warsaw, Poland 31 October Rt Hon Ed Barcelona, Meetings with Spanish Ministers Scheduled £896 2009 Miliband MP Spain

15 - 17 Rt Hon Ed Copenhagen, Pre COP-15 meeting Scheduled £1,036 November Miliband MP Denmark 2009 20 Rt Hon Ed Copenhagen, Pre COP-15 meeting Scheduled £648 November Miliband MP Denmark 2009 1 - 2 Rt Hon Ed Copenhagen, Pre COP-15 meeting Scheduled £865 December Miliband MP Denmark 2009 10 - 19 Rt Hon Ed Copenhagen, COP-15 meeting Scheduled £4,782 December Miliband MP Denmark 2009 15 - 17 Rt Hon Ed Seville, Informal Energy and Environment Scheduled £1,265 January Miliband MP Spain Councils 2010 17 - 19 Rt Hon Ed Abu Dhabi World Energy Summit Scheduled £2,640 January Miliband MP 2010 Minister of State 14 April Joan Poznan, Informal Ministers meeting Scheduled £1,005 2009 Ruddock MP Poland 21 April Joan Prague, Informal Ministers meeting Scheduled £810 2009 Ruddock MP Czech Republic

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. 20

25 June Joan Luxembourg, EU Environment Council Scheduled £681 2009 Ruddock MP Belgium

29 June Joan Copenhagen, Greenland dialogue Scheduled £825 2009 Ruddock MP Denmark

10 August Joan Seoul, Global Environment Forum Scheduled £3,765 2009 Ruddock MP South Korea

14 Joan Warsaw, EU capitals visits Scheduled £2,211 September Ruddock MP Poland, 2009 Rome, Italy Paris, France 5 October Joan Detroit, Midwest Governor‟s summit Scheduled £4,300 2009 Ruddock MP USA

15 October Joan Madrid, Meeting with Spanish Ministers on Scheduled £1,252 2009 Ruddock MP Spain climate change and Copenhagen

29 October Joan Barcelona, Greenland Dialogue Scheduled £895 2009 Ruddock MP Spain

14 Joan Kuala Discuss ions on sustainable palm oil Scheduled £3,687 November Ruddock MP Lumpur, and Indonesia‟s targets and financing 2009 Malaysia needs. Jakarta, Indonesia

14 Joan Copenhagen, Copenhagen climate change summit Scheduled £3,374 December Ruddock MP Denmark 2009

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. 21

Minister of State 5 - 7 April Rt Hon Qatar, UAE Opening of Qatar Gas 2 LNG project Scheduled £2,986 2009 Mike O‟Brien MP

18 - 21 Rt Hon Washington Nuclear Conference Scheduled £5,802 May 2009 Mike O‟Brien DC, USA MP

Minister of State 2 - 3 Rt Hon Lord Dusseldorf Visit to CHP plant Scheduled £1,028 September Hunt of Cologne, 2009 King‟s Heath Germany Amsterdam, Holland 13 - 17 Rt Hon Lord Istanbul UK-Turkey ministerial energy dialogue, Scheduled £2,249 September Hunt of Ankara, business event and bilaterals 2009 King‟s Heath Turkey Baku, Azerbaijan 5 - 8 Rt Hon Lord Buenos World Gas Conference Scheduled £6,826 October Hunt of Aires, 2009 King‟s Heath Argentina

14 - 15 Rt Hon Lord Paris, IEA Ministerial Scheduled £526 October Hunt of France 2009 King‟s Heath

20 - 23 Rt Hon Lord Delhi, High Level Conference on Climate Scheduled £3,148 October Hunt of India Change 2009 King‟s Heath

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. 22

1 - 4 Rt Hon Lord Murmansk, Ministerial visit to Andreva Bay and Scheduled £1,824 November Hunt of Russia bilaterals 2009 King‟s Heath Kirkenes, Oslo Norway 11 - 12 Rt Hon Lord Kiev, Energy Security and bilaterals Scheduled £766 November Hunt of Ukraine 2009 King‟s Heath

6 - 7 Rt Hon Lord Brussels, Energy Council Scheduled £743 December Hunt of Belgium 2009 King‟s Heath

14 - 16 Rt Hon Lord Seville, Energy Council Scheduled £1,498 January Hunt of Spain 2010 King‟s Heath

20 January Rt Hon Lord Berlin, Handelsblatt Conference Scheduled £1,389 2010 Hunt of Germany King‟s Heath

24 - 25 Rt Hon Lord Brussels, Meet Energy Commissioner Scheduled £1,261 February Hunt of Belguim 2010 King‟s Heath

28 Rt Hon Lord Ashgabat, Ministerial Southern Corridor visit Scheduled £4,150 February - Hunt of Turkmenistan 4 March King‟s Heath Baku, 2010 Azerbaijan Astana, Kazakhstan

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. 23

7 - 8 Rt Hon Lord Paris, Nuclear Conference Scheduled £587 March Hunt of France 2010 King‟s Heath

2 4- 27 Rt Hon Lord Bogata, ICC Conference Scheduled £1,469 March Hunt of Columbia 2010 King‟s Heath

30 March - Rt Hon Lord Cancun, International Energy Forum Scheduled £5,422 1 April Hunt of Mexico 2010 King‟s Heath

Where the No32 (The Royal) Squadron, other RAF or Charter aircraft is used, the cost of chartering the aircraft plus any accommodation costs incurred by the Minister is shown. 24

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

13-14 May Rt Hon New York UN Commission on Sustainable Scheduled £3,453 2009 Hilary Benn Washington Development, bi-laterals MP DC, USA 25 June Rt Hon Luxembourg EU Environment Council Scheduled £737 2009 Hilary Benn MP 15-19 Rt Hon Sao Paulo, Forestry (UN Food & Agriculture Scheduled £5,694 November Hilary Benn Rio de Organisation) 2009 MP Janeiro, Brasilia, Brazil

