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FCO's senior officials’ business expenses for travel, January to March 2020
Updated 27 October 2020
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| Senior Officials 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Sinclair | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2020-02-01 | 9 | Suva, Fiji; Apia, Samoa | Engagement with the Pacific region and support the UK's objectives for the Commonwealth. | Air Rail and Taxi | Economy and Business | £337 | £24 | £8,470 | nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2020-02-23 | 7 | Abuja, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Banjul, Gambia | To strengthen Commonwealth relations with Nigeria, Ghana and The Gambia ahead of CHOGM. Included meetings with Ministers and UK-funded programme visits. | Air Rail and Taxi | Premium Economy | £894 | £313 | £4,216 | nil return |
| Jon Benjamin | 2020-01-27 | 4 | Pretoria, South Africa | Pretoria Regional HOMs Conference | Air | Business | £181 | £0 | £4,107 | nil return |
| Jon Benjamin | 2020-02-27 | 1 | Oxford, UK | Oxford University Diplomatic Studies Programme FCO Joint Training Day | Rail | Standard | £0 | £0 | £78 | nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2020-01-20 | 3 | Moscow, Russia | Talks with Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs legal team | Air | Economy | £24 | £40 | £667 | nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2020-01-26 | 2 | Paris, France | Meeting with French- and German MFA legal advisers | Rail | Economy | £88 | £37 | £349 | nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2020-02-05 | 4 | Seoul, South Korea | Talks with South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Air | Business | £309 | £114 | £5,452 | nil return |
| Iain Macleod | 2020-02-08 | 3 | Tokyo, Japan | Talks with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs legal team | Air | Economy/Business | £266 | £0 | £4,301 | nil return |
| Paul McKell | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | Nil return | nil return | nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2020-02-05 | 4 | Seoul, South Korea | Talks with South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Air | Business | £184 | £0 | £5,213 | nil return |
| Andrew Murdoch | 2020-02-08 | 3 | Tokyo, Japan | Talks with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs legal team | Air | Economy/Business | £325 | Train: 22 | £4,360 | nil return |
| Ric Todd | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return |
| Sarah Taylor | 2020-01-09 | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden | Northern Baltic Network HOMS Conference | Air | Economy | £50 | £0 | £344 | nil return |
| Sarah Taylor | 2020-01-13 | 2 | Warsaw, Poland | Central European Network HOMS Conference | Air | Economy | £154 | £0 | £367 | nil return |
| Sarah Taylor | 2020-02-11 | 2 | Madrid, Spain | Cyber Conference | Air | Economy | £50 | £0 | £267 | nil return |
| Sarah Taylor | 2020-03-02 | 2 | The Hague, Netherlands | North Sea Neighbours Conference | Air | Economy | £25 | £0 | £469 | nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2020-02-07 | 1 | Oxford, UK | Induction calls as British High Commissioner to India Designate | Rail | Standard | £0 | £0 | £73 | nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2020-02-25 | 1 | Manchester, UK | Induction calls as British High Commissioner to India Designate | Rail | Standard | £22 | £0 | £117 | nil return |
| Philip Barton | 2020-03-05 | 2 | Edinburgh, UK | Induction calls as British High Commissioner to India Designate | Rail | Standard | £61 | £0 | £200 | nil return |
| Tracey Williamson | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2020-01-09 | 9 | Jamestown, St Helena; Cape Town, South Africa;Maseru, Lesotho;Mbabane,Eswatini; Maputo, Mozambique | Bilateral visits to British High Commissions and Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Air | Economy/Business | nil return | nil return | £8,319 | nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2020-01-26 | 5 | Lima,Peru; Quito,Ecuador | Bilateral visits to British Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Air | Economy/Business | nil return | nil return | £2,289 | nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2020-02-05 | 1 | Paris, France | Bilateral talks with French Secretary-General | Train | Economy | nil return | nil return | £199 | nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2020-02-09 | 3 | Nassau,Bahamas; Cockburn Town,Turk and Caicos Islands | Attend on behalf of FCO Minister the opening of a new post | Air | Buisness | nil return | nil return | £6,062 | nil return |
| Simon McDonald | 2020-02-24 | 1 | Berlin, Germany | Attend trilateral talks with French and German State Secretaries | Air | Economy | nil return | nil return | £519 | nil return |
