§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the overseas visits made by(a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department since June 2001, stating for each the (i) cost and (ii) purpose. [74591]
§ Ms HewittI have placed in the Libraries of the House details of overseas visits that DTI Ministers have undertaken since June 2001.
The costs of these overseas visits, attributable to the Ministerial budgets, during this period are as follows:
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry £68,508 Minister of State for Energy & Construction £174,466 Minister of State for E Commerce and Competitiveness £56,598 Minister of State for Employment Relations Industry & the Regions £37,829 Minister of State for Trade* £68,854 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition, Consumers and Markets £11,238 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business and Export Control £40,775 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation £46,781 Note: *These charges are shared with the FCO. Details of overseas travel undertaken by officials are not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.