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. 25

Minister of State 24-25 April Rt Hon Luxembourg Agriculture Council Scheduled £985 2009 Jane Kennedy MP 31 May – 2 Rt Hon Brno, Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Scheduled £980 June 2009 Jane Czech Council Kennedy MP Republic Minister of State 21-23 June Jim Luxembourg Agriculture Council Scheduled £885 2009 Fitzpatrick MP 23 Jim Warsaw, CAP Reform Scheduled £787 September Fitzpatrick Poland 2009 MP 18-19 Jim Luxembourg, Agriculture Council Scheduled £748 October Fitzpatrick 2009 MP 16 Jim Rome, Food and Agriculture Organisation of Scheduled £699 November Fitzpatrick Italy the United Nations Summit on World 2009 MP Food Security 22 Jim Brussels, Agriculture Council Scheduled £603 February Fitzpatrick Belgium 2010 MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 21October Huw Paris, Agriculture Fish Council Eurostar £608 2009 Irranca - France Davies MP 2-4 Huw Accra Pre Copenhagen negotiations Scheduled £3,793 December Irranca - Elmina 2009 Davies MP Kakum Forest Ghana

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. 26

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23-24 July Dan Stockholm, Informal Environment Council Scheduled £1,343 2009 Norris MP Sweden 9 Dan Brussels, Visit to Nike Plant in Belgium Scheduled £751 September Norris MP Belgium 2009 14-15 Dan Stockholm, Informal Environment Council Scheduled £720 September Norris MP Sweden 2009

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. 27

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

5 April Rt Hon David Prague, EU-US Summit Charter 1 ** 2009 Miliband MP Czech Republic

7-9 April Rt Hon David Riyadh, Bilateral talks with the Foreign Minister, Scheduled £2,952 2009 Miliband MP Saudi Arabia Head of Intelligence and Minister of Amman, Interior of Saudi Arabia. Meetings with Jordan The King and Foreign Minster of Jordan. 27 April Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs and External relations Charter 4 £16,055 2009 Miliband MP Council 28-30 April Rt Hon David Colombo, Trilateral with French and Sri Lankan Charter 5 £107,718 2009 Miliband MP Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers 7 May Rt Hon David Prague, Eastern Partnership Summit Charter 3 £23,464 2009 Miliband MP Czech Republic 10-12 May Rt Hon David New York Meeting with the US Secretary of State Scheduled £5,994 2009 Miliband MP Washington for Foreign Affairs and bilaterals with the DC, Turkish, Russian, and French Foreign USA Ministers. 25-27 May Rt Hon David Athens, Bilateral with the Turkish Prime Minister. Scheduled/ Charter 5 £11,939 2009 Miliband MP Greece, Meetings with Greek opinion formers. Ankara and Istanbul Turkey

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15 June Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs and External relations Scheduled/ 6 £8,451 2009 Miliband MP Council Charter

18-19 June Rt Hon David Brussels, European Council Eurostar £1,021 2009 Miliband MP Belgium 23-24 June Rt Hon David Warsaw, Bilaterals with Polish Ministers and other Charter 2 £30,500 2009 Miliband MP Poland officials 25-26 June Rt Hon David Trieste, Italy G8 Foreign Ministers‟ Meeting Charter 3 £45,601 2009 Miliband MP and Corfu, Greece 1 July Rt Hon David Dublin, Bilateral with the Irish Foreign Minister. Scheduled £502 2009 Miliband MP Ireland 6 July Rt Hon David Evian, UK-Franco Summit Charter 2 ** 2009 Miliband MP France 7-10 July Rt Hon David Islamabad, Meeting with the Pakistani Interior and Charter/ Scheduled 4 £45,847 2009 Miliband MP Multan and Foreign Ministers Lahore, Pakistan 21 July Rt Hon David Gibraltar Ministerial meeting. Meeting with the Charter 2 £41,411 2009 Miliband MP Jerez, Foreign Minister and Chief Minister of Spain Spain 27 July Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs and External relations Eurostar/ Scheduled £697 2009 Miliband MP Belgium Council & Speech on Afghanistan 28-29 July Rt Hon David Washington Attendence at Seminar and meetings Scheduled £3,081 2009 Miliband MP DC, USA with US Minister of Foreign Affairs and US Senators. 1 Rt Hon David Gdansk, Ceremony to commemorate 60 years Charter 2 £19,801 September Miliband MP Poland since the outbreak of WWII 2009 4-5 Rt Hon David Stockholm, GYMNICH, Informal meeting of Foreign Scheduled £862 September Miliband MP Sweden Ministers 2009

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8-10 Rt Hon David Paris, Climate Change Roadshow. Meetings Eurostar/ Scheduled £1,848 September Miliband MP France, with the French and Polish Foreign 2009 Rotterdam, Ministers, Netherlands, Warsaw, Poland Copenhagen, Denmark 21-25 Rt Hon David New York, United Nationals General Assembly Scheduled £15,183 September Miliband MP USA 2009 26 October Rt Hon David Luxembourg General Affairs and External relations Scheduled/ 5 £6,767 2009 Miliband MP Council Charter 29-30 Rt Hon David Brussels, European Council Eurostar £560 October Miliband MP Belgium 2009 1-6 Rt Hon David Moscow, Bilaterals with the Russian, Turkish and Scheduled/ Charter 5 £50,498 November Miliband MP Russia; Bosnian Foreign Ministers and the King 2009 Amman, of Jordan. Meetings with the Turkish Jordan; Prime Minster and Interior Minister, Istanbul and Chief EU Negotiator and NGO Ankara, Representatives Turkey, and Sarajevo, Bosnia 9 Rt Hon David Berlin, 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Charter 2 ** November Miliband MP Germany Wall 2009 17-19 Rt Hon David Kabul, Meetings with Afghan Ministers and Scheduled £2,773 November Miliband MP Afghanistan Members of Parliament 2009 24-29 Rt Hon David Hamilton, State Visit & Commonwealth Heads of Scheduled £3,360 November Miliband MP Bermuda Government Meeting. 2009 Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 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. 30

