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FCO's senior officials’ travel, April to June 2017
Updated 14 December 2017
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| Senior official (SCS2 and above) | Start date of trip | Duration of Visit | Destination | Purpose of trip | Mode of transport - air | Accommodation/Meals | Mode of transport - rail | Mode of transport - Eurostar | Mode of Transport - taxi | PURPOSE - DETAIL - Include information on reason for type of ticket bought - eg economy, no further information required, club class - reason it was required. (Delete from version for publishing) | Other (including hospitality given) | Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (£) |
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| Simon McDonald - PUS | 23-Apr-17 | 4 days | Tajikistan, China, Mongolia | Meetings with stakeholders and Embassy staff | 6212.13 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,212 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 20-May-17 | 7 days | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey | Meetings with stakeholders and Embassy staff | 3787.83 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,788 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 31-May-17 | 3 days | Estonia, Finland | Meetings with Permanent Secretaries and Embassy staff | 1163.33 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,163 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 15-Jun-17 | 1 day | Manchester | Civil Service Live | 0 | Not set | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 20-Jun-17 | 3 days | Israel/OPTs | Meetings with stakeholders and Embassy staff | 585.85 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 586 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 27-Jun-17 | 1 days | Germany | Attended a reception | 192.3 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
| Karen Pierce - Director General Political | 03-May-17 | 2 days | Serbia, Kosovo | Meetings with officials | 649.14 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Two nights accommodation - £226.86 | 226.86 | 876 |
| Karen Pierce - Director General Political | 16-Jun-17 | 1 day | Paris | Meetings with officials | 0 | Not set | 0 | 338 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 370 |
| Neil Crompton - Director General Middle East & North Africa | 07-Jul-17 | 5 days | Gulf Region | Accompany Foreign Secretary and stay on when he left | 3900 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,900 |
| Neil Crompton - Director General Middle East & North Africa | 12-Jul-17 | 2 days | Washington | Attend C-ISIL conference in place of Political Director | 5900 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,900 |
| Neil Crompton - Director General Middle East & North Africa | 18-Sep-17 | 5 days | New York | Attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting | 6700 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,700 |
| Lindsay Appleby - Acting Director General Economic and Consular | 01-Jun-17 | 1 say | Brussels | Brexit talks | 0 | Not set | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 27-Apr-17 | One day | Cambridge | Lecture at University | 0 | Not set | 24.6 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 25 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 31-May-17 | Two days | Brussels | COJUR (Public International Law Working Group) | 0 | Not set | 1.83 | 147 | 14.32 | Economy | 173.07 | 336 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 28-Jun-17 | Three days | Moscow | Meeting of P5 (China, France, Russia, UK and US) MFA legal advisers | 421.12 | Not set | 6.7 | 0 | 90 | Economy. Accommodated at HMA's Residence | 26.95 | 545 |
| Peter Jones - Chief Operating Officer | 22-Jun-17 | 1 day | Wilton Park | Wilton Park Board meeting | 0 | Not set | 60.38 | 0 | 0 | Economy. Accommodation at the venue | 0 | 60 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 03-May-17 | 1 day | European Space Agency, Didcot | Attend Uncertainty in Dispersion Workshop (Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee) | 0 | Not set | 62.4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 05-May-17 | 2 days | Paris, France | Attend OECD Science Advice - 2nd Expert Group Meeting | 0 | Not set | 51.15 | 249.39 | 0 | Standard Eurostar Return | 0 | 301 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 09-May-17 | 2 hours | FCO London | HMGCC Materials Board Meeting | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | Taxi required - late departure as previous meeting over run | 0 | 9 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 15-May-17 | 1 day | Oxford | Attend Anglo-French collaboration in the nuclear sector co-hosted by Oxford & Cambridge University and the French Embassy | 0 | Not set | 25.7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 17-May-17 | 6 days | Moscow and Kazan, Russia | Attend UK/Russia Roundtable on Science Diplomacy hosted by the Moscow Institute for International Relations, Moscow and bilateral science programme in Kazan | 328.17 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 52 | Economy return. Accommodated in Residence in Moscow. Flight, trains and accommodation costs in Kazan covered by post. | 0 | 380 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 29-May-17 | 2 days | Vienna | Attend IAEA Technical Cooperation Conference | 414.9 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 47 | Economy return. Accommodated in Residence . | 32.27 | 494 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 05-Jun-17 | 1 day | Teddington | Visit to the National Physical Laboratory | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 14-Jun-17 | 1 day | Cheltenham | Meetings at GCHQ | 0 | Not set | 78.