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FCO's senior officials’ business expenses for travel, October to December 2017
Updated 23 March 2018
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| Name | Start date of trip | Duration of Visit (Days) | Destination | Purpose of trip | Mode of transport | Class of travel | Accomodation/Meals | Other (including hospitality given) | Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc. (£) | Total Cost of Use of Official Secure Car |
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| Iain Macleod | 2017-10-04 | 2 | The Hague | Third Annual British Embassy Lecture on International Law | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £201 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-10-21 | 8 | New York | United Nations Legal Week | Air | Premium Economy | £1,873 | £313 | £4,159 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-10-03 | 1 | Milton Keynes | Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £35 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-11-08 | 3 | New York | International Court of Justice elections | Air | Premium Economy | £429 | £200 | £2,942 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-11-11 | 3 | New York | International Court of Justice elections | Air | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £2,623 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-11-19 | 2 | New York | International Court of Justice elections | Air | Premium Economy | £251 | £158 | £2,738 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-12-10 | 6 | New York | Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | Air | Premium Economy | £1,768 | £897 | £4,993 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2017-12-18 | 1 | Richmond | Representing FCO at funeral of former colleague | Taxi | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £30 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2017-11-02 | 2 | The Hague | Meeting of Senior Officials - Diplomatic Security Colloquium | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £351 | Nil return |
| Owen Jenkins | 2017-10-11 | 2 | Afghanistan | Attended meetings in Afghanistan to discussed peace process | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £1,642 | Nil return |
| Owen Jenkins | 2017-10-13 | 2 | Oman | Attended the IISS-NESA Security Conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £258 | Nil return |
| Owen Jenkins | 2017-10-16 | 2 | Pakistan | Attended meetings in Pakistan | Air | Economy and Business | Nil return | Nil return | £2,100 | Nil return |
| Owen Jenkins | 2017-10-19 | 1 | Geneva | Attended Geneva II meeting of Special Representatives for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAPs) | Air | Economy | £227 | Nil return | £591 | Nil return |
| Gareth Bayley | 2017-12-11 | 1 | Norway | Attended International Contact Group on Afghanistan | Air | Economy | £403 | Nil return | £1,220 | Nil return |
| Gareth Bayley | 2017-11-29 | 2 | Azerbaijan | Attended Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,125 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2017-11-14 | 1 | Southampton | Guest speaker/British Foreign Policy Group | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £7 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2017-11-30 | 4 | Bulgaria, Greece | EU State Secretaries Summit/Official bilateral and multilateral meetings with key stakeholders | Air | Economy | £133 | Nil return | £389 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2017-12-15 | 3 | Mexico | Official bilateral and multilateral meetings with key stakeholders | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £2,121 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-10-09 | 2 | Madrid | Big 6 Meeting - DGs of France, Germany, Warsaw, Italy, Spain and Ireland | Air | Economy | Nil return | £38 | £442 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-10-12 | 2 | Hertfordshire | The Seventeenth Economic Königswinter Conference - with Germany | Rail | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £25 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-10-19 | 3 | Athens | UK-Greece Symposium (held at Nafplion) | Air | Economy | Nil return | £105 | £848 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-10-22 | 3 | Prague | Central European Network Heads of Mission Conference, 23-2/10/174 | Air | Economy | Nil return | £9 | £827 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-11-03 | 3 | Bath | British-Spanish Tertulias Meeting | Rail | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £60 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-11-06 | 4 | Lisbon | Lisbon Web Summit and meetings with Embassy and Government officials | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £769 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-11-09 | 2 | Ditchley Park | LSE IDEAS conference on Foreign and Security Policy Post Brexit | Rail | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £67 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-12-04 | 2 | Vienna | Meetings with Embassy and Government officials | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £592 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2017-12-06 | 3 | Berlin, Hamburg | Europe's Strategic Choices Conference and vist to Hamburg Consulate | Air | Economy | Nil return | £199 | £946 | Nil return |