3-4 Rt Hon David Brussels, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Scheduled/ Eurostar £695 December Miliband MP Belgium Foreign Ministers‟ meeting 2009 7-8 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs Council and Foreign Charter/ 5 £5,967 December Miliband MP Belgium Affairs Council Eurostar 2009 9-11 Rt Hon David Islamabad Meetings with the Foreign Minister and Scheduled £7,446 January Miliband MP and Karachi, Prime Minister 2010 Pakistan 15-17 Rt Hon David Kandahar, Meetings with Afghan Ministers Scheduled £5,119 January Miliband MP Lashkar Gah 2010 and Kabul, Afghanistan 20-21 Rt Hon David Washington Bilateral with the Minister for Foreign Scheduled £4,403 January Miliband MP DC, USA Affairs. To make a statement on Foreign 2010 relations 25-26 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs Council and Foreign Scheduled £1,744 January Miliband MP Belgium and Affairs Council/ Istanbul Summit 2010 Istanbul, Turkey 29-30 Rt Hon David Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled/ Charter 4 £10,062 January Miliband MP Switzerland 2010 22 Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs Council and Foreign Scheduled £708 February Miliband MP Belgium Affairs Council 2010 5-6 March Rt Hon David Lisbon, Meeting with the Portuguese Foreign Scheduled £1,178 2010 Miliband MP Portugal Minister. GYMNICH, Informal meeting of Córdoba, Foreign Ministers Spain 10-11 Rt Hon David Boston, USA Meetings with Senator from Scheduled £7,548 March Miliband MP Massachusetts and Academics 2010 14-17 Rt Hon David Beijing and Meetings with the Premier and Chinese Scheduled £7,299 March Miliband MP Shanghai, Foreign Minister. 2010 China 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. 31

22 March Rt Hon David Brussels, General Affairs Council and Foreign Charter/ 5 £5,754 2010 Miliband MP Belgium Affairs Council Eurostar 29-30 Rt Hon David Ottawa, G8 Foreign Ministers‟ Meeting Scheduled £4,760 March Miliband MP Canada 2010 Minister of State 26 - 30 Bill Muscat, Engage with new Administration Scheduled £ 6,294 April 2009 Rammell MP Bahrain

4 - 6 May Bill Washington Bilateral meetings with US Ministers Scheduled £ 5,512 2009 Rammell MP DC Boston, USA 19 - 23 Bill Cairo, Bilateral meetings with Egyptian Scheduled £ 5,118 May 2009 Rammell MP Egypt Ministers 25 - 28 Bill Ho Chi Min, ASEAN Conference Scheduled £ 6,300 May 2009 Rammell MP Vietnam Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Minister of State 7 May Rt Hon Lord Geneva, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Scheduled £770 2009 Malloch- Switzerland conference Brown 8 – 9 May Rt Hon Lord Pretoria, Inauguration of President Jacob Zuma Scheduled £3,479 2009 Malloch- South Africa Brown 8 – 16 Rt Hon Lord Maputo, Official visit to Mozambique and Angola. Scheduled £7,963 June 2009 Malloch- Mozambique World Economic Forum on Africa in Brown Cape Town, Cape Town. South Africa Luanda, Angola 21 – 25 Rt Hon Lord Washington Comprehensive Peace Agreement Scheduled £3,963 June 2009 Malloch- DC, (CPA) Signatories Conference in Brown New York, Washington DC and High Level USA Conference on the Economic Crisis and Development in New York 28 June – Rt Hon Lord Tripoli, African Union Summit for discussions Scheduled £2,301 2 July Malloch- Libya with various Heads of State and Foreign 2009 Brown Ministers 21 – 23 Rt Hon Lord New York, UN Security Council Debate on Scheduled £2,976 July 2009 Malloch- USA Peacekeeping Brown

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Minister of State 15 June Baroness Luxembourg European General Affairs and External Scheduled £683 2009 Kinnock of Relations Council Holyhead 23 – 25 Baroness Tbilisi, Meetings with the Georgian President Scheduled £2,228 June 2009 Kinnock of Georgia and Ministers and officials Holyhead 6 July Baroness Evian, Annual UK-France Summit Scheduled £732 2009 Kinnock of France Holyhead 15 July Baroness Strasbourg, Host reception at the European Scheduled £866 2009 Kinnock of France Parliament for new British MEPs. Holyhead 16 – 17 Baroness Sarajevo, Meetings with Bosnian Ministers and Scheduled £1,556 July Kinnock of Bosnia officials. 2009 Holyhead 26 – 27 Baroness Stockholm, Meetings with Swedish Ministers and Scheduled £833 August Kinnock of Sweden officials. 2009 Holyhead 7 – 9 Baroness Astana and Meetings with Kazakstani Ministers Scheduled £3,060 September Kinnock of Almaty, and other officials. 2009 Holyhead Kazakhstan

14 – 15 Baroness Brussels, European General Affairs and External Eurostar £580 September Kinnock of Belgium Relations Council & EU-Central Asia 2009 Holyhead Forum 1 – 6 Baroness Johannesburg, Meetings with South African and Scheduled £5,051 November Kinnock of South Africa Nigerian Ministers and officials 2009 Holyhead Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria

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23 – 29 Baroness Kingston, Attend Commonwealth Heads of Scheduled/charter 0 £2,885 November Kinnock of Jamaica Port Government Meeting. Meetings with ** 2009 Holyhead of Spain, Jamaican Government and Opposition Trinidad and leaders. Tobago 10 – 16 Baroness Khartoum Meetings with government and party Scheduled £2,572 January Kinnock of and Juba, leaders in north and south Sudan. 2010 Holyhead Sudan Meetings Kenyan Ministers, Opposition Nairobi, and other officials. Kenya 25 – 30 Baroness Addis Ababa, Bilateral meetings with Ethiopian Scheduled £2,072 January Kinnock of Ethiopia President and ministers. African Union 2010 Holyhead Summit for discussions with various Heads of State and Foreign Ministers 21 – 27 Baroness Kinshasa and Meetings with Congolese and Ugandan Scheduled £4,412 February Kinnock of Goma, Ministers, Opposition and other officials. 2010 Holyhead Democratic Republic of Congo Kampala, Uganda 1 – 2 Baroness Geneva, Speech to UN Human Rights Council Scheduled £538 March Kinnock of Switzerland 2010 Holyhead 22 – 24 Baroness New York, Meetings with UN Secretary General, Scheduled £2,354 March Kinnock of USA Deputies and UN representatives. 2010 Holyhead

