Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 621W, on official visits, what domestic visits she and her predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not hold a list of domestic visits in the format requested. Information about visits, meetings and events held in the diary is not set out in a way that would enable a list to be compiled without exceeding the cost threshold. Domestic visits attended by the current and former Secretary of State would include attendance at events, visits to schools and other institutions as well as external meetings held from May 2010. To compile a list of all domestic visits stating the purpose of each in an accessible format would therefore exceed the cost threshold.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Department does not hold a list of ministerial visits and to compile a list would exceed the cost threshold.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 721W.