Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many overseas visits to DFID-funded (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral programmes were made by each Minister of her Department in each of the last six years.

DFID Ministers have visited a range of countries overseas since their appointment. Information on Ministerial travel and meetings with external organisations is published as part of DFID’s quarterly transparency return on www.gov.uk.