Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: January to March 2011
Updated 30 November 2012
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| Minister | Date of Trip | Destination | Purpose | No.32 (The Royal Squadron)' or 'other RAF' or 'Charter' or 'Scheduled' or 'Eurostar' | Number of officials accompanying Ministers (where non-scheduled travel is used) | Total Cost including travel and accommodation of Minister only |
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| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 16 January 2011 – 20 January 2011 | Mumbai and Delhi, India | Co-chair the Joint Economic and Trade Committee | Scheduled | Not set | 1984 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 21 February 2011 – 24 February 2011 | Tanzania and Kenya | Visited two development projects funded by Department for International Development | Scheduled | Not set | 0 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 21 January 2011 – 22 January 2011 | France, Versailles | Franco-British Colloque | Eurostar | Not set | 250 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 21 February 2011 – 22 February 201 | Russia, Moscow | Russian joint Commission meeting | Scheduled | Not set | 621 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 09 March 2011 – 13 March 2011 | China, Hong Kong | Going Global Conference | Scheduled | Not set | 0 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 28 March 2011 – 31 March 2011 | Mexico, Mexico City/ USA, Washington DC | To accompany the DPM on a trade mission in Mexico and to discuss social mobility in USA | Scheduled | Not set | 3678 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 11 January 2011 – 12 January 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | German/UK Smart Regulation Update | Eurostar | Not set | 300 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 29 January 2011 – 02 February 2011 | Doha, Qatar, Kuwait City Kuwait and Amman, Jordan | Trade Relations: Airports Delegation (Doha only). | Scheduled | Not set | 4000 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 20 January 2011 – 22 January 2011 | France, Versailles | Franco-British Colloque | Eurostar | Not set | 174 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 27 January 2011 – 29 January 2011 | Switzerland, Zurich | Davos summit | Scheduled | Not set | 1112 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 15 February 2011 – 17 February 201 | Spain, Barcelona/Madrid | Mobile World Congress | Scheduled | Not set | 216 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 21 February 2011 – 24 February 201 | Qatar, Kuwait; Kuwait City, Jordan; Amman & Egypt; Cairo | Promote British trade and investment in Middle East | Charter | Not set | Costs met by No10 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 27 February 2011 – 28 February 201 | USA, Washington | Promote British Trade policy | Scheduled | Not set | 2618 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 12 March 2011 – 24 March 2011 | China & India, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong | Promote British trade and investment in India/China | Scheduled | Not set | 748 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 30 March 2011 – 31 March 2011 | Germany, Berlin | German Banking Congress | Scheduled | Not set | 156 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 13 January 2011 – 18 January 2011 | Hungary, Budapest | Hungary, Budapest | Informal EPSCO Council meeting and bilateral meetings | Scheduled | 233 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 07 January 2011 – 08 January 2011 | Poland, Warsaw | Poland, Warsaw | Visit to discuss priorities ahead of Polish EU Presidency | Scheduled | 178 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 02 March 2011 – 02 March 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Belgium, Brussels | Accompanying the DPM at trade talks | Scheduled | 389 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Business, Innovation and Skills), Baroness Wilcox | 09 March 2011 – 10 March 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Belgium, Brussels | Competiveness Council | Eurostar | 159 |