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 19-Jun-17 | 2 days | Glasgow | Engagement with Scottish govt science stakeholders | 199.85 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 107.03 | 331 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 21-Jun-17 | 2 days | Madrid, Spain | Attend meetings to strengthen bilateral collaboration and address Brexit concerns | 322.65 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 64.56 | 0 | 173.92 | 561 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 24-Jun-17 | 7 days | Buenos Aires and Bariloche, Argentina | High level science diplomacy discussion with officials, institutions and other stakeholders | 2515.07 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 110.72 | Business Class Return London/BA/London (flight over 10 hours in line with FCO policy). Internal flights economy. | 17.76 | 2,644 |
| Jill Gallard - Director Human Resources | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Jones - Chief Operating Officer | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Sanderson - Director Finance | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shamik Dhar - Director Economics Unit | Nil return | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 27-Apr-17 | 2 days | Berlin | Participation in a think tank event, discussing transatlantic issues | 256.81 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accommodation - 95.04 | 95.04 | 352 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 11-May-17 | 2 days | Oxford | Senior Leadership development course | 0 | Not set | 62.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 19-Jun-17 | 2 days | Oxford | Challenges of Government Conference | 0 | Not set | 32.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 21-Jun-17 | 3 days | Steyning | Internal board meeting | 0 | Not set | 34.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 28-Jun-17 | 2 days | Washington | Speaker at a German Marshall Fund event | 1035.31 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 72.98 | Premium economy air ticket on return journey as overnight flight going straight into office to attend morning board meeting following landing in UK. Taxis -Dulles airport to Washington and two journeys to meetings in Washington | 0 | 1,108 |
| Helen Bower-Easton - Director Communications | 02-May-17 | 2 days | Paris, France | Induction visit to British Embassy Paris and dinner with French President's communications team | 0 | Not set | 0 | 160.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| Helen Bower-Easton - Director Communications | 15-May-17 | 3 days | Chisinau, Moldova | Attend regional communications workshop plus stakeholder engagement and meetings with embassy colleagues | 333.01 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 227.9 | 0 | 0 | 561 |
| Helen Bower-Easton - Director Communications | 22-Jun-17 | 2 days | Wilton Park, Steyning, West Sussex | Attend Wilton Park Board meeting | 0 | Not set | 29.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Helen Bower-Easton - Director Communications | 28-Jun-17 | 2 days | Cardiff, Wales | Attend regional Whitehall directors of communication stakeholder engagement event and related meetings | 0 | Not set | 213.23 | 0 | 37.7 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| Martin Reynolds - Principal Private Secretary | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Barton - Director General Defence and Intelligence | 04-May-17 | 1 day | Cheltenham | Travel for meetings | 0 | Not set | 113.4 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| Philip Barton - Director General Defence and Intelligence | 10-May-17 | 1 day | Madrid, Spain | Meetings with European partners | 510.57 | Not set | 13.15 | 0 | 55.65 | Not set | 0 | 579 |
| Philip Barton - Director General Defence and Intelligence | 31-May-17 | 3 days | Kiev, Ukraine | Meetings with Ukrainian government and other stakeholders | 424.9 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 425 |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 25-Apr-17 | 3 days | Bangladesh | Meetings with the Bangladesh MFA, civil society leaders and senior figures from the ruling and opposition political parties | 3308.73 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Business - flight was 10+ hrs | 0 | 3,309 |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 03-May-17 | 1 day | Brussels | Meetings with the European External Action Service | 0 | Not set | 3.67 | 186.15 | 0 | Not set | 161.29 | 351 |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 10-May-17 | 3 days | Washington | Meetings with US Department of State officials | 873.09 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 65.27 | Economy | 58.02 | 996 |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 05-Jun-17 | 4 days | Kabul | International Peace Conference hosted by Afghanistan | 4790.41 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 4,790 |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 29-Jun-17 | 1 day | Berlin | Informal consultations on Afghanistan | 641.38 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 18.86 | Economy | 0 | 660 |