| Sharmila Nebhrajani | 2020-01-07 | 2 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | To open/facilitate at Wilton Park's conference on:Energy futures:green grids, electric cooking and the global energy transition | Air | Premium Economy | £282 | Nil return | £1,900 | Nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 29/02/2020 | 1 | Wilton Park | Wilton Park Board Meeting | Train and taxi | Standard | 0 | nil return | 35.5 | nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 14/02/2020 | 3 | Munich | Munich Security Conference | Plane and taxi | Economy | 0 | nil return | 744.41 | nil return |
| Liane Saunders | 04/03/2020 | 3 | Wilton Park | Wilton Park Futures Conference | Train | Standard | 0 | nil return | 28.47 | nil return |
| Peter Jones | 2020-02-03 | 1 | Manchester, UK | Regional BFPG Outreach Event | Train | Economy | nil return | Nil return | £92 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | 2020-01-23 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | KTD Leadership Team Visit to Hanslope Park | Train and taxi | Standard | nil return | Nil return | £67 | Nil return |
| Paul Williams | 2020-02-26 | 1 | Milton Keynes, UK | Visit to KTD Staff in Hanslope Park | Train and taxi | Standard | nil return | Nil return | £67 | Nil return |
| Thomas Drew | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | nil return | Nil return | Nil return | nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2020-01-06 | 5 | Oxford | Participation in residential OMP Course | Train, Taxi | Economy | nil return | Nil return | £39 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2020-02-06 | 1 | Hanslope Park, UK | Visit to HMGCC to hold HP ESD All Staff Meeting | Train, Taxi | Economy | nil return | Nil return | £66 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2010-02-10 | 3 | Moscow, Russia | Visit to Embassy to look at estates work undertaken. Meetings with local/senior embassy staff and meet with members of Canadian and US Embassies | Air, Taxi | Economy | £70 | Nil return | £438 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2020-02-18 | 3 | Washington, USA | International Property Forum | Air, Train, Taxi | Economy and Premium Economy | £458.00 | £39.00 | £1,747 | Nil return |
| Edward Hobart | 2020-03-10 | 5 | Miami, USA and Mexico | Regional Overseas Security Managers Conference and visit to UK Embassy and residencies in Mexico. Meetings with colleagues in Embassy | Air, Train, Taxi | Business | £645.00 | Nil return | £7,079 | Nil return |
| Samatha Job | 2020-01-13 | 1 day | Shoreham by Sea, UK | Wilton Park Conference: Discussions on UN resolution 1540 | Train | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £28 | Nil return |
| Samantha Job | 2020-01-22 | 3 days | Washington DC, USA | Attend discussions with USA, France and Germany (Quad) on arms control | Air, train, tube and taxi | Premium Economy | 25 | Nil return | £2,669 | Nil return |
| Samantha Job | 2020-02-05 | 2 Days | Rome, Italy | Attend a NATO roundtable co-hosted by BE Rome and Italian government; bilateral talks with Italian MFA (NATO) and with Holy See (NPT) | Air and taxi | Economy | 38 | Nil return | £603 | Nil return |
| Samantha Job | 2020-02-11 | 1 day | Shrivenham, UK | Presenting on a course to senior military officers | Train, taxi and tube | Economy | 14 | Nil return | £135 | Nil return |
| Samantha Job | 2020-03-02 | 5 days | Washington DC and New York,USA | Attend the G7 Non Proliferation Directors Meeting | Air, Bus and Taxi | Premium Economy | 761 | Nil return | £2,058 | Nil return |
| Nic Hailey | 2020-02-19 | 2 days | Amman | Staff Counsellor visit | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £937 | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2020-01-08 | 2 days | Berlin, Germany | Attend MERICS conference | Air | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £265 | Nil return |
| Kate White | 2020-01-14 | 9 days | Yangon and Bangkok | South East Asia HOMs Conference & Duty Travel in Myanmar | Air, Rail and Taxi | Business | £10 | Nil return | £4,086 | Nil return |
| Jonathan Sinclair | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return | nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2020-02-01 | 9 | Suva, Fiji; Apia, Samoa | Engagement with the Pacific region and support the UK's objectives for the Commonwealth. | Air Rail and Taxi | Economy and Business | £337 | £24 | £8,470 | nil return |
| Philip Parham | 2020-02-23 | 7 | Abuja, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Banjul, Gambia | To strengthen Commonwealth relations with Nigeria, Ghana and The Gambia ahead of CHOGM. Included meetings with Ministers and UK-funded programme visits. | Air Rail and Taxi | Premium Economy | £894 | £313 | £4,216 | nil return |
