Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: January to March 2013
Updated 12 July 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 | 24 January – 25 January | Ireland, Dublin | Meet Irish Ministers and Investors | Scheduled | Not set | $306 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 18 February – 19 February | Belgium, Brussels | Attend Competition Council | Eurostar | Not set | $250 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 08 January – 11 January | USA, San Francisco | Promote the UK as a good place for high-tech business | Scheduled | Not set | $6,450 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 13 January – 14 January | Germany, Berlin | Attend Ministerial Sub-Committee on European Affairs | Scheduled | Not set | $835 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 17 January – 20 January | France, Paris | Visit French Higher Education Institutes and the Franco-British Colloque | Eurostar | Not set | $250 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 07 February – 08 February | Netherlands, Amsterdam | Visit European Space Technology Centre | Scheduled | Not set | $474 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 12 February – 13 February | France, Paris | Attend the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Conference | Eurostar | Not set | $272 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 17 February – 20 February | India, Mumbai, Delhi | Accompany the Prime Minister with a Business delegation to promote the UK is open for education | Charter | 1 | Costs met by No10 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 03 March – 07 March | Qatar – Doha, UAE Dubai & Abu Dhabi | Attend the Going Global conference and meetings with Government counterparts to discuss engagement in education | Scheduled | Not set | $6,008 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 14 January – 17 January | India, Delhi, Mumbai | Promote British Business and meet with Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | $2,436 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 21January – 25 January | Kuwait, Kuwait City, & Iraq, Baghdad | Promote British Business and meet with Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | $3,370 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 18 January – 21 January | France, Paris | Attend Anglo Franco Colloque in Versaille | Eurostar | Not set | $340 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 30 January – 31 January | Belgium, Brussels | Represent UK at the EU Trade Council | Eurostar | Not set | $290 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 17 February – 22 February | India, Mumbai, Delhi | Accompany the Prime Minister with a Business delegation to promote the UK as open for business and to meet key inward investors | Charter | 1 | Costs met by No.10 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 4 March – 9 March | Mexico, Mexico City, Columbia, Bogota | Promote British Business and meet with Government Minister | Scheduled | Not set | $5,955 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green | 11 March – 13 March | Israel, Tel Aviv | Promote British Business and meet with Government Minister | Scheduled | Not set | $1,588 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP | 19 January – 24 January | India, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata | To meet counterparts, open an Association of Colleges International office and secure bilateral policy agreements | Scheduled | Not set | $3,960 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 24 January – 25 January | Italy, Milan | Attend UK-Italy Inward Investment Awards | Scheduled | Not set | $379 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 17 February – 23 February | Kazakhstan, Astana & Almaty, Japan Nagoya & Tokyo | Meetings with automotive companies | Scheduled | Not set | $4,437 |
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