| John Kittmer - Director Overseas Territories Directorate (OTD) | 16-May-17 | 3 days | New York/Washington | Lobbying for the UK Government re BIOT/Mauritius sovereignty dispute | 5581.59 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Out-Premium economy/Return-Economy. Premium was used on the way out as John was going straight into Lobbying and all day meetings. | 0 | 5,582 |
| John Kittmer - Director Overseas Territories Directorate (OTD) | 18-Jun-17 | 4 | New York | Lobbying for the UK Government re BIOT/Mauritius sovereignty dispute | 1981.45 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Economy flight. Accommodation - £1044.40 | 1044.4 | 3,026 |
| Lewis Neal - Director National Security Directorate (NSD) | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 10-Apr-17 | 1 day | Brussels | High level brainstorming: assessment of EU CT policies | 0 | Not set | 0 | 494 | 14 | Economy | 0 | 508 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 24-Apr-17 | 1 day | Paris | Meeting counterparts to talk CT | 0 | Not set | 4 | 311 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 315 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 05-May-17 | 2 days | Amman | Aqaba process - taskforce on South East Asia | 596 | Not set | 22 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 618 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 08-Jun-17 | 2 days | Luxembourg | JHA Council | 541 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 90 | Economy | 0 | 631 |
| Robert Tinline - Acting Director, Defence and International Security | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 29-Mar-17 | 9 days | Austria, Romania, Italy | Accompanying TRHs The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 162 | Not set | 270.77 | 433 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 07-Apr-17 | 2 days | Woburn Abbey, Flitwick | Dinner, British-Italian Conversazioni | 0 | Not set | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 11-Apr-17 | 2 days | Warsaw | V4 (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia) + Eastern Partnership + others Foreign Minister led meeting | 366.05 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 92 | Economy | 38.37 | 496 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 25-Apr-17 | 2 days | Dublin | Famiilarisation visit with meeting with Irish Government, British Council and Embassy staff | 181.75 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 175.1 | Economy | 40 | 397 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 10-May-17 | 3 days | Dublin | Accompanying TRHs The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 82.4 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 18-May-17 | 2 days | Cardiff | Familiarisation visit - Meetings with the Welsh Government,Wales Office and Cardiff University | 0 | Not set | 106.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 221 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 22-May-17 | 2 days | Budapest | Familiarisation visit - meetings with Government officials, British Council and British Embassy | 510.25 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 175.1 | Economy | 0 | 685 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 05-Jun-17 | 2 days | Munich | Familiarisation visit - meetings with Government officials, companies and Embassy | 220.95 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 148.44 | 369 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 26-Jun-17 | 2 days | Berlin | UK-Germany Outlook meeting | 808.2 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | Economy | 112.05 | 1,013 |
| Hugh Elliott - Director (Temp),Europe | 25-May-17 | 2 days | Kinross House, Kinross, Scotland | Conference - The Asia Scotland Institute in partnership with The Ditchley Foundation | 0 | Not set | 160.5 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 306 |
| Hugh Elliott - Director (Temp),Europe | 28-Jun-17 | 3 days | Geneva | Attending UN Conference on Cyprus | 125.07 | Not set | 97.99 | 0 | 137.39 | Economy | 360.08 | 721 |
| Hugh Elliott - Director (Temp),Europe | 02-Jul-17 | 6 days | Geneva | Attending UN Conference on Cyprus | 634.49 | Not set | 97.62 | 0 | 82.4 | Economy | 789.53 | 1,604 |
| Kate White - Director, Asia Pacific | 20-May-17 | 5 days | Jakarta and Seoul | Familiarisation visit to region | 2963.58 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Business class fare (over 10 hours). British business breakfast (25 May) £43.18. Public buss from airport to Embassy £11.41. Accommodated in Residence both locations. | 55 | 3,018 |
