Date of visit | End date (if different) | Location | Event | Minister(s) | Number of officials who travelled | Cost of Minister's Travel and Subsistence (£) |
02/04/2006 | 09/04/2006 | USA | The Minister travelled to USA where he undertook a series of engagements as part of the Tartan Week delegation. The Programme covered events in Washington and New York. | Jack McConnell | 3 | £8,555.27 |
02/04/2006 | 06/04/2006 | Canada | The Minister travelled to Toronto to meet and discuss international benchmarking, school transformation, curriculum structure and exams structure within both primary and secondary schools. | Peter Peacock | 2 | £4,325.02 |
03/04/2006 | 07/04/2006 | USA | The Minister travelled to USA where he undertook a series of engagements as part of the Tartan Week delegation. The programme covered events in Chicago, Washington and New York. | Tom McCabe | 5 | £6,764.04 |
05/04/2006 | 07/04/2006 | Denmark | The Minister travelled to Copenhagen to attend a meeting of the Educational Benchmarking Club. He also took the opportunity to look at the Danish Early Years provision. | Robert Brown | 2 | £1,007.00 |
25/04/2006 | 26/04/2006 | Belgium | The Minister attended the Committee of the Regions and Associated REGLEG Inter-Regional Group in Brussels. | George Lyon | 2 | £742.13 |
05/05/2006 | 11/05/2006 | Australia | The Minister travelled to Melbourne to represent Scotland as part of the UK bidding team to host the Worldskills Competition in London in 2011. | Allan Wilson | 1 | 0.00* |
09/05/2006 | 11/05/2006 | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to attend the European Seafood Exposition. | Ross Finnie | 3 | £742.60 |
15/05/2006 | 16/05/2006 | Monaco | The Minister travelled to Monaco where he attended a dinner to mark the resumption of Scotch beef exports to France. | Ross Finnie | 3 | £499.50 |
18/05/2006 | 19/05/2006 | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to attend the Education, Youth and Culture Council. | Peter Peacock | 2 | £493.50 ** |
20/05/2006 | 28/05/2006 | Malawi | The Minister travelled to Lilongwe where she confirmed Scotland's commitment to working with Malawi following the First Minister's visit in May 2005. The Minister co-chaired, with senior Malawian Ministers, the Joint Commission on Malawi. | Patricia Ferguson | 3 | £4,017.00 |
21/05/2006 | 23/05/2006 | Estonia | The Minister travelled to Tallin to support the Scottish Executive's "Scottish Week in Estonia". | George Lyon | 2 | £838.40 |
21/05/2006 | 23/05/2006 | Bavaria | The Minister travelled to Munich and Regensburg to visit a number of developments illustrating aspects of planning, particularly in housing developments and to identify good practice which could be introduced to Scotland. | Johann Lamont | 2 | £962.00 |
22/05/2006 | 23/05/2006 | Belgium | The Minister attended an Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels | Ross Finnie | 3 | £723.50 |
28/05/2006 | 29/05/2006 | Netherlands | The Minister travelled to Rotterdam to attend a Scottish Beef event with Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). The Minister was undertaking a series of engagements organised by QMS to promote Scotch Beef in light of the lifting of the European Export ban. | Ross Finnie | 2 | £661.00 |
06/06/2006 | 08/06/2006 | USA | The Minister travelled to Atlanta to support and promote the Delta Airlines' inaugural flight from Edinburgh to Atlanta. The Minister made a welcoming speech to the incoming flight at a press conference in Edinburgh before joining the outgoing flight. | Tavish Scott | 3 | £1,647.90 |
11/06/2006 | 13/06/2006 | Poland | The Minister travelled to Warsaw and Krakow to launch the Fresh Talent Initiative's Polish Information Pack. | Tom McCabe | 5 | £348.68 |
12/06/2006 | 14/06/2006 | Poland | The Lord Advocate travelled to Warsaw to attend the Conference of the Supreme Courts, Attorneys General and Prosecutor General of the Member States of the European Union. | Colin Boyd | 1 | £1,154.22 |
12/06/2006 | 13/06/2006 | Italy | The Minister travelled to Bologna to officially launch the promotion of re-entry of Scotch beef into Italy. | Ross Finnie | 3 | £1,359.30 |
16/06/2006 | 17/06/2006 | Netherlands | The Solicitor General travelled to Amsterdam to attend the European Arrest Warrant Conference | Elish Angiolini | 2 | £555.50 |
18/06/2006 | 22/06/2006 | Finland & Russia | The Minister travelled to Helsinki and Moscow to build on the strong links we have with both countries regarding trade and investment. | Nicol Stephen | 4 | £2,025.00 |
26/06/2006 | 27/06/2006 | Luxembourg | The Minister travelled to Luxembourg to attend an Environment Council. | Rhona Brankin | 2 | £875.00 |
30/06/2006 | 02/07/2006 | France | The Minister travelled to Paris and Contalmaison to represent Scotland at events on the 90th Anniversary of the battle of the Somme. | Margaret Curran | 1 | £1,036.66 |
11/07/2006 | 12/07/2006 | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to attend a Scottish dinner and meet with Scottish MEPs. | Margaret Curran | 1 | £617.56 |
25/07/2006 | 26/07/2006 | Ireland | The Minister travelled to Dublin as part of a wider tour to gain a general insight into transport priorities across Ireland and the challenges faced by them. | Tavish Scott | 4 | £286.66 |
