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FCO's senior officials’ business expenses for travel, October to December 2018
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| Name | Start date of trip | Duration of Visit (in 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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| Gareth Bayley | 2018-10-12 | 4 | Muscat, Oman, Jeddah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | IISS-NESA Southern Asia Security Conference and meetings with Saudi government officials on Afghanistan and Pakistan | Air | Business and Economy | Nil return | £1,842 | £1,842 | Nil return |
| Gareth Bayley | 2018-11-26 | 1 | Washington, USA | Meetings with US Department of State officials, British Embassy officials and think tanks on South Asia, in particular Afghanistan | Air | Business and Economy | £6 | £3,804 | £3,810 | Nil return |
| Gareth Bayley | 2018-11-27 | 2 | Geneva, Switzerland | Afghanistan Peace Process Conference | Air | Economy | £520 | £349 | £869 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2018-10-01 | 2 | Warsaw, Poland | Like-Minded Directors meeting | Air | Economy | £147 | Nil return | £563 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2018-10-16 | 5 | Vienna, Austria, Bucharest, Romania, Chisinau, Moldova | OSCE & meetings with MFA, Vienna. Meetings with Romanian & Moldovan MFAs and pastoral visit to Embassy | Rail | Economy | £20 | Nil return | £548 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2018-11-07 | 2 | Oslo, Norway | G7 meetings hosted by Norwegian MFA | Air | Economy | £253 | Nil return | £769 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2018-11-25 | 6 | Wellington, Canberra, Australia | UK-New Zealand Strategic Dialogue meeting in Wellington and other official meetings; meetings with Australian MFA in Canberra | Air | Business and Economy | £612 | Nil return | £5,573 | Nil return |
| Ben Merrick | 2018-11-06 | 4 | British Virgin Islands | Visit for discussions with BVI Government and hurricane preparations | Air | Business and Economy | £50 | Nil return | £4,708 | Nil return |
| Ben Merrick | 2019-11-19 | 5 | Miami, USA, Turks & Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands | Head of Governors Conference in Miami followed by meetings with Premiers on Hurricane Preparedness in Overseas Territories | Air | Business and Economy | £1,543 | Nil return | £7,567 | Nil return |
| Richard Salt | 2018-12-16 | 8 | New York, Washington, USA | Meetings with US Government, Private Sector and IMF Staff | Air | Premium Economy | £863 | Nil return | £3,478 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-10-11 | 2 | Portsmouth, UK | Seminar | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £33 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-11-08 | 3 | Washington, New York, USA | Washington: Meetings with US opposite number; New York: Opening roundtable (China and the International Legal Order) organised by Royal Institute of International Affairs | Air | Economy | £795 | £407 | £3,256 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-11-18 | 3 | Glasgow, UK | Delivering lecture at University of Glasgow | Air and Rail | Economy | £82 | Nil return | £358 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-11-20 | 5 | Beijing, China | Talks with Chinese officials | Air | Business | £646 | £119 | £4,920 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-11-28 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Legal lecture hosted by UKRep Brussels | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £183 | Nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2018-11-30 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £32 | Nil return |
| Carole Mundell | 2018-11-27 | 1 | Bern, Switzerland | Bilateral engagements in support of the Science and Innovation Network while on an academic (non FCO) visit to Geneva | Rail and Taxi | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £131 | Nil return |
| Carole Mundell | 2018-12-06 | 5 | Stockholm, Sweden | Nobel Prize Ceremony/associated Nobel activities and bilateral engagements in support of the Science and Innovation Network | Air Rail and Taxi | Business and Economy | Nil return | £84 | £710 | Nil return |
| Andrew Sanderson | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2018-10-29 | 4 | Watford, UK | Attend RCDS Pinnacle Course | Rail | Economy | £252 | Nil return | £252 | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2018-11-17 | 4 | Manila, Philippines, Bangkok, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos | Attend High Level Talks and visit posts | Air | Business and Economy | £256 | Nil return | £5,012 | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2018-12-06 | 2 | Paris, France | Attend QUNIT meeting | Eurostar | Economy | £243 | Nil return | £460 | Nil return |
| Jonathan Sinclair | 2018-11-19 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Pastoral visit to UKRep, Embassy, UKDel | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £340 | Nil return |
| Jonathan Sinclair | 2018-12-07 | 1 | Dublin, Ireland | Pastoral visit to Embassy | Air | Economy | Nil return | £49 | £235 | Nil return |