| Kate White - Director, Asia Pacific | 30-May-17 | 1 day | Brussels | Attend Quint (informal decision-making group: US, Germany, France, UK and Italy) meeting | 0 | Not set | 0 | 123.93 | 0 | Standard Eurostar return. Accommodation £278.84. Meals £11.40. Metro (Brussels) ticket £3.76. | 294 | 418 |
| Julia Longbottom - Director, Consular Services | 25-Apr-17 | .5 days | Northwood | Familiarisation Visit to PJHQ | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mileage 15.05 | 0 | 15 |
| Julia Longbottom - Director, Consular Services | 03-May-17 | 2 days | Scotland and Wales | Consular Talks with Devolved Administrations | 130.2 | Not set | 75.1 | 0 | 92.93 | Accommodation £159. Meals £35. Economy flights and standard train travel | 194 | 492 |
| Julia Longbottom - Director, Consular Services | 13-May-17 | 5 days | San Francisco | Consular Colloque Conference/ Pastoral visit to Consulate General | 5438.95 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 177.45 | Business Class fare (over 10 hours). 4 nights' accommodation £999.37. Meals £62.01. | 1061.47 | 6,678 |
| Julia Longbottom - Director, Consular Services | 19-Jun-17 | 2 days | Belfast and Dublin | UK Irish Consular Talks. Consular Talks with Devolved Administration | 253.39 | Not set | 18 | 0 | 136.24 | Economy Class Fare. 1 night accommodation £145.71. Meals 50.22. Toll 8.69. RyanAir Checking Charge 45.47 | 250.09 | 658 |
| Anna Clunes - Director, Economic Diplomacy | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corin Robertson - Director, Estates & Security Directorate (ESD) | 17-Jun-17 | 4 Days | Mexico and Bogota | Official trip to tour the Estates, meet with Staff and look at accommodation, Health and Safety, and next steps on current building | 6993.4 | Not set | 30 | 0 | 0 | Ticket purchased club class and economy. Long haul flight from LHR to Mexico City. Outward bound Club. Mexico City to Bogota travel used Economy. Bogota to LHR club class. Flight to Mexico over 10 hours travel time. | 0 | 7,023 |
| Colin Martin-Reynolds - Chief Information Officer | 14-May-17 | 3 days | Nairobi and Harare | Meeting with officials and briefing staff on Tech Overhaul | 4700.61 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,701 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 09-Apr-17 | Eight days | New York and Washington | 111th American Society of International Law Annual Meeting | 1055.62 | Not set | 182.96 | 0 | 159.9 | Economy | 1271.21 | 2,670 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 16-May-17 | Three days | Newport | Workshop at Naval War College | 3296.42 | Not set | 22 | 0 | 0 | Outward flight economy; return business (working on arrival) | 345.74 | 3,664 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 22-May-17 | One day | The Hague | Meetings with international legal institutions | 202.5 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 70.34 | Economy | 0 | 273 |
| Paul McKell - Legal Director | 04-Apr-17 | Two days | Ankara | Discussions (Cyprus) with Turkish MFA | 752.87 | Not set | 0 | 0 | Not set | Economy | 0 | 753 |
| Paul McKell - Legal Director | 01-Jun-17 | Two days | Swindon | Army Legal Services Regimental Dinner Night | 0 | Not set | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 61 |
| Paul McKell - Legal Director | 14-Jun-17 | Two days | Plymouth | Royal Navy 'Day at Sea' | 0 | Not set | 99.2 | 0 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Michael Tatham - Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 16-May-17 | 1 day | Prague | Attend Strat Comms Summit, Prague | 334.3 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 40.46 | 0 | 0 | 375 |
| Michael Tatham - Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 23-May-17 | 1 day | Berlin | Talks with German MFA | 608 | Not set | 25 | 0 | 24.09 | 0 | 0 | 657 |
| Kara Owen - Director, Americas | 02-May-17 | 3 days | Ottawa | To discuss bilateral business with the local government and businesses and other stakeholders and to project the UK in the country | 4178.15 | Not set | 22 | 0 | 245.55 | 0 | 0 | 4,446 |
| Kara Owen - Director, Americas | 18-Jun-17 | 5 days | Cancun | Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly | 2351.27 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,351 |
| Neil Wigan - Director, Africas | 24-Apr-17 | 1 week | Mogadishu | To provide breather cover break for HMA and attend core group for Somalia Conference | 2288.25 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | Premium economy London to Nairobi for onward transfer to Mogadishu on arrival and on return | 0 | 2,288 |
| Neil Wigan - Director, Africas | 13-Jun-17 | 4days | Washington | To attend P3 (US, UK, France) meeting on Africa in Washington | 1470.25 | Not set | 77.2 | 0 | 0 | Premium economy - flying straight in to Washington to attend P3 dinner and working on return | 0 | 1,547 |
| Neil Wigan - Director, Africas | 27-Jun-17 | 2 days | Brussels | To attend EU Africa Directors meeting in Brussels | 158.61 | Not set | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | Economy | 0 | 162 |
| Jon Benjamin, Director | 04-Sep-17 | 7 days | Chile | International Forum on Diplomatic Training (IFDT) Conference | 2855.07 | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0 | IFDT Conference, price of ticket: £2855.07 - stayed with in-laws | 0 | 2,855 |