To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions he has visited Essex in the last 12 months. (204973)

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has visited Essex on three occasions in the last 12 months.

Ministers in this Department have visited Essex on six occasions in the last 12 months (this includes the Secretary of State).

All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the ‘Ministerial Code’. Copies of the ‘Ministerial Code’ are available in the Library.