| Jonathan Sinclair | 2018-11-29 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £41 | Nil return |
| Neil Crompton | 2018-10-17 | 2 | Washington, USA | Bilateral meetings with US counterparts on range of Middle East issues | Air | Business | £525 | Nil return | £4,146 | Nil return |
| Neil Crompton | 2018-11-13 | 2 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Muscat, Oman | Meetings with interlocutors on Yemen | Air | Business and Economy | £342 | Nil return | £2,506 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2018-10-01 | 1 | Geneva, Switzerland | Meetings with international organisaions | Air | Economy | £7 | Nil return | £365 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2018-10-11 | 1 | Portsmouth, UK | Seminar | Rail and Taxi | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £43 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2018-10-18 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | EU Asia-Europe Meeting | Eurostar | Economy | £145 | Nil return | £541 | Nil return |
| Deborah Bronnert | 2018-11-25 | 6 | Wellington, New Zealand, Beijing, China | UK-NZ Strategic Dialogue, governmental/other meetings; economic, bilateral and pastoral meetings in Beijing | Air and Taxi | Business and Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £8,118 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2018-10-02 | 3 | Washington, USA | Bilateral calls update as cross-Whitehall Senior Responsible Officer for Russia and Ukraine | Air | Premium Economy | £88 | Nil return | £2,604 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2018-10-09 | 1 | New York, USA | P5 Nuclear Meeting at UN General Assembly | Air | Premium Economy | £13 | Nil return | £2,541 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2019-10-11 | 1.5 | Portsmouth, UK | Seminar | Rail and Taxi | Economy | £9 | Nil return | £78 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2019-11-13 | 2 | Rome, Italy | Seminar on hybrid threats | Air | Economy | £19 | Nil return | £284 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2019-11-15 | 1.5 | Portsmouth, UK | Defence seminar | Rail and Taxi | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £36 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2015-11-27 | 1 | Berlin, Germany | Berlin Foreign Policy Forum | Air | Economy | £54 | Nil return | £455 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2018-11-29 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £49 | Nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2018-12-05 | 2 | Milan, Italy | Head of UK Delegation for OSCE Ministerial | Air | Economy | £22 | Nil return | £420 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-10-15 | 2 | Paris, France | Big Six meeting | Eurostar | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £409 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-10-22 | 1 | Bern, Switzerland | Strategic Dialogue | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £255 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-10-26 | 2 | Malaga, Spain | Bilateral conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £684 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-10-30 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Internal meetings | Eurostar | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £347 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-11-05 | 2 | Budapest, Hungary | CEN HOMS conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £421 | Nil return |
| Caroline Wilson | 2018-11-22 | 2 | Edinburgh, UK | Aurora Forum | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £431 | Nil return |
| Paul McKell | 2018-10-01 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Public International Law Working Group (COJUR) | Rail | Economy | £230 | Nil return | £314 | Nil return |
| Paul McKell | 2018-11-13 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Public International Law Working Group (COJUR) | Rail | Economy | £284 | Nil return | £426 | Nil return |
| Paul McKell | 2018-11-26 | 2 | Portsmouth, UK | Seminar | Ferry and rail | Economy | Nil return | £4 | £56 | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2018-10-09 | 4 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Major Maritime Powers meeting | Air | Economy | £477 | £116 | £924 | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2018-10-20 | 6 | New York, USA | United Nations' 'Legal Week' | Air | Economy | £1,715 | £272 | £4,523 | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2018-11-20 | 5 | Beijing, China | Talks with Chinese officials | Air | Business | £630 | £82 | £4,868 | Nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2018-12-04 | 9 | The Hague, Netherlands | Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | Air | Economy | £1,470 | £91 | £2,122 | Nil return |
| Harriet Mathews | 2018-11-18 | 4 | Washington, USA | P3 meeting and programme of calls in Washington | Air | Business and Economy | £221 | Nil return | £2,993 | Nil return |
| Harriet Mathews | 2018-11-25 | 6 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Khartoum, Sudan | Programme in Addis and East Africa HOMS meeting in Khartoum | Air | Economy | £7 | Nil return | £487 | Nil return |