| Neil Crompton | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Andy Murdoch | 2017-10-04 | 3 | Portsmouth | Major Maritime Powers conference | Self-drive | N/A | £220 | £69 | £289 | Nil return |
| Andy Murdoch | 2017-12-03 | 13 | New York | Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | Air | Economy and Premium Economy | £3,804 | £97 | £4,564 | Nil return |
| Paul McKell | 2017-12-19 | 2 | Brussels | Public International Law Working Group (COJUR) | Eurostar | Economy | £147 | Nil return | £288 | Nil return |
| Colin Martin-Reynolds | 2017-10-07 | 5 | Jakarta | Meetings with other Chief Information Officers and on Tech Overhaul | Air | Business | £184 | Nil return | £3,776 | Nil return |
| Colin Martin-Reynolds | 2017-12-10 | 4 | Tokyo, Beijing | Meetings on Tech Overhaul | Air | Business | £315 | Nil return | £5,676 | Nil return |
| Neil Wigan | 2017-11-07 | 2 | Brussels | EEAS Africa Directors meeting | Eurostar | Economy | £359 | Nil return | £540 | Nil return |
| Neil Wigan | 2017-12-03 | 4 | Mogadishu | Follow up to London Somalia Conference (held in May 2017) | Air | Premium Economy | £159 | Nil return | £2,635 | Nil return |
| Andrew Sanderson | 2017-10-15 | 2 | Ottawa | Corporate Services Forum | Air | Economy | £529 | £54 | £1,682 | Nil return |
| Peter Jones | 2017-10-17 | 2 | Washington DC | COO meeting with Embassy staff - Dip 20:20 presentation | Air | Business and Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £4,101 | Nil return |
| Robin Grimes | 2017-10-29 | 5 | Abu Dhabi | IAEA Ministerial Conference and DIT bilateral nuclear energy programme | Multiple | Premium Economy | £419 | £13 | £2,530 | Nil return |
| Robin Grimes | 2017-11-02 | 0.5 | London | Meeting with Taiwan Rep | Taxi | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £7 | Nil return |
| Robin Grimes | 2017-11-25 | 5 | Moscow, Novosibirsk | DIT Trade Mission to Siberia as part of the UK/Russia Year of Science | Multiple | Economy | £15 | Nil return | £360 | Nil return |
| Robin Grimes | 2017-12-03 | 6 | Cape Town, Pretoria | South Africa Science Forum, Pretoria and bilateral programme in Cape Town | Multiple | Premium Economy | £67 | Nil return | £1,398 | Nil return |
| Julia Longbottom | 2017-11-13 | 6 | Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane | Consular and pastoral visit (internal flights within Australia only) | Multiple | Economy | £585 | Nil return | £2,222 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2017-10-03 | 1 | Milton Keynes | Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £55 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2017-11-20 | 4 | Naypyidaw, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur | Attending ASEM, visit to Post | Air | Business and Economy | £106 | Nil return | £3,875 | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2017-10-15 | 2 | Rome | Attending QUINT meeting | Air | Economy | £121 | Nil return | £449 | Nil return |
| Patrick Moody | 2017-11-25 | 5 | Sydney | Attend 1.5 Track Dialogue | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,565 | Nil return |
| Shamik Dhar | 2017-11-01 | 3 | Minsk | To present at Minsk conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £78 | Nil return |
| Shamik Dhar | 2017-11-27 | 12 | Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong | Boost economic profile and present at various conferences | Air | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £6,789 | Nil return |
| Shamik Dhar | 2017-12-18 | 2 | Rome | Present at Rome conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £718 | Nil return |
| Michael Tatham | 2017-10-12 | 2 | Moscow | Meetings with Lavrov | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £291 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2017-11-07 | 3 | Helsinki, Warsaw | Russia Directors' meeting in Helsinki followed by G7 sanctions meeting in Warsaw | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,061 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2017-11-15 | 3 | Baku | EAP HOMS Conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,010 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2017-12-03 | 5 | Moscow | Visa talks in Moscow + remained in region for return to Moscow for visit by Minister Duncan on 8 Dec | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £431 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2017-12-05 | 3 | Chisinau, Vienna, Moscow | Attend Political Director's lunch in Vienna on behalf of Karen Pierce | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £340 | Nil return |
| Kara Owen | 2017-12-10 | 5 | Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Sao Paulo | Bilateral meetings with Embassy and MFA | Air | Business and Economy | £70 | £108 | £7,192 | Nil return |