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 3 - 7 Ivan Damascus, Meeting with Libyan Government Scheduled £1,622 August Lewis MP Syria 2009 Beirut (Lebanon) 13 - 17 Ivan Tel Aviv, Bilateral with Israeli Foreign Minister. Scheduled £2,334 August Lewis MP Israel, Visit West Bank and Gaza 2009 Ramala Gaza, Palestine 6 - 11 Ivan Beijing, UK/China trade and human rights Scheduled £3,500 September Lewis MP China 2009 Tibet 20 – 25 Ivan New York, United Nations General Assembly Scheduled £4,487 September Lewis MP USA Ministerial Week 2009 2-5 Ivan Rabat, G8 Ministers‟ Conference Scheduled £3,264 November Lewis MP Morocco, 2009 Bamako, Mali 20 – 23 Ivan Baghdad, Bilateral meetings with Iraqi Ministers, Scheduled £2,662 December Lewis MP Iraq officials and international organisations 2009 12 – 14 Ivan Cairo, Bilateral meetings with Eygptian Scheduled £3,148 January Lewis MP Egypt Ministers, officials and international 2010 organisations 1 – 4 Ivan Sanaa, Bilateral meetings with Yemeni Scheduled £2,230 February Lewis MP Yemen Ministers, officials and international 2010 organisations 22 – 25 Ivan Amman, Bilateral meetings with Jordanian Scheduled £3,000 February Lewis MP Jordan, Ministers, officials and international 2010 Dubai organisations

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 3 – 9 April Gillian Washington Attended Antarctic Treaty Consultative Scheduled £4,664 2009 Merron MP DC, USA meeting and the Arctic Council. British Virgin Meetings with Premier and Ministers in Islands British Virgin Islands. 20 – 24 Gillian Bogota, Bilaterals with Colombian President and Scheduled £7,140 May 2009 Merron MP Colombia Ministers Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 14 -15 July Chris Corfu , Consular visit to promote safe travel for Scheduled £1,394 2009 Bryant MP Greece British Citizens.

27 July – 7 Chris Bangkok To discuss consular cases and to attend Scheduled £9,289 August Bryant MP Thailand the Pacific Islands forum and pursue 2009 Vientiane, bilateral relations. Laos Sydney, Australia Wellington, New Zealand Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 14 -18 Chris Madrid, Meetings with the Mexican Government. Scheduled £4,901 September Bryant MP Spain 2009 Mexico City, Mexico 5 -10 Chris Lima, Meetings with Peruvian, Venezuelan Scheduled £3,614 October Bryant MP Peru and Colombian Ministers to discuss 2009 Caracas, bilateral relations, climate change, Venezuela drugs, good governance and human Bogota, rights Colombia 26 – 27 Chris Luxembourg European General Affairs and External Scheduled £909 October Bryant MP Relations Council 2009 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. 37

29 Chris Brussels, Dinner hosted by the Swedish Eurostar £598 October Bryant MP Belgium Presidency. 2009 12 – 13 Chris Madrid, Pre-EU Presidency meeting with Scheduled £866 November Bryant MP Spain Spanish Europe Minister. 2009 22 – 24 Chris Nicosia, Meetings with the President, Foreign Scheduled £1,522 November Bryant MP Cyprus Minister and Leader of the Turkish 2009 Cypriots. 16 – 18 Chris Berlin, Bilateral talks with German Ministers. Scheduled £1,140 December Bryant MP Germany Meetings with cross-party group of MPs 2009 from the German EU Parliamentary Committee 16 – 17 Chris Istanbul, Meeting with Turkish EU Minister. Scheduled £838 January Bryant MP Turkey Launch of Istanbul as European Capital 2010 of Culture and discussions on Turkey‟s accession to the EU. 15 – 18 Chris Moscow, Meetings with Russian Deputy Foreign Scheduled £2,371 February Bryant MP Nishzny Ministers, Presidential Economic 2010 Novgorod, Adviser, Governor of Nizhny and Russia Novgorod and Human Rights NGOs. 10 – 13 Chris Santiago, Inauguration of President Pinera. Scheduled £5,308 March Bryant MP Chile Meetings with Chilean Ministers, French 2010 Economy Minister and NGOs working on post-earthquake relief efforts.

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GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, where & RAF‟ or „Charter‟ non scheduled accommodation travel used Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equalities 13-14 Rt Hon Accra, Meetings with members of Ghanaian Scheduled £4,173 (part April 2009 Harriet Ghana Government for exchange of views on funded by the Harman QC parliamentary and women and equality Cabinet Office) MP issues.

10-14 Rt Hon Washington Meetings with Speaker of the House of Scheduled £1,856 July 2009 Harriet DC, Representative, US Secretary of Labour Harman QC USA and women‟s organisations MP

25 Rt Hon New York UN Commission for the Status of Scheduled £3,086 February – Harriet City, USA Women 2 March Harman QC 2010 MP Solicitor General 10 - 15 Vera Washington Meeting on Violence against Women. Eurostar/Scheduled £1,847 July 2009 Baird MP DC, Met Speaker of the House of USA Representative, US Secretary of Labour and women‟s organisations

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

2 – 6 Rt Hon Andy Washington Commonwealth Fund Scheduled £5,509 November Burnham MP DC, 2009 USA

Secretary of State 17 -19 May Rt Hon Alan Geneva, World Health Assembly Scheduled £1,066 2009 Johnson MP Switzerland

Minister of State 23 Rt Hon Mike Basel, Introductory meeting at senior officials at Scheduled £1,228 November O‟Brien QC Switzerland Roche, Lonza and Novartis 2009 MP

