This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Official Engagements of the Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation'.

Date

Event

Location

Means of Transport

Cost

Carbon Emissions

10th October

Visit to Fort Dunlop

Birmingham

Cycled from Birmingham home

n/a

0

27th October

Low Carbon Cars International/experts meeting

Lancaster House

Ministerial Car

Annual cost of Ministerial Car = £67,620.81

Not held

29th October

Biomass Conference

BERR conference centre

Walked

n/a

0

30th October

Farm visit

Haslemere

Train

£62.40

Not held

11th November

DECC Ministerial Media Reception

Millbank

Walked

n/a

0

13th November

Stakeholder breakfast

Nobel House

Walked

n/a

0

17th November

Climate Change Forum dinner

Saville Row, W1S 3PR

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

19th November

Launch- EU Code of Conduct for data centres

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

19th-24th November

Biofuels and Sustainable Development conference

Brazil

Flight

£8784

6,441kg

Boat

£333.72

n/a

25th November

`Feeding Britain' talk

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

26th November

Launch- Thames Gateway Eco-Region Prospectus

Thames Gateway

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

27th November

Royal Agriculture Benevolent Institution reception

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

2nd December

No10 Reception

No10

Walked

n/a

0

4th December

Environment Council

Brussels

Train (outward)

Flight (return)

£430

50kg

FCO arranged taxi

£316.01

Not held

8th December

Energy Council

Brussels

Train (there/back)

£430

58kg

FCO arranged taxi

£197.25

Not held

10th December

Micropower generation council

Porticullis House

Walked

n/a

0

17th December

Stakeholder breakfast- Marine Bill

Nobel House

Walked

n/a

0

18th December

International Energy Conference Dinner

Lancaster House

Walked (then driven back to Birmingham)

n/a

0

6th January

Oxford Farming Conference

Oxford University

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

7th January

Birmingham

GCDA arranged taxi

£141.45

8.56kg

13th January

Radio 5 Live Interview

Millbank

Walked

n/a

0

13th January

ETI Project Announcements

1 Great George Street

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

13th January

Energy, Climate Change and Innovation Conference

Eversheds, 1Wood Street

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

14th January

Energy Research Partnership

Victoria Street

Walked

n/a

0

19th January

All Parliamentary Party Climate Change Group Meeting

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

20th January

Gas Safety's Schools poster competition

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

22nd January

National Sheep Awards

Farmer's Club, Whitehall

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

26th January

EA Chairman's reception

Millbank

Walked

n/a

0

27th January

ABI Keynote speech on adaptation

Gresham Street

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

9th February

Annual Reception for UK offshore oil and gas industry

House of Commons

Walked

n/a

0

11th February

Green Retail Conference

WC2B 5DA

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

12th February

Solar Century

SE1 7AB

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

12th February

Launch of HESS

Birdcage Walk

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

20th February

Industrial Combined Heat and Power Stakeholder Event

Victoria Street

Walked

n/a

0

20th February

Launch of Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

Natural History Museum, Kensington

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

25th February

Rural Climate Change Forum Meeting

London Zoo

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

4th March

House magazine roundtable discussion on the future of sustainable housing

Atrium

Walked

n/a

0

6th March

Low Carbon Industrial Strategy Summit

Institute of Directors

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

9th March

Campaign for the Protection of Rural England Policy Exchange on litter

Westminster

Walked

n/a

0

10th March

Energise London executive breakfast on the economics of Climate Change

Royal Society of Arts, London

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

13th March

Broad Street Heat and Power Visit

Birmingham

Cycled

n/a

0

13th March

Visit to Birmingham University

Birmingham

Cycled

n/a

0

17th March

Keynote speech at ENCAMS conference

Brighton

Train

£132.00

Not held

17th March

Dinner with Sainsbury's on Climate Change and the Environment

Holborn

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

18th March

All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting - ENCAMS

House of Commons

Walked

n/a

0

19th March

SDUK Conference

QE11 Centre

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

19th March

Heat and Energy Savings Strategy Consultation Event

Portland Place

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

20th March

Visit to Converteam (wind turbine manufacturer)

Stoke-on-Trent

Train

£95

Not held

GCDA arranged taxi

£174.00

4.18kg

25th March

Cadbury Easter Reception

House of Commons

Walked

n/a

0

26th March

UK Public Health Authority Conference

Brighton

Train

£60.80

Not held

31st March

Speech at CBI Conference

W1W 6JE

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

31st March

Environmental Permitting Programme Consultation Event

Westminster

Walked

n/a

0

1st April

Society of British Gas Installers Conference

1 Great George Street

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

1st April

Construction Products Association Reception

House of Lords

Walked

n/a

0

16th-17th April

British Irish Council meeting

Jersey

Flight

£474.40

151kg

21st April

Parliamentary Renewable Energy round table discussion

Westminster

Walked

n/a

0

22nd April

Royal College of General Practitioners sustainability dinner

SW7 1PU

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

24th April

Birmingham/Stafford

GCDA arranged taxi

£217.87

10.78kg

28th April

CBI Roundtable breakfast

EC3M 3BD

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

29th April

Parliamentary reception 2009 - Climate Change

Institute of mechanical engineers, SW1H

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

30th April

British Wind Energy Association Conference

Bath

Train

£228

Not held

1st May

Birmingham/Loughborough

GCDA arranged taxi

£263.35

18.41kg

5th May

Community district heating summit with local authorities

W1H 7DL

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

7th-9th May

Visit to Orkney wind farm

Orkney

Flight

£304

305 kg

11th May

Construction Products Association lunch

SW1H 0QW

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

13th May

Covent Garden market

Covent Garden

Ministerial Car

See cost of 27th October

Not held

23rd - 25th May

G8 Energy Minister's Conference

Rome

Flight

£812.00

539 kg

27th - 28th May

Carbon Capture and Storage Conference

Norway- Bergen

Flight

£1688.50

571kg