Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: April to June 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 | 29 May 2011 – 04 June 2011 | South Korea, Seoul and Japan, Osaka and Tokyo | To promote trade | Scheduled | Not set | 3942 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 12 June 2011 – 15 June 2011 | USA, Detroit and Canada, Ottawa | Building trade relationships | Scheduled | Not set | 7934 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 11 April 2011 – 12 April 2011 | Hungary, Budapest | EU Informal Competitiveness Council | Scheduled | Not set | 582 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 19 May 2011 – 21 May 2011 | Germany, Berlin | To discuss collaboration on science and space and to attend the Koenigswinter conference | Scheduled | Not set | 309 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 30 May 2011 – 31 May 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | EU Competitiveness Council | Eurostar | Not set | 326 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 05 June 2011 – 08 June 2011 | China, Beijing | Joint Commission on science and innovation | Scheduled | Not set | 4011 |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 20 June 2011 – 23 June 2011 | Brazil, Sao Paulo and Brasilia | Accompany the Deputy Prime Minister on a trade delegation | Scheduled | Not set | 4771 |
| Minister of State (Business and Enterprise), Mark Prisk MP | 19 June 2011 – 21 June 2011 | France, Paris | Paris Air show & Airbus Intergovernmental Meeting | Eurostar | Not set | 249 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 27 April 2011 – 28 April 2011 | Turkey, Istanbul and Ankara, | To attend the Joint Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum. Also to have bilateral meetings with Turkish Ministers and a series of trade and investment visits | Scheduled | Not set | 410 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 11 May 2011 – 18 May 2011 | USA, San Francisco and Los Angeles, | To promote recently launched Tech City and promote High Value Opportunities | Scheduled | Not set | 4842 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 19 May 2011 – 21 May 2011 | Germany, Berlin | To attend 61st Koenigswinter Conference | Scheduled | Not set | 320 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 24 May 2011 – 25 May 2011 | France , Paris | To attend 50th Anniversary Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Forum | Eurostar | Not set | 344 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 16 June 2011 – 18 June 2011 | Russia , St Petersburg | To attend St Petersburg Economic Forum | Scheduled | Not set | 989 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 20 June 2011 – 23 June 2011 | Brazil, Brasilia and Sao Paulo | To accompany Deputy Prime Minister on visit to Brazil and to promote UK Trade relations. | Scheduled | Not set | 6413 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 27 June 2011 – 27 June 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | To have cross- party, cross committee roundtable meeting at the European Parliament. Bilateral meetings | Eurostar | Not set | 311 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 12 May 2011 – 13 May 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) and bilateral meeting with Commissioner for Trade and Polish Minister for Economic Affairs | Eurostar | Not set | 191 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Edward Davey MP | 30 May 2011 – 30 May 2011 | Belgium, Brussels | EU Competitiveness Council | Scheduled | Not set | 596 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Business, Innovation and Skills), Baroness Wilcox | 11 April 2011 – 12 April 2011 | France, Paris | To discuss intellectual property with French Ministers | Eurostar | Not set | 174 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Business, Innovation and Skills), Baroness Wilcox | 26 June 2011 – 27 June 2011 | Luxembourg | Competitiveness Council | Scheduled | Not set | 466 |