25/07/2006 | 27/07/2006 | Norway | The Minister travelled to Bergen to attend a series of events regarding energy and environmental issues. | Nicol Stephen | 3 | £883.31 |
06/08/2006 | 08/08/2006 | Norway | The Minister travelled to Trondheim to attend an international Ministerial conference on curbing illegal fisheries. | Ross Finnie | 1 | £916.80 |
26/08/2006 | 31/08/2006 | France | The Lord Advocate travelled to Paris where he attended the International Associations of Prosecutors Conference | Colin Boyd | 2 | £952.68 |
28/08/2006 | 29/08/2006 | Portugal | The Minister travelled to Lisbon where he met with the Assistant State Secretary for Industry and Innovation. | Nicol Stephen | 3 | £1,100.60 |
28/08/2006 | 02/09/2006 | China | The Minister travelled to China to build on the existing strong links between Scotland and China | Tom McCabe | 3 | £4,460.00 |
29/08/2006 | 31/08/2006 | Germany | The Minister travelled to Düsseldorf and Duisburg where she met with State Secretary Dr Shrink. She also undertook a number of environmentally themed visits. | Rhona Brankin | 3 | £591.40 |
29/08/2006 | | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels for discussions with Commissioner Borg. | Ross Finnie | 1 | £493.30 |
04/09/2006 | 06/09/2006 | France | The Minister travelled to the European Parliament in Strasbourg to promote the Scottish and UK position on the draft EU Spirit Drinks Regulation. | Allan Wilson | 4 | £1,459.18 |
20/09/2006 | 21/09/2006 | Finland | The Minister travelled to Kuopio where he spoke at the Health in all Policies conference. | Andy Kerr | 1 | £1,799.26 |
22/09/2006 | 23/09/2006 | Ireland | The Minister travelled to Dublin to support Scotland in the Ryder Cup. | Jack McConnell | 1 | £131.20 |
09/10/2006 | 13/10/2006 | New Zealand | The Minister travelled to Wellington and Auckland where she discussed the operation of different devolved and coalition governments. | Margaret Curran | 3 | £6,722.37 |
11/10/2006 | 13/10/2006 | Iceland | The Minister travelled to Reykjavik to learn about Iceland's hydrogen energy policy and the difficulties they have overcome. He toured the island and saw the various demonstration projects in operation. | Alan Wilson | 2 | £1,462.06 |
14/10/2006 | 22/10/2006 | USA | The Minister travelled to the USA for a series of business, political and educational visits in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington. The programme also included a Dressed to Kilt event. | Jack McConnell | 4 | £15,012.11 |
22/10/2006 | 27/10/2006 | China/Japan | The Minister travelled to Beijing to develop Scotland's business and research agenda in the renewable energy sector. In Tokyo he met with a number of important Japanese investors. | Nicol Stephen | 4 | £5,792.00 |
22/10/2006 | | Luxembourg | The Minister travelled to Luxembourg where she attended the Environment Council | Rhona Brankin | 2 | £595.70 |
23/10/2006 | 24/10/2006 | Luxembourg | The Minister travelled to Luxembourg where he attended the Agricultural and Fisheries Council. | Ross Finnie | 3 | £893.80 ** |
10/11/2006 | 12/11/2006 | Poland | The Minister travelled to Warsaw to attend the Warsaw Caledonian Society's Charity Ball as a guest of honour. He also attended the Liberator Memorial Stone where he met Polish Veterans who trained in Scotland. | Tom McCabe | 2 | £763.40 |
12/11/2006 | 13/11/2006 | Ireland | The Minister travelled to Dublin and made a joint declaration to commit Scotland and Ireland to work together on a number of issues, including science and education. | Jack McConnell | 4 | £252.70 |
13/11/2006 | 14/11/2006 | Kenya | The Minister travelled to Nairobi to co-host a climate change event on the Montreal Declaration. | Ross Finnie | 3 | £3,868.59 |
20/11/2006 | 21/11/2006 | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to attend an Agriculture and Fisheries Council | Ross Finnie | 3 | £1,022.40 |
30/11/2006 | 04/12/2006 | Qatar | The Minister travelled to Doha to attend the Asian Games. She hosted a reception for the organisers in particular, the 8 Commonwealth countries in support of the Glasgow 2014 bid. | Patricia Ferguson | 2 | £2,567.00 |
05/12/2006 | 06/12/2006 | Finland | The Minister travelled to Helsinki where he met with other EU Education Ministers. | Allan Wilson | 2 | 0.00* |
09/12/2006 | 14/12/2006 | South Africa | The Minister travelled to Cape Town to attend the 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers. He also met with Ministers from Ontario, Victoria, New Zealand and Malawi. | Hugh Henry | 3 | £3,604.00 |
18/12/2006 | 21/12/2006 | Belgium | The Minister attended an Environment Council and Agriculture and Fisheries Councils, in Brussels | Ross Finnie | 5 | £1,253.90 |
08/01/2007 | 09/01/2007 | France | The Minister attended the formal re-opening of the Appeal Court and met with the French Prosecutor General | Elish Angiolini | 1 | £580.42 |
19/02/2007 | | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to attend an Environment Council | Sarah Boyack | 1 | £674.00 |
20/03/2007 | | Belgium | The Minister travelled to Brussels to meet with Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom. He launched a communications project with the European Commission. | Jack McConnell | 4 | £729.02 |
TOTAL | | | | | | £98,818.64 |