To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all official visits to Gaza made by (a) Ministers, (b) embassy officials based in Tel Aviv, (c) consular officials based in Jerusalem and (d) embassy officials based in Cairo in each of the last three years. (318021)

We do not hold records of every visit made by officials to Gaza. However, our officials based in Jerusalem and, to a lesser extent, Tel Aviv, have visited Gaza on more than 20 occasions since January 2009. Our consulate general in Jerusalem also has two members of local staff permanently based in Gaza.

There have been no visits made, in the last three years, by our officials based in Cairo.

The Secretary of State for Development visited Gaza in March 2009.