| Harriet Mathews | 2018-12-08 | 6 | Goma, Kinshasa, DRC | To visit Posts and provide support ahead of elections | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £1,617 | Nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2018-10-27 | 4 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ITU conference & election campaign | Air | Economy | £987 | Nil return | £1,782 | Nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2018-11-18 | 3 | Kigali, Rwanda | Discussion about CHOGM 2020 | Air and Taxi | Business | £403 | Nil return | £4,689 | Nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2018-11-25 | 5 | Nairobi, Kenya, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Conferences - (Blue Economy, Trade Facilitation Agreement) | Air and Taxi | Economy | £553 | Nil return | £2,932 | Nil return |
| Ric Todd | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-10-18 | 1 | Paris, France | DPRK talks | Eurostar | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £502 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-10-21 | 1 | Zurich, Switzerland | Bilateral visit | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £766 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-11-07 | 1 | Warsaw, Poland | EU Political Directors' meeting | Air | Business and Economy | £109 | Nil return | £594 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-11-08 | 1 | Paris, France | UK-US National Security Advisers' meeting | Air and Rail | Business and Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £879 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-11-13 | 2 | Washington, USA | Bilateral visit & UK-US Strategic Dialogue | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,132 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-11-22 | 2 | Ankara, Istanbul, Turkey | Bilateral visit | Air | Business and Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £931 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-12-04 | 1 | Brussels, Belgium | FM NATO Summit & Political Director's bilateral visit | Air and Rail | Business and Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £652 | Nil return |
| Richard Moore | 2018-12-19 | 1 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Bilateral visit | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,524 | Nil return |
| Peter Jones | 2018-11-16 | 4 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Pastoral visit to Post and bilateral meetings | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,003 | Nil return |
| Peter Jones | 2018-11-30 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £28 | Nil return |
| Hugo Shorter | 2018-11-30 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board meeting | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £44 | Nil return |
| Simon Wren | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Kara Owen | 2018-10-03 | 3 | Farnborough, UK | Forward Institute Training Course | Rail | Economy | £60 | Nil return | £97 | Nil return |
| Kara Owen | 2018-11-25 | 7 | Quito, Ecuador, Lima, Peru, Caracas, Venezuela | Bilateral visit | Air Rail and Taxi | Business and Economy | £244 | £63 | £4,760 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2018-11-26 | 5 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Overseas Security Managers Regional Conference | Air Rail and Taxi | Economy | £371 | Nil return | £913 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2018-12-14 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | Visit to ESD staff at Hanslope Park | Rail and Taxi | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £54 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2018-11-22 | 2 | Liss, Portsmouth, UK | Visit to Close Protection Unit and 1 Military Police Brigade Dinner | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £68 | Nil return |
| Julia Longbottom | 2018-10-24 | 1 | Lisbon, Portugal | EU Exit semi-live exercise | Air and Taxi | Economy | Nil return | £88 | £684 | Nil return |
| Julia Longbottom | 2018-10-29 | 6 | Boston, Washington, USA | Attendance at Future Vision Leadership Development programme in Boston; consular visit and meetings with US Government officials in Washington | Air and Taxi | Economy | £32 | £158 | £1,311 | Nil return |
| Julia Longbottom | 2018-12-10 | 4 | Accra, Ghana, Banjul, The Gambia | Consular visit and meetings with government officials in Ghana and Gambia | Air and Taxi | Economy | £17 | £98 | £2,679 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2018-10-15 | 1 | Berlin, Germany | Bilateral Consulatations over with Permenant Secretary Michaelis , Federal Foreign Office, Berlin | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £358 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2018-11-09 | 1 | Brussels, Belgium | Pastoral visit and meeting with Sir Tim Barrow | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £125 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2018-11-10 | 1 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Deliver a letter to The King on behalf