Departmental Domestic Visits

David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions he has visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

Derek Twigg
Official visits in the last 12 months by MOD Ministers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set out in the following table. Visits may last more than one day, and may contain several engagements. The Secretary of State has conducted visits to Scotland in his capacities both as Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Defence.

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|                  |Scotland|Wales|Northern Ireland|
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|Secretary of State|29      |0    |1               |
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|Minister (AF)     |5       |1    |1               |
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|Minister (DBS)    |2       |0    |1               |
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|USofS             |3       |2    |0               |
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All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the ministerial code.