Transparency data
FCO ministers' overseas travel - July to September 2015
Updated 17 December 2015
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| Minister | Date(s) of trip | Destination | Purpose of trip | Mode of transport | Cost of private jet or RAF plane hire, if relevant (£) | Number of officials who accompanied minister if non-shceduled travel was used | Accompanied by spouse, family member(s) or friend at public expense? | Total cost (for minister only) including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (£) |
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| Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE | 08-10 July 2015 | Croatia | Croatia Forum and PSVI | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £342.84 |
| Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE | 20-22 July 2015 | Kosovo | PSVI | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £646.21 |
| Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE | 30 August - 03 September 2015 | Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bled Strategic Forum, PSVI, WPS | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £775.91 |
| Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE | 07-08 September 2015 | Paris | Conference, Humanitarian Round Table | Eurostar | Not set | Not set | No | £132 |
| Minister of State, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE | 27-30 September 2015 | New York | UNGA | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £3,068.36 |
| James Duddridge MP – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | Nil Return | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | 29-31 July 2015 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Official visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £1,906.62 |
| Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | 17 August 2015 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Official visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £2,633.61 |
| Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | 1-4 September 2015 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi UAE, Amman Jordan | Official visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £2,659.86 |
| Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | 21-23 September 2015 | Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan | Official visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £2,201.46 |
| Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | 29 September – 2 October 2015 | New York, USA | UNGA | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | No | £2,652.86 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | July | Vienna, Austria (5 x Trips) | E3+3 Iran Nuclear Negotiations | No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £5,639 | 4 | Not set | £5,639 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | July | Jerusalem & Ramallah, Israel/OPTs; Nicosia, Cyprus | Official visits | Scheduled & No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £5,661 | 5 | Not set | £5,661 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | July | Brussels, Belgium | FAC | No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £482 | 4 | Not set | £482 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | August | Tokyo, Japan; Singapore, Singapore; Seoul, South Korea; Beijing & Tianjin, China | Official visit; Independence Celebrations; Official visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £10,937 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | August | Tehran, Iran; Kuwait, Kuwait | Embassy Reopening; Official Visit | Scheduled & No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £4,190 | 5 | Not set | £4,190 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | September | Brussels, Belgium | Official visit | No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £1,104 | 5 | Not set | £1,104 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | September | Paris | Official Visit | No 32 (The Royal) Squadron | £508 | Not set | Not set | £508 |
| Rt Hon Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | September | New York, USA | UNGA | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £4,424 |
| Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe | 27-28 July 2015 | Warsaw | Bilaterals | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £557.81 |
| Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe | 04 September 2015 | Luxembourg | Gymnich | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £914.51 |
| Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe | 14-15 September 2015 | Brussels | GAC & Bilats | Eurostar | Not set | Not set | Not set | £174.00 |
| Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Minister for Europe | 28-29 September 2015 | Berlin & Hamburg | Bilaterals | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £635.81 |
| The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP – Minister of State | 29-30 July 2015 | Spain (Malaga) | To visit the consular operation | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £509.98 |
| The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP – Minister of State | 25-27 August 2015 | Cayman (Grand Cayman) Jamaica (Kingston) | Meetings with high level officials | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £5,623.90 |
| The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP – Minister of State | 28-30 September 2015 | USA (New York) | To attend the UN General Assembly | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £1,375.36 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 22 - 23 July 2015 | Luqa -Malta | Bilateral visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £352.11 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 23-28 July 2015 | (Via Rome) Hong Kong/ Yangon -Burma | Bilateral visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £2,211.60 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 27 July 2015 | Yangon to Naypyidaw -Burma | Bilateral | Local Charter | Not set | 1 | Not set | £460 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 28-31 July 2015 | Bangkok-Thailand/ Hanoi-Vietnam | Bilateral visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £1,879.30 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 29-30 July 2015 | Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city-Vietnam | Accompany PM on his bilateral visit | Chartered | Not set | 1 | Not set | £460.00 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 13-14 Sept 2015 | Geneva-Switzerland | Bilateral visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £468.91 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 24/26-29 Sept 2015 | New York - USA | Bilateral visit-UNGA | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £3,238.56 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 24- 26 Sept 2015 | New York-USA/ Rio-Brazil | Bilateral visit | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £2,285.30 |
| Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP | 26-27 Sept 2015 | Rio –Brazil/ Panama City – Panama/ New York - USA | transiting | Scheduled | Not set | Not set | Not set | £1738 (return flight from Rio-Brazil were cancelled and alternative tickets booked to ensure Minister would get back for UNGA. It will take up to 90days for a fund to be applied so I am including costs as they stand.) |