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FCO's senior officials’ business expenses for travel, July to September 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 | Other (including hospitality given) | Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (£) |
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| Simon McDonald - PUS | 02/07/2017 | 4 days | Kampala, Dar es Salaam, Kigali | Meetings with stakeholders and staff at Post | £5,269 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £5,269 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 07/07/2017 | 1 day | Ditchley, Oxfordshire | John Kerry Reception | Nil return | Nil return | £31 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £31 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 10/09/2017 | 6 days | Sarajevo, Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina, Tirana, Podgorica | Meetings with stakeholders and staff at Post | £1,229 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £1,229 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 21/09/2017 | 1 day | Berlin | Quadrilateral | £276 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £276 |
| Simon McDonald - PUS | 23/09/2017 | 3 days | Tashkent | Meetings with stakeholders and staff at Post | £1,662 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £1,662 |
| Neil Crompton - Director Middle East & North Africa | 17/09/2017 | 6 days | New York | Attend UN General Assembly | £6,744 | £1,900 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £126 | £8,768 |
| Deborah Bronnert - DG Global Britain | 24/07/2017 | 2 days | Geneva | Visit to UKMis Geneva | £539 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £105 | £12 | £657 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 03/07/2017 | 1 day | The Hague | Meetings at International Criminal Court | £263 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £90 | Nil return | £353 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 05/07/2017 | 2 days | Geneva | Meetings with international organisations | £326 | Nil return | £25 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £351 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 05/09/2017 | 3 days | Moscow | Meeting with P5 opposite numbers | £382 | Nil return | £15 | Nil return | £87 | £52 | £536 |
| Iain MacLeod - Legal Adviser | 13/09/2017 | 3 days | Berlin | Meeting with French and German opposite numbers | £380 | Nil return | £54 | Nil return | £84 | £418 | £936 |
| Peter Jones - Chief Operating Officer | 21/09/2017 | 1 day | Paris | Meetings with colleagues at BE Paris. Travelled with Deputy HR Director | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £183 | £30 | Nil return | £213 |
| Peter Jones - Chief Operating Officer | 25/09/2017 | 1 day | Dublin | Meetings with colleagues at BE Dublin. | £265 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £53 | Nil return | £318 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 03/07/2017 | 1 day | Lisbon | Participate in Encontro Ciencia 2017 (annual gathering of the Portuguese scientific community) + bilaterals with senior Portuguese officials | £566 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £30 | £4 | £600 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 06/07/2017 | 1 day | Royal Holloway, University of London | Visit to Research/Enterprise Dept | Nil return | Nil return | £14 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £14 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 31/08/2017 | 1 day | Leicester University | Visit to mineral processing research, Geology and Chemistry Dept/outreach with senior leadership team | Nil return | Nil return | £91 | Nil return | £5 | Nil return | £96 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 06/09/2017 | 2 days | Wilton Park | Attend workshop on Science Advice: International cooperation and exchange of data and infomration during trans-national crises | Nil return | Nil return | £51 | Nil return | £42 | Nil return | £93 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 15/09/2017 | 3 days | Taillores, France | Dialogue on Science & Technology Advice in Foreign Ministries | £191 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £92 | £353 | £635 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 18/09/2017 | 2 days | Vienna | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference | £472 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £52 | £135 | £659 |
| Robin Grimes - Chief Scientific Adviser | 25/09/2017 | 4 days | Ankara/ Instanbul | 34th International Assocation of science parks (IASP) World Conference on Science Parks + bilateral programme | £443 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £53 | £177 | £673 |
| Jill Gallard - Director Human Resources | 11/09/2017 | 5 days | Montreal/Ottawa | Pastoral visit to Montreal and Ottawa posts and attending International HR Directors' Conference | £2,883 | Nil return | £22 | Nil return | Nil return | £291 | £3,196 |
| Jill Gallard - Director Human Resources | 21/09/2017 | 2 days | Dorking Surrey | HPDS residential course | Nil return | Nil return | £17 | Nil return | £28 | Nil return | £45 |