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Minister of State 6 – 7 May Phil Paris, Fact finding visit on French Social Care Eurostar £550 2009 Hope MP France system

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 12 - 16 Ann Washington Speech at Foundation Initiative on the Scheduled £5,400 September Keen MP DC, Future of Nursing and Family Health 2009 USA and Birth Centre. Meeting on PM‟s Nursing & Midwifery Commission.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6–7 Gillian Jönköping, Handover of the EU Presidency. Scheduled £961 July 2009 Merron MP Sweden Attendance at Plenary Sessions to discuss Influenza and Antimicrobial Resistance 30 Gillian Brussels, EU Health Council Eurostar £615 November Merron MP Belgium – 1 December 2009

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HOME OFFICE

Secretary of State 3-4 Rt Hon Miami, Key Various meetings with officials on Scheduled £4,905 August Alan Johnson West, Renewing Partnership; Counter 2009 MP Washington Terrorism; Drugs; Organised Crime; DC and Child Protection; Policing & Chicago, Migration/Border Security USA 2-7 Rt Hon Afghanistan Visit to British Forces and meetings Scheduled/ 4 £3,473 October Alan Johnson Pakistan with senior officials Other RAF 2009 MP 20-22 Rt Hon Toledo, Justice & Home Affairs (JHA) Informal Scheduled £631 January Alan Johnson Spain Council 2010 Minister of State 6 April Phil Luxembourg Attendance at meeting with the Joint Scheduled £816 2009 Woolas MP Home Affairs Council

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6 July Phil Evian, Anglo- French Summit. Meeting with Scheduled £733 2009 Woolas MP France French Immigration Minister about the Joint Information Cell.

15-16 Phil Stockholm, Informal meeting of Joint Home Affairs Scheduled £527 July 2009 Woolas MP Sweden Council.

16-17 Phil Copenhagen, Informal meeting of European Ministerial Scheduled £834 July 2009 Woolas MP Denmark Joint Home Affairs Council.

17-18 Phil Prague, Speaker at the special parallel session Scheduled £816 January Woolas MP Czech on GDN-IPPR Global Research Project 2010 Republic (GRP) “Development on the Move: Measuring and optimizing Migration‟s Economic and Social impacts‟. Bilateral talks with Czech Interior Minister. 9 February Phil Geneva, Bilateral Talks with President of the Scheduled £525 2010 Woolas MP Switzerland International Organisation for Migration.

Minister of State 16-20 Rt Hon David Hong Kong, Policing tour and liaison with the Scheduled £6,368 November Hanson MP Fuzhou, Chinese policing Department on people 2009 China trafficking Hanoi Vietnam

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 5-10 Alan Dakar, Building relationship with key regional Scheduled £3,831 October Campbell MP Senegal players in struggle against organised 2009 Lagos and crime, primarily drug trafficking, human Abuju trafficking and fraud. Nigeria Praia, Cape Verde Islands Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 4 June Lord West Luxembourg Joint Home Affairs Committee. Meetings Scheduled £877 2009 of Spithead with interior ministers from across Europe.

6-9 Lord West Dubai, Meetings on Counter Terrorism and Scheduled £3,230 June 2009 of Spithead UAE Organised Crime with members of the Emirati Government

25-30 Lord West New Delhi, To open the first UK-Bangladesh Joint Scheduled £3,736 June 2009 of Spithead India working Group on Counter Terrorism Dhaka, (JWG). Bangladesh

30 Lord West Washington Meetings on Counter Terrorism and Scheduled £5,608 September of Spithead DC, Cyber discussion with US Government. - 3 USA October 2009 7-8 Lord West Brussels, To meet stakeholders in European Scheduled £2,066 October of Spithead Belgium parliament 2009

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7-9 Lord West Marrakech, Meeting with Moroccan Interior Minister. Scheduled £2,824 December of Spithead Morocco 2009 28 Lord West Cairo, Meetings with Egyptian Ministers on Scheduled £ 2,567 February – of Spithead Egypt Counter-Terrorism. 2 March 2010 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 30 Lord Brett The Hague, Europol Ministerial Conference Scheduled £754 September The 2009 Netherland

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 23 October Meg Luxembourg Formal meeting of Joint Home Affairs Scheduled £697 2009 Hillier MP Committee

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DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

25-30 July Rt Hon Afghanistan Meetings with Afghan Ministers, Schedule d/ 2 £9,447 2009 Douglas Washington Presidential candidates and Other RAF Alexander DC, international counterparts. Visits to local MP USA projects.

Meetings at the IMF, World Bank and the Carnegie Institute.

30 August Rt Hon Dhaka, Meetings with Bangladeshi and Indian Scheduled £4,737 - 3 Douglas Bangladesh Ministers. Visits to local projects. September Alexander Delhi, 2009 MP India

19-24 Rt Hon New York, Attended United Nations General Scheduled £2,307 September Douglas USA Assembly 64 2009 Alexander MP

3-5 Rt Hon Istanbul, World Bank Meeting. Meetings with Scheduled £2,375 October Douglas Turkey Foreign Finance Ministers. Attended Aid 2009 Alexander for Trade facilitation event and MP Development Committee.

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15 - 17 Rt Hon Afghanistan Meetings with Afghan President and Scheduled £4,907 December Douglas Ministers. Visit to local projects. 2009 Alexander MP

26 - 27 Rt Hon Vatican Speech to Rome agencies "Addressing Scheduled/ 1 £10305 January Douglas the Hunger Crisis - Challenges and Charter 2010 Alexander Priorities" MP Meetings with the Pope and Vatican officials

28-30 Rt Hon Davos, World Economic Forum Scheduled £1,204 January Douglas Switzerland 2010 Alexander MP

8-9 March Rt Hon Afghanistan Meetings with Afghan Ministers. Visits to Scheduled/ 2 £4,159 2010 Douglas local projects Other RAF Alexander MP

Minister of State 5-9 April Gareth Lusaka, North-South Corridor Conference. Scheduled £8,104 2009 Thomas MP Zambia Mozambique - Visit to country offices. Maputo, Meetings with Ministers and officials. Mozambique Visits to local projects.

