Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 681W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of her Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Alan Duncan
Since January 2013, DFID Ministers have made the following domestic visits on official business:
Secretary of State (Rt Hon Justine Greening MP)
17 January 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride
28 January 2013 – Regional Cabinet in Leeds
20 May 2013 – Regional Visit to Watford
27 June 2013 – Regional Visit to Dartford
24 October 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride
20 November 2013 – Regional Visit to Brighton and Hastings
11 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Pudsey
24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh and Regional Cabinet in Aberdeen
1 May 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Warwick
Minister of State (Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP)
6 March 2014 – Regional Visit to Aberdeen
1 May 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride and Glasgow
2 May 2014 – Regional visit to Edinburgh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lynne Featherstone MP)
4 February 2013 – Regional Visit to Winchester
10 June 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride.
2 July 2013 – Regional Visit to Milton Keynes
9 October 2013 – Regional Visit to Bristol
24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Ruby
26 February 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride
17 March 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride
29 June 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what visits each of the Ministers in her Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Alan Duncan
Details of all overseas visits undertaken by DFID Ministers are published under the transparency section of the DFID website and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-secretary-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-minister-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to her by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Member for Horsham (Francis Maude) on 2 Apr 2014, Official Report (Col. 721W).