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BIS ministerial travel, October to December 2014
Updated 15 October 2015
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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 | 09 October – 16 October | India, Delhi, Goa, Pune, Chennai | To attend British Business Group India event, meet with Indian Ministers and Confederation of Indian Industry. | Scheduled | N/A | £5,475 |
| Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP | 11 November – 14 November | India, Delhi | To increase bilateral cooperation between UK and India. | Scheduled | N/A | £5,421 |
| Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP | 01 December – 02 December | Luxembourg | To attend European Space Agency Ministerial Meeting | Scheduled | N/A | £988 |
| Minister of State for Cabinet Office (Cities and Constitution) and Minister of State for Universities and Science, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP | 10 December – 11 December | Sweden, Stockholm | To attend Nobel Prize Ceremony | Scheduled | N/A | £644 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 05 October – 10 October | USA, Boston, New York | To attend a number of events, promote UK Trade and Investment and to meet with Senior Government Ministers | Scheduled | N/A | £4,778 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 25 October – 30 October | Japan, Toyko, Osaka | To launch GREAT Week in Tokyo, promote British business and meet with senior Government Ministers | Scheduled | N/A | £6,004 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 04 November – 06 November | Kazakhstan, Astana | Attend and speak at the UK – Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) | Scheduled | N/A | £2,288 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 12 November – 13 November | Belgium, Brussels | To host have an introductory call with the new EU trade Commissioner and bilateral meetings and host dinner with MEP's | Scheduled and Eurostar | N/A | £470 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 03 December – 04 December | France, Paris | To meet French Trade Minister Matthias Fekl; host a dinner with potential investors; speak at a Special forces table top exhibition, lunch with senior figures from the Franco-British business community. | Eurostar | N/A | £250 |
| Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Livingston | 18-Dec | Belgium, Brussels | Accompany the PM to a TTIP meeting and lunch in Brussels | Charter, Eurostar | N/A | Costs met by No.10 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE | 20 November – 21 November | Belgium, Brussels | To attend Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) | Eurostar & Scheduled | N/A | £250 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE | 03 December – 04 December | Belgium, Brussels | To attend the Competitiveness Council | Eurostar | N/A | £211 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP | 02 December – 03 December 2014 | Switzerland, Geneva | To speak at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | Scheduled | N/A | £150 |
| Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy working jointly with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP | 06 October – 10 October | Japan, Tokyo, Nagoya | To attend business, investment and energy meetings and events. | Scheduled | N/A | £7,625 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences working jointly with the Department of Health, George Freeman MP | 05 October – 10 October | United States; Chicago, Boston, San Diego, Los Angeles | To promote UK trade and investment | Scheduled | N/A | £1,243 |
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