Asked by: Charlie Elphicke (Independent - Dover)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and representatives of (a) CER, (b) the CBI, (c) the Institute of Directors, (d) Greenpeace, (e) Oxfam, (f) Friends of the Earth, (g) British Chambers of Commerce, (h) Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and (i) the EEF in the last twelve months.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012#2016
Details of meetings with officials is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.