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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 Government Whips (Commons) 86 Government Whips (Lords) 87 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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 NOTE: 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 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2008 – 2009 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,