Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: April to June 2013
Updated 4 October 2013
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| Minister | Date of Trip | Destination | Purpose | ‘Scheduled’ or No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ 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 | 22 April – 26 April | Brazil, Sao Paulo & Recife | To attend Ministerial trade and industry engagements | Scheduled | Not set | $5,922 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 13 June – 14 June | Luxembourg | To attend EU Foreign Affairs Council | Scheduled | Not set | $1,241 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 7 April – 10 April | Switzerland, Basel | To visit global life sciences companies | Scheduled | Not set | $518 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 21 April – 26 April | Columbia, Medellin & Bogota, Mexico, Mexico City | To promote the new Education UK Unit | Scheduled | Not set | $5,956 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 09 April – 10 April | France, Paris | To promote UK Trade and Investment including meetings with senior French Ministers | Eurostar | Not set | $355 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 17 April – 18 April | Ireland, Dublin | To represent the UK at EU presidency Trade Minister meetings | Scheduled | Not set | $352 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 07 May – 08 May | Spain, Madrid, Portugal, Lisbon | To promote UK trade and meet with senior government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | $1,164 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 16-May | France, Paris | To meet with senior foreign Ministers to discuss EU single market agenda | Eurostar | Not set | $273 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 21 May – 24 May | Sweden, Stockholm, France, Paris | To meet with senior Ministers and leading business figures, to discuss trade and investment and the single market in Europe | Scheduled, Train | Not set | $665 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 28 May – 30 May | Belgium, Brussels, Germany, Berlin | To represent the UK at a Competitive Council meeting and meet with senior Minsters. | Scheduled, Train | Not set | $830 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 02 June – 16 June | Indonesia, Jakarta, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar, Singapore, Cambodia, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Thailand, Bangkok, Burma, Rangoon and Naypyidaw | To promote British business and meet with Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | $8,247 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 30 June – 01 July | Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Astana | To accompany the Prime Minister with a Business delegation to promote the UK as open for business and to meet key inward investors | Charter | Not set | Costs met by No.10 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP | 29-May | France, Paris | To attend OECD Ministerial Council meeting | Eurostar and scheduled | Not set | $663 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP | 27 May – 31 May | USA, New York, Washington DC | To visit education and training providers | Scheduled | Not set | $4,200 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 10-Apr | Belgium, Brussels | To discuss better regulation and structural funds | Eurostar | Not set | $250 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 16 April – 19 April | USA, Detriot and Boston | To attend Society of Automotive Engineers event and Business Meetings | Scheduled | Not set | $3,789 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 02 May – 03 May | Ireland, Dublin | To attend the Informal European Council on Competitiveness | Scheduled | Not set | $562 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 17 June – 18 June | France Paris | To attend the Paris Air Show | Eurostar | Not set | $439 |
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