| Lewis Neal | 2017-12-14 | 1 | Paris | Attendance of High Level Group with French officials ahead of UK/France summit held in January 2018 | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £115 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2017-11-11 | 2 | Tokyo | Sherpa/preparations ahead of ministerial 2+2 (Foreign & Defence Ministers) in December. | Air | Business | £31 | £128 | £7,890 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2017-11-29 | 1.5 | Brussels | Attended meetings in Brussels covering Nato, Counter-Terrorism, EU | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £199 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2017-11-23 | 1 | Northolt | Cross Whitehall Meeting | Taxi | N/A | Nil return | Nil return | £48 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-10-15 | 2 | Vienna, Sarajevo | Embassy staff & Ambassador Marcel Pesko, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, OSCE Secretariat, Vienna. Sarajevo: Embassy staff and meeting with Security Minister Mektic | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £652 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-10-18 | 2 | Washington DC | meetings with opposite numbers on NATO, Counter Proliferation, disarmament, Balkans & Turkey | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £2,947 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-10-27 | 1 | Brussels | meetings at UKRep and UKDel | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £280 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-11-06 | 1 | Paris | meeting with Nicolas Roche, MFA | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £294 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-11-08 | 2 | Warsaw | Warsaw Security Forum 2017, Poland | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £308 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | 2017-11-30 | 2 | Berlin | Munich Security Confrerence - European Defence Roundtable | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Martin Reynolds | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Ric Todd | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Jane Marriott | 2017-11-19 | 2 | Amman | 3* visit to Jordan to discuss Conuter Terrorism | Air | Economy | £316 | Nil return | £1,213 | Nil return |
| Jane Marriott | 2017-12-06 | 1 | Brussels | JHA Council | Eurostar | Economy | £65 | Nil return | £285 | Nil return |
| Timothy Dowse | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Robert Macaire | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Helen Bower-Easton | 2017-10-01 | 5 | Santiago | Americas Communicators Conference | Air | Business | £428 | Nil return | £7,264 | Nil return |
| Helen Bower-Easton | 2017-10-29 | 5 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Doha | Not set | Air | Economy | £421 | £238 | Nil return | Nil return |
| Helen Bower-Easton | 2017-11-03 | 1 | Milton Keynes | Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | £33 | Nil return | £33 | Nil return |
| Helen Bower-Easton | 2017-11-24 | 5 | Rome | Europe Communicators Conference | Air | Economy | £23 | Nil return | £330 | Nil return |
| Jon Benjamin | 2017-10-25 | 2 | Brussels | Visiting UKREP etc | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £488 | Nil return |
| Simon Smith | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| John Duncan | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Alastair McPhail | 2017-12-18 | 1 | Paris | UK-France Summit meeting | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Stephen Lillie | 2017-11-13 | 2 | Cardiff | Overseas Leadership Development Programme | Rail | Economy | £133 | £30 | £300 | Nil return |
| Corin Robertson | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2017-10-04 | 1.5 | Berlin | Meetings with Brexit Taskforce, Deputy NSA, Parliamentarians and FP Think Tank | Air | Economy | £181 | Nil return | £739 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2017-10-16 | 2.5 | Paris | Bergedorf Round Table | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £102 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2017-11-15 | 1.5 | Strasbourg, Brussels | Meetings with senior officials ahead of DEC | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £400 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-01-09 | 2.5 | Gibraltar, Madrid | Meetings with Chief Minister and Spanish officials | Air and Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £454 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-01-18 | 1 | Scotland | Roundtable with academics and meetings with Scotland Office officials | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £329 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-01-30 | 1 | Gibraltar | Meetings with Chief Minister of Gibraltar | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £591 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-02-07 | 1 | Madrid | Meetings with Spanish officials | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £417 | Nil return |