29 April Gareth Stockholm, EU Development Ministers Informal Scheduled £1,009 2009 Thomas MP Sweden

18-19 May Gareth Brussels, General Affairs and External Relations Eurostar £940 2009 Thomas MP Belgium Council (GAERC)

11-12 June Gareth Rome, G8 Development Ministers Scheduled £1,143 2009 Thomas MP Italy

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6 July Gareth Geneva, World Trade Organisation Review of Scheduled £685 2009 Thomas MP Switzerland Aid for Trade

7-9 Gareth Kinshasa, Visit to country offices. Meetings with Scheduled/ 1 £22,502 September Thomas MP Democratic Ministers and officials. Visits to local Charter 2009 Republic of projects. Congo

13-14 Gareth Brussels, EU Trade Ministers Informal Scheduled/ £1,553 September Thomas MP Belgium Eurostar 2009 23-24 Gareth Free town, Visit to country offices. Meetings with Scheduled £4,517 September Thomas MP Sierra Leone Ministers and officials. Visits to local 2009 projects. 14-15 Gareth Khartoum, Visit to country offices. Meetings with Scheduled £3,679 October Thomas MP Sudan Ministers and officials. Visits to local 2009 projects.

16-17 Gareth Addis Ababa, Visit to country offices. Meetings with Scheduled/ 1 £4,231 November Thomas MP Ethiopia Ministers and officials. Visits to local Charter 2009 projects.

23 Gareth Copenhagen, Climate Change meeting Scheduled £1,393 November Thomas MP Denmark 2009 30 Gareth Geneva, World Trade Organisation Conference Scheduled £987 November Thomas MP Switzerland – 1 December 2009 7-9 Gareth Washington Meetings with World Bank and US Scheduled £4,296 December Thomas MP DC, Administration. CERF (Conflict and 2009 New York, Emergency Response Fund) USA Conference

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17-18 Gareth Madrid, EU Development Informal Scheduled £872 February Thomas MP Spain 2010 21 Gareth Brussels, EU Trade Informal Scheduled £1,006 February Thomas MP Belgium 2010 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 25 April – Ivan Kinshasa/ Visit to country offices. Meetings with Scheduled/ 3 £4,181 1 May Lewis MP Goma, Congolese Ministers and officials. Charter 2009 Democratic Meetings with Burundi Ministers. Visits Republic of to local projects. Congo and Burundi

14-15 May Ivan Brussels, EU meeting on Maternal Mortality Scheduled £822 2009 Lewis MP Belgium 17 -18 May Ivan Rotterdam, Aid for Trade Conference Scheduled £672 Lewis MP The Netherlands 19-20 May Ivan Geneva, World Health Assembly Scheduled £796 2009 Lewis MP Switzerland

14-17 June Ivan New York UN meeting on health Scheduled £4,206 2009 Lewis MP Washington DC, USA Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 27 - 28 Michael Colombo, Meetings with UN, International Scheduled £4,577 April 2009 Foster MP Sri Lanka Community of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Sri Lanka officials. Visits to local projects

3-7 May Michael Bali and Asian Development Bank Annual Scheduled £7,021 2009 Foster MP Jakarta, Meeting and other bilaterals. Indonesia

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24-28 May Michael Turks & Caribbean Development Bank Annual Scheduled £3,949 2009 Foster MP Caicos Meeting Islands 5-8 Michael Colombo, Sri Meetings with country office, Scheduled £2,896 October Foster MP Lanka Government officials and NGOs. 2009 16-18 Michael Brussels, General Affairs and Economic Relations Scheduled £1,960 November Foster MP Belgium Council. World Food Programme (WFP) 2009 Rome, World Food Summit and bilaterals Italy 22-23 Michael Port-au- Post earthquake visit to Port-au-Prince Scheduled £5,039 March Foster MP Prince, plus bilaterals 2010 Haiti

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State 18 - 20 Rt Hon Jack Rome* “After the Crash” Pontignano Scheduled £871 September Straw MP Conference 2009 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 6 - 7 Lord Bach Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £509 April 2009 24 - 29 Lord Bach New Dehli, Bilateral talks with members of the Scheduled £2,579 August Mumbai Indian Government, Judiciary and Bar. 2009 India 16 Lord Bach Madrid, Bilaterals with Spanish Ministers ahead Scheduled £843 November Spain of Spanish Presidency of EU 2009

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LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, LORD PRIVY SEAL AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used SEE ENTRY FOR GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

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LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

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NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE

1-2 July Rt Hon Paris, HM Government‟s Official Eurostar £584 2009 Shaun France Representative at Annual Somme Woodward Commemoration MP 12-14 Rt Hon Washington Meetings with senior US Government Scheduled £9,026 July 2009 Shaun DC, Officials and politicians and key opinion Woodward USA formers MP 22-27 Rt Hon New York, Meetings with US Government Officials Scheduled £9,183 September Shaun USA and key opinion formers including the 2009 Woodward US media. MP

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1-3 Rt Hon Paris, Attendance at the 17th Plenary Session Scheduled £641 October Shaun France**** of the Club of Three at the French 2009 Woodward Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MP

19 October Rt Hon Cork, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 5 £10,224 2009 Shaun Rep. Of and Irish Government officials. Woodward Ireland MP 13 Rt Hon Cork, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 5 £11,016 November Shaun Rep. Of and Irish Government officials. 2009 Woodward Ireland MP 17-23 Rt Hon New York Meetings with US Government Officials Scheduled £10,540 November Shaun Washington and key opinion formers 2009 Woodward DC, MP USA

24 Rt Hon Dublin, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 5 £8,626 November Shaun Rep. Of Affairs and Irish Government officials. 2009 Woodward Ireland MP

1-6 Rt Hon Boston Meetings with US Government Officials Scheduled £11,992 December Shaun New York, and key opinion formers. Address to the 2009 Woodward USA Harvard Kennedy School. MP 8 Rt Hon Dublin, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 4 £9,939 December Shaun Rep. Of and Irish Government officials. 2009 Woodward Ireland MP 12 January Rt Hon Dublin, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 5 £14,218 2010 Shaun Rep. Of and Irish Government officials. Woodward Ireland MP

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16 Rt Hon Dublin, Meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister Charter 4 £10,146 February Shaun Rep. Of and Irish Government officials. 2010 Woodward Ireland MP 22 Rt Hon Washington Meetings with senior US Government Scheduled £10,030 February - Shaun DC, Officials and key opinion formers 2 March Woodward USA including members of the House of 2010 MP Representatives.