| Jon Benjamin | 2020-01-27 | 4 | Pretoria, South Africa | Pretoria Regional HOMs Conference | Air | Business | £0 | £0 | £4,107 | nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2020-01-12 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Meetings with Secretary General's Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Lunch with Allied Representatives at NATO | Rail | Economy | Nil return | £26 | £235 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2020-01-15 | 4 | Mumbai, New Delhi, India | Raisina Dialogue, meetings with Indian Minister of Women and Child Development, Gender Lead at the Observer Research Foundation, Roundtable with LGBTQ activists | Air | Business, Economy | £312 | Nil return | £5,502 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2020-02-04 | 4 | Oslo, Norway, Stockholm, Sweden, Helsinki, Finland | Meetings with NORAD, State Secretary Hagen, Peace Research Institute Oslo, lunch with Gender Equality Ambassadors, meeting with MFA State Sec. Johanna Sumuvuori | Air, Rail | Economy | £45 | £211 | £980 | Nil return |
| Joanna Roper | 2020-02-13 | 2 | Munich, Germany | Munich Security Council with VVIP | Air | Business, Economy | £192 | £21 | £1,124 | Nil return |
| James Kariuki | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Hugo Shorter | 2020-02-01 | 5 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Visit to British Embassy Buenos Aires | Air | Business and Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £5,705 | Nil return |
| Hugo Shorter | 2020-03-04 | 3 | Miami, USA | Attending Central American & Caribbean Heads of Mission Conference | Air, rail, and taxi | Business and Premium Economy | £213 | Nil return | £3,657 | Nil return |
| Kumar Iyer | 2020-02-05 | 2 | Dublin | To meet embassy staff, local government and businesses to discuss the UK/Irish economic relationship. | Air | Economy | Residence | Nil return | £107 | Nil return |
| Kumar Iyer | 2020-02-19 | 2 | Beirut | To engage with senior stakeholders on the economic situation in Lebanon. | Air | Economy | Residence | Nil return | £459 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-01-09 | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden | Northern Baltic Network HOMs Conference | Air | Economy | Residence | Nil return | £603 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-01-13 | 3 | Washington DC, USA | Directors Quad meeting on Russia | Air | Economy | £293 | Nil return | £1,216 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-01-27 | 1 | Oxford, UK | Conference on Russia at Oxford University | Train | Standard | Nil return | Nil return | £14 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-02-19 | 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Likeminded Group meeting on Russia | Air | Economy | £128 | Nil return | £677 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-02-23 | 2 | Berlin, Germany | Directors Quad+ meeting on Russia | Air | Economy | Residence | Nil return | £682 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-02-26 | 2 | Budapest, Hungary | Bilateral talks with Hungarian MFA | Air | Economy | £116 | Nil return | £587 | Nil return |
| Martin Harris | 2020-03-09 | 5 | Tbilisi, Georgia, Baku, Azerbaijan | Meet embassy staff, bilateral talks with MFAs and welcome Diplomatic Academy EECAD Residential School | Air | Economy | Residence | Nil return | £781 | Nil return |
| Menna Rawlings | 2020-01-29 | 3 | Pretoria, South Africa | Attended the South African Heads of Mission Conference. | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,091 | Nil return |
| Menna Rawlings | 2020-02-11 | 2 | Dublin, Ireland | Attended the Secretary General/Permanent Secretary Summit Meeting. | Air | Economy | £118 | Nil return | £250 | Nil return |
| Menna Rawlings | 2020-02-13 | 1 | Washington, United States of America | Attended the Washington Quint meeting on Indo-Pacific. | Air | Business | Nil return | Nil return | £4,016 | Nil return |
| Jennifer Anderson | 2020-03-06 | 1 | Paris, France | Conference on crisis response to a terror attack | Eurostar | Economy | Nil return | Nil return | £211 | Nil return |
| Julia Longbottom | 2020-01-15 | 1 | London, England | External stakeholder workshop and reception - to discuss next Consular Strategy | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £4,066 | £4,066 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2020-01-23 | 1.5 | Paris, France | Attend UK/France High Level Group meetings on Counter Terrorism | Train | Standard & Standard Premier | £39 | Nil return | £388 | Nil return |
| Simon Shercliff | 2020-01-12 | 1 | London, England | Sunday morning taxi from Suffolk to London to cover Gold Crisis Shift (shift started at 0700 so no trains available) | Taxi | N/A | nil return | Nil return | £155 | Nil return |
| Lindsay Appleby | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Jill Gallard | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
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