Cabinet: Glasgow

Mr. MacNeil
To ask the Minister of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009.

Mr. Simon
The information is as follows:

(a) No special advisers accompanied the Secretary of State or Lord Drayson to Glasgow when they attended the Cabinet meeting there on 16 April 2009.

(b) One official accompanied each Minister on their visit to Scotland to attend Cabinet in Glasgow on 16 April 2009—making two Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills officials in total.

For information relating to the Cabinet and public engagement event held in Glasgow on 16 April I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Wednesday 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 487W.

Mr. MacNeil
To ask the Minister of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009.

Mr. Simon
The then Secretary of State travelled from his London home to London City airport. On arrival, the then Secretary of State travelled by car from Glasgow airport to the regional Cabinet meeting. Following the Cabinet meeting, the Secretary of State went by car to visit the University of Strathclyde before returning to Glasgow airport. He flew back from Glasgow to Southampton airport and travelled to his constituency home.

Lord Drayson travelled to Bristol airport from his home to fly to Glasgow. He was driven from Glasgow airport to the University of Glasgow before journeying to the Cabinet meeting. Once the Cabinet meeting had finished, Lord Drayson travelled to Glasgow airport for his return flight to Bristol airport—from there he travelled home.

For information relating to the Cabinet and public engagement event held in Glasgow on 16 April I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Wednesday 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 487W.