12-19 Rt Hon New York, Attendance at the St.Patrick‟s Day Scheduled £13,779 March Shaun USA Celebrations at the White House, 2010 Woodward including meetings with US Government MP Officials and key opinion formers Minister of State 2-4 March Rt Hon Paul Rome, Meeting with senior Vatican officials Scheduled £1,579 2010 Goggins MP Italy including members of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. 16-18 Rt Hon Paul Boston Attendance at the St.Patrick‟s Day Scheduled £12,213 March Goggins MP Washington Celebrations at the White House, 2010 DC, including meetings with US Government USA Officials and key opinion formers

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OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used Advocate General for Scotland 4 – 22 Lord Hanoi, Addressing the Commonwealth Law Scheduled £6,585 April 2009 Davidson of Vietnam Conference in Hong Kong. Glen Clova Hong Kong, QC Beijing, Meetings with Vietnamese Minister for Hainan, Justice and senior officials. Boao Forum China for Asia Conference 2009.

Meetings with Chinese Minister for Justice and senior officials. Speech at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. 24 – 31 Lord Hanoi, Meetings with Vietnamese Minister for Scheduled £2,450 October Davidson of Vietnam Justice and senior officials. No 5 2009 Glen Clova Dehli, Chambers & UKTI conference. Gateway QC India to the Future.

9 – 10 Lord Lisbon, Addressing the Horasis, China Scheduled £632 November Davidson of Portugal Federation of Industrial Economics and 2009 Glen Clova the Portuguese Government QC conference. Fifth Global China Business Meeting

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PRIME MINISTER

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used Prime Minister 3 – 4 April Rt Hon Strasbourg * NATO Summit Charter 20 £59,388 2009 Gordon France Brown MP 5 April Rt Hon Prague, EU/US Summit Charter 14 £30,530 2009 Gordon Czech Brown MP Republic 26 – 28 Rt Hon Afghanistan Talks with Afghan President. Visit to Charter 29 £456,052 April 2009 Gordon Pakistan British Troops. Talks with Polish Brown MP Warsaw, President. Visit to Auschwitz Poland*

6 June Rt Hon Normandy *, D-Day celebrations Charter 15 £36,916 2009 Gordon France Brown MP 18-19 June Rt Hon Brussels European Council Eurostar £1,405 2009 Gordon Brown MP 6 July Rt Hon Evian, UK/French Summit Charter 12 £29,208 2009 Gordon France Brown MP 8 - 10 July Rt Hon L‟Aquila G8 Summit Charter 28 £74,200 2009 Gordon Italy * Brown MP 29 – 30 Rt Hon Oman Talks with Afghan President. Visit to Charter 22 £230,000 August Gordon Afghanistan British Troops 2009 Brown MP

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6 Rt Hon Berlin, Bilateral with German Chancellor Charter 10 £37,552 September Gordon Germany 2009 Brown MP 15 Rt Hon Paris, Bilateral with French President Charter 15 £28,600 September Gordon France 2009 Brown MP 17 Rt Hon Brussels, Meeting with EU Leaders Charter 13 £24,500 September Gordon Belgium 2009 Brown MP 22 – 24 Rt Hon New York * Meetings at the UN. G20 Summit Charter 31 £282,875 September Gordon Pittsburgh *, 2009 Brown MP USA 9 Rt Hon Berlin, 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Charter 18 £26,126 November Gordon Germany Wall 2009 Brown MP 19 Rt Hon Brussels, Special European Council Charter 11 £17,939 November Gordon Belgium 2009 Brown MP 26 - 28 Rt Hon Trinidad and Commonwealth Heads of Government Charter 23 £450,923 November Gordon Tobago 2009 Brown MP

10 - 11 Rt Hon Brussels, European Council Eurostar £1,405 December Gordon Belgium 2009 Brown MP 12 - 13 Rt Hon Oman Talks with Afghan President. Visit to Charter 22 £211,984 December Gordon Afghanistan British Troops 2009 Brown MP 15-18 Rt Hon Copenhagen, Climate Change Summit Charter 46 £64,550 December Gordon Denmark 2009 Brown MP 11 Rt Hon Brussels, Informal European Council Charter 12 £19,520 February Gordon Belgium 2010 Brown MP

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. 59

5 - 6 Rt Hon Oman Talks with Afghan President. Visit to Charter 18 £203,600 March Gordon Afghanistan British Troops 2010 Brown MP 25 March The Rt Hon Brussels, European Council Eurostar £1,405 2010 Gordon Belgium Brown MP

In addition, Mrs Sarah Brown made the following official visits overseas:

Dates Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) where non including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other scheduled accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ travel used 9 – 22 Los Angeles African Women‟s Conference Scheduled £5,483 April 2009 Washington, USA

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SCOTLAND OFFICE

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. 61

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT

1-7 May Rt Hon New York, Engagement on transport and security Scheduled £6,402 2009 Geoff Hoon Washington matter. MP DC, Meetings with Transportation Secretary, Chicago, State Department officials and USA Homeland Security Secretary

Secretary of State 19-24 Rt Hon Beijing Meetings with Foreign Ministers and Scheduled £6,146 August Lord Adonis Hong Kong, officials others to discuss low carbon 2009 China transport, high-speed rail, trade and Seoul, investment, and other matters. South Korea

25 August Rt Hon Koln Visit to assess High Speed Rail event Scheduled £525 2009 Lord Adonis Germany 20-23 Rt Hon Stockholm, Informal Transport Meeting with Scheduled £831 September Lord Adonis Sweden European Transport Ministers. To look 2009 Copenhagen, at Danish Railways and public transport Denmark including cycling.

