Written question asked by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Monday, 13 June 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 June 2016. It was answered by Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) on Monday, 20 June 2016 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Climate Change Convention: Germany

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many UK Government officials and from which departments attended the Bonn intersessional UN climate meeting in (a) May 2016, (b) October 2015 and (c) June 2015.

Answer: There were 25 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in May 2016; 25 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in October 2015 and 44 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in June 2015. The UK delegation included officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Scottish Government at each of these sessions. Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Met Office were present at the meeting in Bonn in June 2015.

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