To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many planned visits by Ministers in his Department within the UK were cancelled within 72 hours of the visit taking place in the last 12 months; and what the planned venue or venues were for each such visit. (309879)

This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Ministerial visits are made on the basis that they are provisional and subject to parliamentary and Government business.

It is not normal practice for Government to report on cancelled visits.