To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2007, Official Report, column 407W, on Departments: Africa, where (a) he and (b) his officials stayed in each country for each trip in January 2005. (134401)

The Chancellor visited Africa in January 2005 in preparation for the G7 focus on development which, under the UK presidency, led to a pledge to double aid to Africa by 2010. The delegation stayed in the following cities:

Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania)

Maputo (Mozambique)

Johannesburg (RSA) and

Cape Town (RSA).