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Minister of State 27-28 Rt Hon Brussels , To gather information on High Speed Eurostar £665 May 2009 Lord Adonis Belgium Rail and station best practice. Meeting Leiden, with Nedrailways. The Netherlands Minister of State 11 June Rt Hon Luxembourg Meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Eurostar £727 2009 Sadiq Khan Luxembourg MP

8-13 Rt Hon Portland Fact finding visit to Portland. Diplomatic Scheduled £5,559 September Sadiq Khan Washington engagements in Washington. 2009 MP DC, USA 9 October Rt Hon Luxembourg Meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Scheduled £1,183 2009 Sadiq Khan Luxembourg MP

12-13 Rt Hon La Coruna, EU Informal Transport Council Scheduled £584 February Sadiq Khan Spain 2010 MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 7-9 Paul Rome, e-Safety Challenge Meetings to discuss Scheduled £1,392 September Clark MP Italy road safety issues. 2009

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. 63

17-22 Paul Moscow, Global Road Safety Conference. Meetings Scheduled £2,098 November Clark MP Russia to discuss road safety issues. 2009 30 January– Paul Singapore Singapore Air Show. Meetings with Scheduled £3,272 7 February Clark MP Singapore Ministers and officials. 2010

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HM TREASURY

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used Chancellor of the Exchequer 23 – 25 Rt Hon Washington Spring meeting of International Schedule £2,998 April 2009 Alistair DC, Monetary Fund Darling MP USA 8 – 9 June Rt Hon Luxembourg, Meeting of the Economic and Financial Schedule £1,022 2009 Alistair Affairs Council Darling MP 12 – 13 Rt Hon Brindisi, Meeting of the G8 Finance Ministers Charter 5 £11,860 June 2009 Alistair Italy Darling MP 24 – 25 Rt Hon Pittsburgh, Annual meeting of the G20 Finance Schedule £3,024 Sept 2009 Alistair USA Ministers Darling MP 28 – 30 Rt Hon Zurich, Meeting of the World Economic Forum Schedule £871 Jan 2010 Alistair Switzerland Darling MP 5 – 6 Rt Hon Iqualuit, Meeting of the G8 Finance Ministers Charter 5 £30,470 February Alistair Canada 2010 Darling MP Chief Secretary 30 Sept – Rt Hon Boston, Meetings with policy makers and Scheduled £6,273 3 October Liam Byrne Washington academics. 2009 MP DC, USA

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14 – 17 Rt Hon Islamabad, Meetings with Pakistani Ministers and Scheduled £1,248 February Liam Byrne Pakistan officials. 2010 MP Financial Secretary 22 –23 Rt Hon Berlin, Second Conference on the Fight against Scheduled £899 June 2009 Stephen Germany International Tax Fraud and Evasion Timms MP 22 Rt Hon Paris, Ministerial meeting of the Task force on Eurostar £506 October Stephen France International Financial Transactions and 2009 Timms MP Development Financial Services Secretary 2 – 3 April Lord Myners Prague, ECOFIN meeting Scheduled £811 2009 Czech Republic

21 – 22 Lord Myners Stockholm, Meetings with Swedish Finance Minister Scheduled £829 June 2009 Sweden 15 – 16 Lord Myners Madrid, Meetings with Spanish Deputy Finance Scheduled £836 October Spain Minister 2009 30 Lord Myners Gothenburg, ECOFIN meeting Scheduled £785 September Sweden – 1 October 2009 29 Lord Myners The Hague, Meeting with Dutch and Icelandic Scheduled £509 January Netherlands Finance Ministers 2010 3 – 5 Lord Myners Hong Kong, Stakeholder meetings Scheduled £5,173 March China 2010 Singapore

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. 66

Economic Secretary 2 July Ian Brussels, ECOFIN meeting Eurostar £586 2009 Pearson MP Belgium

9-10 July Ian Brussels, ECOFIN meeting Eurostar/ £504 2009 Pearson MP Belgium Scheduled

17-18 Ian Brussels, ECOFIN meeting Eurostar £881 November Pearson MP Belgium 2009

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WALES OFFICE

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. 68

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, „No 32 No. of Officials Total cost (The Royal) Accompanying including travel & Squadron‟, or „Other Minister, accommodation RAF‟ or „Charter‟ where non scheduled travel used Secretary of State 22 – 30 Rt Hon Sydney, Fact finding mission to inform future Scheduled £10,157 May 2009 James Canberra policy/legislation Purnell MP Australia Wellington, New Zealand Minister of State 13-14 Rt Hon Madrid, Bilateral with Spanish Employment Scheduled £891 December Jim Knight Spain Minister on Youth Employment 2009 MP Minister of State 23-29 Angela Madrid, Meetings with Spanish Ministers and Scheduled £788 September Eagle MP Spain officials on welfare reform. 2009 15-16 Angela Sweden, Meetings with Swedish Ministers and Scheduled £732 October Eagle MP Stockholm officials on welfare reform. Speech at 2009 EU-China Social Security Roundtable Meeting 29-30 Angela Belgium, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £543 November Eagle MP Brussels Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). 2009 Bilaterals with Spanish and Irish Ministers 2-3 Angela Cadiz, European Summit of Women in Power Scheduled £525 February Eagle MP Spain 2010

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7-8 March Angela Belgium, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £541 2010 Eagle MP Brussels Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). Bilaterals with Spanish, German, Romanian and Dutch Ministers. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 18 -19 May Jonathan Warsaw, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £1,080 2009 Shaw MP Poland Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO)

7-8 June Jonathan Luxembourg Employment, Social Policy, Health and Scheduled £863 2009 Shaw MP Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO)

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. 70

WHIPS (COMMONS)

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. 71

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. **** accompanied by spouse/partner who paid for cost of own travel.

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