Regional Ministers: Official Engagements Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the official engagements were of (a) the Minister for London, (b) the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the Minister for the South East in their roles as regional ministers from 1 November to 30 November 2008. Mr. Khan The information requested is in the following table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Outline of visit |Location | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5 November 2008 |Speech at launch of LYCPB London Schools Programme for Safety and Cohesion |Tower of London, City of London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |12 November 2008 |Meeting with the London Youth Crime Prevention Board |Caxton House, Westminster | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19 November 2008 |Chaired the London Child Poverty Summit |Lovells, Holborn Viaduct, City of London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20 November 2008 |Speech at the London Talent Debate |Excel, Docklands, Newham | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 November 2008 |Pre-Budget Report Event |British Chambers of Commerce, City of London| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 November 2008 |Speech at the Launch of the London Pledge for Children in Care |The Oval Conference Centre, Lambeth | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26 November 2008 |Speech at the Thames Gateway Forum |Troxy Theatre, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber| | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 November 2008 |Meeting with The Most Reverend and Right Hon. Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York Meeting with Leeds City Region Partnership |York | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4 November 2008 |Meeting with Chairman Lloyds TSB |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |7 November 2008 |Social Inclusion Workshop: Mental Health and Employment Event |Leeds | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |10 November 2008 |Visit to Hull and Humber including meeting with Humber Economic Partnership (HEP), visit to Nisa-Today's Ltd., Humberside Airport, and World Trade Centre Hull |Hull | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |11 November 2008 |Meeting with British Telecom Yorkshire and Humber MPs BT dinner |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |14 November 2008 |Meeting with Environment Agency Climate Change Action Plan High Level Meeting Meeting with right hon. John Denham MP and Business Ambassadors Skills Pledge commitment “ceremony”|Leeds | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |17 November 2008 |Yorkshire and Humber Economic Development Group Meetings—Financial Task Force and with MPs and Union |Leeds and Halifax | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20 November 2008 |HBOS/Lloyds Public Meeting |Halifax | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |21 November 2008 |East Riding Local Strategic Partnership Conference 2008—Achieving Our Ambition |Bridlington | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |27 November 2008 |Yorkshire and Humber Assembly Event: Short-Term Issues/Long-Term Solutions |York | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |28 November 2008 |Series of engagements for Cabinet visit to the region |Halifax and Leeds | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East of England | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4 November 2008 |Hampshire Climate Change Commission |Winchester, Hampshire | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |6 November 2008 |RAISE Conference |Oxford | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |7 November 2008 |Opening of new carpentry workshop |Maidstone, Kent | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |10 November 2008 |Health Stakeholder Event (Jonathan Shaw attended as both the Minister for the South East and Carers Minister, for which has responsibility as a DWP Minister) |Brighton | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |10 November 2008 |SEEDA Regional Housing Dinner |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |11 November 2008 |Meeting with British Telecom |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |12 November 2008 |Regional Funding Advice (RFA) meeting |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |13 November 2008 |Strategic Skills meeting with John Denham |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20 November 2008 |CBI dinner |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |24 November 2008 |South East Economic Delivery Council |London | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 November 2008 |Regional Skills Pledge Event—Surrey Chamber of Commerce |Guildford, Surrey | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26 November 2008 |Thames Gateway Forum Annual Conference |London | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------