Transparency data
BIS ministerial overseas travel: January to March 2014
Updated 31 October 2014
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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 | 18 January – 21 January | UAE, Dubai & Abu Dhabi | To attend trade meetings with counterparts | Scheduled | Not set | £5,405 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP | 10 February – 11 February | Belgium, Brussels | To attend the European Competition Forum and meet MEPs | Eurostar | Not set | £250 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 28 January – 29 January | Belgium, Brussels | To attend EU space policy conference and dinner | Eurostar | Not set | £283 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 09 February – 17 February | Canada, Ottawa & Montreal, USA, Chicago | To broaden relationship with Canada and the US on science, innovation and higher education. | Scheduled | Not set | £7,339 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 20 February -21 February | Belgium, Brussels | To attend EU Competitiveness Council | Eurostar | Not set | £312 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 25 February – 06 March | Australia, Canberra, Melbourne & Perth, Indonesia Jakarta, Singapore | To speak at Universities Australia conference, and strengthen connections in higher education and research | Scheduled | Not set | £5,227 |
| Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP | 24 March – 26 March | Israel, Tel Aviv | To promote UK-Israel and UK-Palestine links in science, higher education and research. | Scheduled | Not set | £1,836 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 14 January – 15 January | Norway, Oslo | To promote UK Trade and Investment and meet with Senior Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | £805 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 02 February – 06 February | Columbia, Bogota, Mexico, Mexico City | To accompany DPM and lead a trade delegation | Scheduled | Not set | £5,700 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 11 February – 12 February | Ireland, Dublin | To attend the International Business & Employers Confederation Conference and meet senior government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | £174 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 19 February – 20 February | Belgium, Brussels | To represent the UK at a completion council meeting | Eurostar | Not set | £290 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 27 February – 28 February | Greece, Athens | To attend and represent the UK at a FAC meeting for EU Trade Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | £317 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 02 March – 07 March | Poland, Warsaw & Krakow, Czech Republic, Brno, Slovakia, Bratislava, Hungary | To lead a trade delegation of UK companies and promote inward investment | Scheduled | Not set | £1,000 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 09 March – 11 March | Germany, Hanover | To accompany the Prime Minister to Cebit in Hanover and lead a trade delegation | Charter and Scheduled | Not set | Costs met by No.10 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 12 March – 13 March | Israel, Tel Aviv, Palestine | To accompany the Prime Minister and lead a Trade Delegation | Charter | Not set | Costs met by No.10 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 15 March – 18 March | UAE, Dubai, Qatar, Doha | To promote British Business and meet with Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | £6,129 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 25 March – 29 March | Canada – Vancouver, Toronto | To promote British Business and meet with Government Ministers | Scheduled | Not set | £4,979 |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger | 30-Jan | Italy, Rome | To represent the United Kingdom at the Friends of Industry Conference | Scheduled | Not set | £400 |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger | 10-Mar | Belgium, Brussels | To meet with EU Commissioner responsible for internal market and services | Eurostar | Not set | £250 |
| Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP | 13 January – 17 January | India, Delhi & Kolkata, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh | To promote UK education exports, launch the UK-India Education Research Initiative. | Scheduled | Not set | £4,918 |
| Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP | 23 February – 24 February | Belgium, Brussels | To attend EU Council | Eurostar | Not set | £290 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 23 January – 24 January | Italy, Milan | To attend the UK-Italy Inward Investment Awards | Scheduled | Not set | £893 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 19 January – 20 January | Belgium, Brussels | To meet with other European Ministers to discuss energy issues | Eurostar | Not set | £290 |
| Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP | 24 March – 29 March | Singapore, Indonesia, Jakarta | To attend the World Retail Congress and hold meetings on business and energy topics | Scheduled | Not set | £4,805 |
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