Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: October to December 2011
Updated 29 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 | 05 October 2011 – 05 October 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Meetings with Commissioners on European issues | Eurostar | Not set | 93 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 28 October 2011 – 06 November 2011 | Singapore, Indonesia, Jakarta, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh & Hanoi | Promote trade | Scheduled | Not set | 5688 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 29 October 2011 – 31 October 2011 | Israel, Tel Aviv | Meet Israeli Ministers and facilitate links between UK and Israeli high-tech businesses | Scheduled | Not set | 1559 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 11 November 2011 – 17 November 2011 | Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, India, New Dehli & Bangalore | Strengthen governmental bilateral relations and develop and strengthen education collaboration, Innovation Roundtable and promote UK Innovation | Scheduled | Not set | 4823 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 05 December 2011 – 06 December 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | European Union, Competitiveness Council | Scheduled | Not set | 698 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 11 December 2011 – 17 December 2011 | USA, Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles | Build collaboration with the US and UK in research and innovation and linking ideas on Higher Education | Scheduled | Not set | 4286 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 12 October 2011 – 12 October 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Smart Regulation Seminar | Eurostar | Not set | 170 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 24 November 2011 – 26 November 2011 | Poland, Poznan | EU Cohesion Meeting | Scheduled | Not set | 186 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 15 December 2011 – 16 December 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | EU Cohesion Meeting | Eurostar | Not set | 191 |
| Minister of State (Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning), John Hayes MP | 04 December 2011 – 08 December 2011 | China, Beijing, Tianjin & Hong Kong | Build relationships and follow up from agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding in July on areas that BIS could collaborate on with the Chinese Ministry of Education | Scheduled | Not set | 5355 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 10 October 2011 – 14 October 2011 | USA, Chicago, London, New York | Meet key inward investors and promote the UK and deliver the keynote address at the British American Business Council annual dinner | Scheduled | Not set | 12709 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 22 October 2011 – 05 November 2011 | Australia, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney, Japan, Tokyo, Osaka & Seoul, South Korea, Taipei & Taiwan | Commonwealth Business forum and visit other key markets in the region | Scheduled | Not set | 11358 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 15 November 2011 – 18 November 2011 | Germany, Dusseldorf, Poland, Warsaw | Medica trade show and meet senior German Bankers and officials to discuss investing in the UK, meet key inward investors and promote the UK and meet Polish Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | 739 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 28 November 2011 – 02 December 2011 | China, Beijing & Shanghai | Meet key inward investors and promote the UK and meet Chinese Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | 4942 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 20 October 2011 – 21 October 2011 | Poland, Krakow | European Ministers’ meeting on employment relations | Scheduled | Not set | 974 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 13 November 2011 – 15 November 2011 | Sweden, Stockholm | European Ministers’ meeting on EU Growth | Scheduled | Not set | 533 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 17 November 2011 – 17 November 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Meeting with a UK delegation, the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament to discuss better regulation | Scheduled | Not set | 124 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 28 November 2011 – 28 November 2011 | Germany, Berlin | Meetings with UK and German ministers on EU growth and employment relations | Scheduled | Not set | 167 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 14 December 2011 – 15 December 2011 | Switzerland, Geneva | European Trade Foreign Affairs Council meeting | Scheduled | Not set | 215 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Business, Innovation and Skills), Baroness Wilcox | 17 November 2011 – 18 November 2011 | France, Avignon | Cultural Summit and Avignon Forum | Eurostar | Not set | 635 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Business, Innovation and Skills), Baroness Wilcox | 04 December 2011 – 06 December 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | EU Competitiveness Council | Eurostar | Not set | 247 |