§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the overseas countries visited by each Minister in his Department as part of their official duties in each of the last five years. [160327]
§ Ms StuartHealth Ministers as part of their official duties have visited the following countries.
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Year/country Visitor 1997 Belgium Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Public Health) (PS(PH)) France PS(PH) 1998 Germany Secretary of State (SofS) France SofS South Africa SofS USA SofS Barbados SofS Sweden Minister of State (Commons) (MS(C)) Japan MS(C) Belgium PS(PH) Italy PS(PH) Luxembourg PS(PH) 1999 Switzerland SofS France MS(C) USA MS(C), PS(PH) Italy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords)(PS(L) Singapore PS(L) Turkey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Health)(PS(H)) Finland PS(H) Belgium PS(H) Greece PS(PH) Luxembourg PS(PH) 2000 USA MS(H) Belgium PS(L), PS(H) Switzerland PS(H) Germany PS(H) France PS(H) Luxembourg PS(H) Ireland PS(H) Sweden PS(H) 2001 Belgium PS(L) Sweden PS(H) Germany PS(H)
§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of sending(a) Ministers and (b) civil servants to health conferences in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas in each of the last five years. [160328]
§ Ms StuartThe Department does not collect the information in the form requested and an answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.