<p>The number of visits made by the Permanent Secretary and other officials on the DCMS Executive Board is set out in the table:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Numberof visits to the EuropeanCommission<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>The Government Equalities Office transferred to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in September 2012 following a machinery of government change. Records of visits of senior officials prior to this have not been kept. The Government Equalities Office does not have a Permanent Secretary. It is currently headed by a Director and neither the Director nor the four next most senior civil servants have visited the European Commission or the European Parliament since September 2012.</p>