§ Ann ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list those officials from her Department who attended the Berlin Air Show from 18 to 24 May, indicating the costs of their attendance and the total amount of public funds extended by her Department to defence companies attending this event. [44510]
§ Mr. BattleI attended an Airbus Intergovernmental meeting of Ministers to discuss Airbus civil programmes in Berlin on 19 May, and afterwards visited the Berlin Airshow on the morning of 20 May. I was accompanied by a Private Secretary and three officials from the Department's Engineering Industries Directorate. Two officials from the Department's Export Control organisation attended a meeting held in Berlin between 19 and 21 May, and went to the Airshow on the afternoon of 20 May as part of a group visit, at no cost to public funds.
The total cost of attendance of the officials who accompanied me to Berlin was approximately £1,800.