of the PM | Air | Premium Economy and Business | Nil return | Nil return | £3,719 | Nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2018-12-06 | 4 | Bucharest, Romania, Warsaw, Poland | EU Secretaries and Secretaries-General Conference and Pastoral visit to Warsaw | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £716 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Sarah Taylor | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Tracey Williamson | 2018-11-12 | 5 | Mexico City, Mexico | Meeting with Mexico City Hub staff | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £6,300 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-10-15 | 1 | Berlin, Germany | 12th Berlin Conference on Asian Security (BCAS) | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £239 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-10-15 | 1 | Berlin, Germany | Berlin Conference on Asian Security | Nil return | Economy | £143 | Nil return | £646 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-11-08 | 2 | Charlbury, UK | Ditchley Foundation conference on modern deterrence | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £71 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-11-16 | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden | GMF China Forum | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £326 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-11-30 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | FCO Management Board | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £47 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 2018-12-04 | 3 | Washington, USA | Meetings & Daimler US European Forum on Global Issues | Air | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,610 | Nil return |
| Jon Benjamin | 2018-12-06 | 3 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Upskilling Conference | Air and Taxi | Economy | £236 | Nil return | £838 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2018-10-11 | 1.5 | Portsmouth, UK | Seminar | Rail | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £31 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2018-10-15 | 4 | Washington, USA | Kidnap Conference with key US interlocutors and Aviation Security Senior Core Group | Air Rail and Taxi | Economy | £761 | £75 | £2,266 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2018-11-13 | 0.5 | London, UK | Speaker at Kidnap Awareness Course at Regents Park Barracks | Taxi | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £33 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2018-11-19 | 1.5 | Madrid, Spain | Kidnap for ransom discussions with Spanish opposite numbers | Air Rail and Taxi | Economy | £18 | £108 | £214 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2018-11-22 | 2 | Berkhamsted, UK | Ashridge Residential Course | Rail | Economy | £5 | Nil return | £58 | Nil return |
| Lewis Neal | 2018-12-05 | 6 | Panama City, Panama | LATAC Trade and Prosperity Regional Conference | Air | Economy | £211 | Nil return | £876 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2018-10-08 | 4 | London, UK | Routine meetings in King Charles Street | Air | Economy | £519 | £289 | £2,626 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2018-10-31 | 8 | London, UK | Women MPs of the World Conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £904 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2018-11-19 | 8 | London, UK | PSVI Film Festival | Air | Business | Nil return | £34 | £2,378 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2018-11-25 | 5 | London, UK, Tunis, Tunisia, Algiers, Algeria, Tripoli, Libya | Regional visits to discuss gender equality | Air | Business | £1,471 | £83 | £4,616 | Nil return |
| Jane Marriott | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content |
| Robert Chatterton-Dickson | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content |
| Nicholas Hopton | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content |
| John Dennis | 2018-10-10 | 1 | London, UK | International Wildlife Trade Conference work | Nil return | Nil return | £125 | Nil return | £125 | Nil return |
| Sharmila Nebhrajani | 2018-11-08 | 2 | Rome, Italy | To chair Wilton Park dialogue WP1642: Together for nutrition: applying principles for public-private engagement | Air | Economy | £405 | Nil return | £711 | Nil return |
| Jill Gallard | 2018-10-01 | 1 | Madrid, Spain | Diversity event | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £134 | Nil return |
| Angus Lapsley | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-11-06 | 2 | Madrid, Spain | Gibraltar Negotiations | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £713 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-11-18 | 2 | Washington, USA | EU Exit discussions | Air | Premium Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £2,742 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | 2018-11-19 | 1 | Madrid, Spain | Gibraltar Negotiations | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £1,050 | Nil return |
| James Kariuki | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content | Pending content |