To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure his Department incurred on representation at official level at overseas events in each of the last five years. (314273)

The Department does not centrally record details of representation at official level at overseas events. The Department holds information on overseas travel at the aggregate level but does not specifically relate these costs to events abroad, to obtain this information would entail disproportionate cost.

The Department publishes details of senior staff on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills website at:

http://www.bis.gov.uk/about/board/expenses

Overseas conferences attended are included.