Departments: Official Visits

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which destinations he visited in an official capacity between 17 May and 17 June.

Mr. Hain
Since 1999 the Government have published, on an annual basis, the total costs of all ministerial overseas travel and a list of all visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500. This information is available in the Library of the House. Information for the financial year 2006-07 is currently being compiled and will be published before the summer recess. All travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers

In regards to domestic travel, between 17 May and 17 June 2007 I have been in Northern Ireland and London in my official capacity as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.