| Jill Gallard | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-10-10 | 1 | Paris | E3 Political Directors on Iran | Eurostar | Standard | Nil return | Nil return | £347 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-10-13 | 1 | Rome | Big 6 Political Directors | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £454 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-10-19 | 4 | Washington | Iran INARA meetings with PD opposite | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £6,237 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-10-27 | 1 | Geneva | P5 talks on Syria | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £589 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-11-21 | 2 | Tehran | Talks on regional and consular to prepare FS travel | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,827 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-11-27 | 1 | Geneva | Syria, PS meeting with Staffan de Mistura | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £432 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-11-28 | 1 | Tel Aviv | Meetings on Israel on Iran on regional security | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £1,005 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-11-29 | 1 | Washington | E3 meetings with US on JCPOA | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £10,942 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-11-12 | 1 | Vienna | Joint Commission in Vienna | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £751 | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce | 2017-12-13 | 1 | Geneva | Syria small group meeting | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £110 | Nil return |
| James Kariuki | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | 2017-10-16 | 4 | Lima | UNSC new member visit | Air | Business | Nil return | £92 | £2,978 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | 2017-11-06 | 2 | Vienna | OSCE Retreat | Air | Economy | Nil return | £46 | £391 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | 2017-12-10 | 4 | Brindisi | EU-UNSC Directors Meeting | Air | Economy | Nil return | £394 | £1,038 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-10-16 | 2 | Washington DC | Official Visit as Gender Envoy | Air | Business | £69 | Nil return | £2,777 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-10-18 | 2 | Ottawa | Official Visit as Gender Envoy | Air | Economy | £504 | £77 | £1,061 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-10-20 | 4 | London | Official meetings | Air | Economy | £225 | £24 | £1,224 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-10-24 | 2 | Baghdad | Official Visit as Gender Envoy | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £760 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-10-29 | 5 | London | Official meetings | Air | Business | £695 | £210 | £1,076 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-11-13 | 4 | Rome, Taormina | G7 Ministerial on gender | Air | Business | £10 | £52 | £1,602 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-11-22 | Not set | Lahore | Official meetings | Car | N/A | Nil return | £14 | £14 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-11-27 | 3 | TelAviv, Jerusalem | Official Visit as Gender Envoy | Air | Business | £215 | Nil return | £1,961 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2017-12-06 | 6 | London | official meetings | Air | Business | £140 | £198 | £338 | Nil return |
| Andrew Noble | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Ben Merrick | 2017-11-14 | 3 | St Kitts, Anguilla | Meetings with Anguilla Bank and post Hurricane Irma meetings | Air | Premium Economy | £216 | Nil return | £2,542 | Nil return |
| Ben Merrick | 2017-12-06 | 2 | Washington | Political-Military talks with US on the British Indian Ocean Territory | Air | Premium economy and Business | £190 | Nil return | £2,400 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2017-10-12 | 1 | Paris | European Defense's Window of Opportunity GMF workshop | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £132 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2017-11-03 | 1 | Milton Keynes | FCO Management Board | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £45 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2017-11-09 | 1 | Charlbury | LSE IDEAS conference on Foreign and Security Policy Post Brexit | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £32 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2017-11-16 | 2 | Charlbury | Ditchley Foundation conference | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £42 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2017-11-29 | 2 | Washington | Daimler Forum | Air | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,581 | Nil return |
| Hugh Elliott | 2017-12-04 | 5 | Hanoi, Seoul | Discussions with host government on International Agreements | Air | Business | £142 | Nil return | £6,175 | Nil return |
| Hugh Elliott | 2017-12-10 | 3 | Tel Aviv | Discussions with host government on International Agreements | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,085 | Nil return |
| Hugh Elliott | 2017-12-17 | 2 | New Delhi | Discussions with host government on International Agreements | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,908 | Nil return |