| Andrew Sanderson - Director Finance | 24/07/2017 | 1 day | Wilton Park | IAD annual conference | Nil return | Nil return | £28 | Nil return | £23 | Nil return | £51 |
| Shamik Dhar - Director Economics Unit | 25/07/2017 | 2 days | Dublin | Outreach visit to Dublin | £211 | Nil return | Not set | Nil return | Nil return | £35 | £246 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 19/07/2017 | 1 day | Edinburgh | SG DG Dircetors Meeting | Nil return | Nil return | £138 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £138 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 31/08/2017 | 1 day | Portugal | ECFR China Strategy Group | Nil return | £111 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £111 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 02/09/2017 | 2 days | Portugal | ECFR China Strategy Group | £410 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £410 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 07/08/2017 | 1 day | Berlin | 11th Berline Conference on Asian Security | £292 | £80 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £372 |
| Liane Saunders - Director Strategy | 21/09/2017 | 1 day | Surrey | HDPS Systems Leadership workshop | Nil return | Nil return | £25 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £1,561 |
| Helen Bower-Easton - Director Communications | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Martin Reynolds - Principal Private Secretary | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Owen Jenkins - Director South Asia and Afghanistan | 12/09/2017 | 1 day | Washington | Meetings with Department of State and British embassy officials to discuss US South Asia Review | £3,316 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £55 | £316 | £3,686 |
| Ben Merrick - Director Overseas Territories Directorate | 18/08/2017 | 1 day | Cambridge | Introduction to the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge | Nil return | Nil return | £36 | Nil return | Nil return | £6 | £42 |
| Lewis Neal - Director National Security Directorate | 12/09/2017 | 2 days | Paris | L&D visit with A&B band officers focusing on CT and Crisis Response. Lewis presented on the SDI faculty. | Nil return | Nil return | £3 | £123 | Nil return | £132 | £258 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 11/07/2017 | 3 days | Washington DC | Coalition Working Group and Small Group meetings. Also hosted 2 workshops on CT. | £2,626 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £105 | £72 | £2,803 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 16/07/2017 | 2 days | Berlin | Meeting counterparts to discuss CT | £293 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £58 | £149 | £500 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 11/09/2017 | 2 days | Lebanon | Discussions with senior interlocutors on CT (including deliverables) | £739 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £453 | £1,192 |
| Jane Marriott - Director for the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit | 16/09/2017 | 4 days | New York | Attended GCTF coordinating committee, as well as holding various bilaterals with counterparts on CT | £766 | Nil return | £25 | Nil return | £108 | £1,150 | £2,049 |
| Angus Lapsley - Director, Defence and International Security | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby - DG EU Exit | 30/08/2017 | 2 days | Madrid and Gibraltar | Discussions with the Spanish Govt on EU Exit - and discussions with Gibraltar | £556 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £556 |
| Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby - DG EU Exit | 01/09/2017 | 1 day | Malaga | Meeting office staff in Malaga | Nil return | Nil return | £92 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £92 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 13/07/2017 | 4 days | Tallinn | EU Directors General Meeting for Presidency | £528 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £183 | £254 | £965 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 29/08/2017 | 3 days | Stockholm | Nordic Baltic Networ HOMs meeting and bilateral meetings | £235 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £175 | £11 | £421 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 07/09/2017 | 2 days | Latvia | Bilateral meetings with Embassy and MFA | £715 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £62 | Nil return | £777 |
| Caroline Wilson - Director, Europe | 13/09/2017 | 4 days | Pisa | THE XXV Pontignano Conference, Siena | £239 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £62 | £410 | £710 |
| Kate White - Director, Asia Pacific | 10/09/2017 | 2 Days | Washington DC and Paris | Official talks with US and French Government | £7,725 | Nil return | Nil return | £250 | £109 | Nil return | £8,085 |
| Julia Longbottom - Director, Consular Services | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Jon Benjamin - Director Diplomatic Academy | 04/09/2017 | 6 days | Santiago | Attendance of the International Forum Diplomats Training | £2,855 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £488 |
