§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each of the overseas trips made by himself and other members of his ministerial team since 2 May, specifying in each case(a) the participating Minister or Ministers, (b) the destination of the trip, (c) the purpose of the trip and (d) the cost of the trip; and if he will make a statement. [15240]
§ Mr. Gordon Brown[holding answer 11 November 1997]: The available data for the official overseas trips taken by myself and my Ministerial team (along with officials in support) since 2 May are as follows:
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Date Destination Cost1 Number in party Purpose Chancellor 11–12 May Brussels £2,324 7 ECOFIN 8–9 June Luxembourg £2,641 7 ECOFIN 15–17 June Holland £3,275 7 European Council 20–22 June Denver £10,967 5 G7 Summit 7 July Brussels £1,581 7 ECOFIN 9 July Luxembourg £2,149 4 Meeting with Prime Minister Juncker 12–23 September Luxembourg 2£22,699 5 Informal ECOFIN Mauritius 6 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting Bangkok 5 ASEM Finance Ministers Hong Kong 5 Annual Meetings of the World Bank/IMF 6 October Paris 1— 5 Meeting with Finance Minister Strauss-Kahn 13 October Luxembourg 1— 7 ECOFIN 5 November Brussels 1— 9 ECOFIN 17 November Brussels 1— 7 ECOFIN
Date Destination Cost1 Number in party Purpose 1 December Brussels 1— 5 ECOFIN 4–5 December New York 1— 4 Speech to the British-American Chamber of Commerce Chief Secretary None Paymaster General None Financial Secretary 20 June Brussels £1,147 3 Monti Tax Policy Group 18 September Brussels £2,030 4 Monti Tax Policy Group 20 October Brussels £2,114 4 Monti Tax Policy Group 4 November Bonn £2,139 4 Meeting with State Secretary Hauser 6 November Czech Republic £1,819 3 To see UK Customs and Excise international assistance programme (anti-drugs activity) 1 December Brussels £706 2 ECOFIN Economic Secretary 8 June Brussels £987 3 EC Budget Council Members 24 July Brussels £1,169 3 EC Budget Council 26–28 September Italy 1— 1 Pontignano Conference 5 November Brussels 1— 2 ECOFIN 7 November Stockholm 1— 2 Meeting on European issues 17 November Brussels 1— 2 ECOFIN 27 November Brussels 1— 4 EC Budget Council 3 December Luxembourg 1— 4 Meeting member of the European Court of Auditors 1 Costs are as billed and may not be complete or available. 2 Some of the Annual Meeting costs are subject to reimbursement by World Bank/IMF.