| Colin Martin-Reynolds - Chief Information Officer | 17/09/2017 | 4 days | USA | Meetings with Department of State and Microsoft | £6,072 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £6,072 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 03/07/2017 | 1 day | Bristol | Workshop (Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea: Help or Hindrance?) at University of Bristol Law School | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 04/07/2017 | 2 days | Brussels | COMAR (Working Party on the Law of the Sea) | Nil return | £165 | Nil return | £96 | £29 | Nil return | £290 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 26/07/2017 | 2 days | Hamburg | IFLOS (International Foundation for the Law of the Sea) | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £80 | Nil return | £80 |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 27/07/2017 | 4 days | Florence | Workshop (International Humanitarian Law) | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch - Legal Director | 07/08/2017 | 6 days | Kingston | International Seabed Authority | £900 | £948 | £36 | Nil return | £53 | Nil return | £1,937 |
| Michael Tatham - Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 17/08/2017 | 7 days | Ashgabat | To provide cover during Ambassador's absence from Ashgabat | £721 | Nil return | £18 | Nil return | £15 | Nil return | £754 |
| Michael Tatham - Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 07/09/2017 | 1 day | Brussels | Quint discussions in Brussels (US, UK, France, Germany & Italy) | Nil return | Nil return | £7 | £288 | Nil return | Nil return | £295 |
| Neil Wigan - Director Africa | 03/07/2017 | 3 days | Beijing | Meeting with the Chinese MFA | £2,798 | Nil return | £24 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £2,821 |
| Neil Wigan - Director Africa | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Stephen Lillie - Full Time Language Training | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Dominic Chilcott - Full Time Language Training | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Alastair McPhail - Co-ordinator for UK-France Summit | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Hugh Elliott - Director International Agreements | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Damian (Ric) Todd - Director, Parliamentary, Ministerial and Central Services | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Patrick Moody - Additional Director Asia Pacific | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Timothy Dowse - Intelligence Adviser | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Kara Owen - Director, Americas | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Corin Robertson | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Paul McKell | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Karen Pierce - Director General Political | 24/07/2017 | 1 days | Dublin | Political Director Bilateral | £100 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £100 |
| Karen Pierce - Director General Political | 03/07/2017 | 2 days | Tallinn | EU Political Director Meetings | £300 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £300 |
| Philip Barton - Director General Consular & Security | 04/07/2017 | 1 day | Edinburgh | Civil Service Live | £130 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £64 | £194 |
| Simon Smith | Nil return | 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 | Nil return |
| James Kariuki - Director Diplomacy 2020 | 09/11/2017 | 2 days | Wilton Park | Conference | Nil return | £24 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £100 |
| Paul Williams - Director Multilateral Policy | 06/07/2017 | 2 days | The Hague | UNSC new member visit | £296 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £46 | Nil return | £371 |
| Paul Williams - Director Multilateral Policy | 16/09/2017 | 11 days | New York | UNGA and Geneva Group | £833 | £3,722 | Nil return | Nil return | £92 | £354 | £5,001 |
| Rob Macaire | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 01/07/2017 | 7 days | London | Official bilateral meetings | £2,394 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £2,394 |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 10/07/2017 | 6 days | London | Official bilateral meetings | £1,403 | £925 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £76 | £2,404 |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 17/07/2017 | 2 days | Turkey | Official visit as gender envoy | £1,064 | £68 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £12 | £1,144 |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 21/07/2017 | 1 day | The Hague (via London) | Official visit as gender envoy | £466 | £165 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £66 | £698 |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 10/09/2017 | 8 days | London, Cairo | Official meetings | £2,405 | £210 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £172 | £2,789 |
| Joanna Roper - Special Envoy | 18/09/2017 | 4 days | New York | Official visit as gender envoy | £1,115 | £181 | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £274 | £1,570 |