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FCDO’s ministerial travel, January to March 2022
Updated 29 September 2022
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| Minister | Start Date of Trip | End Date of Trip | Destination | Purpose of Trip | Mode of Transport | Cost of private jet or RAF plane hire, if relevant (£) | Number of officials who accompanied minister if non-scheduled travel was used | Accompanied by spouse, family member(s) or friend at public expense? | Total cost (for minister only) including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (£). Where the mode of transport is private charter or a government plane, the total cost of the plane hire is included in this column. |
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| Elizabeth Truss | 18/01/2022 | 23/01/2022 | Sydney and Adelaide, Australia | Bilateral visit and AUKMIN | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | 454626.59 | 11 | No | 454626.59 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 24/01/2022 | 24/01/2022 | Brussels, Belgium | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Foreign Ministers' meeting | RAF flight | 35915.85 | 14 | No | 35915.85 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 27/01/2022 | 27/01/2022 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | EU/Brexit discussions | Private charter | 25036.9 | 9 | No | 25036.9 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 09/02/2022 | 10/02/2022 | Moscow, Russia | Talks ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine | RAF flight | 58585.35 | 9 | No | 58725.35 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 17/02/2022 | 17/02/2022 | Kiev, Ukraine | Talks ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine | RAF flight | 117830 | 3 | No | 117830 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 18/02/2022 | 19/02/2022 | Munich, Germany | Munich Security Conference | Private charter | 47100 | 11 | No | 47305 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 21/02/2022 | 21/02/2022 | Brussels, Belgium | Represent UK at Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee meeting and meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary-General | RAF flight | 3416.47 | 20 | No | 3416.47 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 01/03/2022 | 01/03/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | United Nations Human Rights Council meeting | RAF flight | 459.91 | 9 | No | 459.91 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 02/03/2022 | 04/03/2022 | Vilnius, Lithuania; Brussels, Belgium | Talks following invasion of Ukraine | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | 74135.73 | 13 | No | 74135.73 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 09/03/2022 | 11/03/2022 | Washington DC, US | Bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken | Private charter | 228483.00 | 12 | No | 229821.99 |
| Elizabeth Truss | 29/03/2022 | 01/04/2022 | Muscat, Oman and Delhi, India | Bilateral co-operation talks with India, ahead of PM visit and Oman | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | 200405.22 | 11 | No | 200895.61 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 05/02/2022 | 07/02/2022 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Visit to advance human rights and Freedom of Religious Beliefs (FORB) objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 5175 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 12/02/2022 | 14/02/2022 | Manama, Bahrain | Visit to advance human rights and Freedom of Religious Beliefs (FORB) objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 2013.22 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 22/02/2022 | 24/02/2022 | New York, US | Visit to advance UK objectives at the UN | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 8709.56 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 28/03/2022 | 28/03/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | Visit to discuss and support the Ukraine Humanitarian and Human Rights situation | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 1356 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 22/03/2022 | 23/03/2022 | Warsaw, Poland | Visit to support Ukraine Humanitarian objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 429.17 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 09/03/2022 | 10/03/2022 | Vienna, Austria | Visit to advance UK objectives in multilateral fora | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 566.07 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 09/02/2022 | 10/02/2022 | Tallinn, Estonia | visit to advance UK objectives on Ukraine | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 804.5 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 14/02/2022 | 20/02/2022 | Male, Maldives | Visit to advance bilateral objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 2543.62 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 18/01/2022 | 20/01/2022 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Visit to advance bilateral objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 2931.25 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 30/01/2022 | 01/02/2022 | Port Louis, Mauritius | Visit to advance bilateral objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 1790.49 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 22/01/2022 | 24/01/2022 | Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, UAE | Visit to advance bilateral objectives | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 566.07 |
| James Cleverly | 11/01/2022 | 12/01/2022 | Brussels, Belgium | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - Russia Council. | Eurostar | Nil return | Nil return | No | 900 |
| James Cleverly | 19/01/2022 | 20/01/2022 | Berlin, Germany | Meeting with Quad Foreign Ministers. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 570 |
| James Cleverly | 29/01/2022 | 01/02/2021 | Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, UAE | Meet with UAE and Qatari Ministers | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 4500 |
| James Cleverly | 06/02/2022 | 08/02/2022 | Washington DC, US | Ministerial meetings with US administration. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 3000 |
| James Cleverly | 16/02/2022 | 17/02/2022 | New York, US | Attend session of the UN Security Council. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 10000 |
| James Cleverly | 09/03/2022 | 10/03/2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bilateral meeting with Bulgarian Government. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 400 |
| James Cleverly | 22/03/2022 | 23/02/2022 | Prague, Czech Republic | Bilateral meeting with Czech government to discuss UK-Czech cooperation in the context of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the Czech Republic's EU Presidency. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 300 |
| James Cleverly | 19/03/2022 | 20/03/2022 | Paris, France | Bilateral visit to Paris at the invitation of French counterpart. | Eurostar | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 350 |
| Vicky Ford | 16/01/2022 | 21/02/2022 | Kenya; Uganda and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations relating to Girls Education & Gender Equality; Climate; Covid-19 & other Viral Disease Research & Women in Tech | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 6582.86 |
| Vicky Ford | 20/02/2022 | 26/02/2022 | Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria | Bilateral Meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations/projects relating to Civil Society; Girls in Tech; creative, film, and arts industry & business owners | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 8923.92 |
| Vicky Ford | 12/03/2022 | 17/03/2022 | Saantiago, Chile; Brasilia, Brasil & USA | Bilateral Meetings with Brazilian and Chilean Government Ministers, attend Brazil’s first Gender Equality Framework; Launching of the Honra Foundation (an Embassy project partner) project in La Reina, Chile and meetings with female Entrepreneurs & attended Inauguration Official Lunch & Reception, in USA attended Commission on the Status of Women | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 28663.12 |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | 27/01/2022 | 27/01/2022 | Brussels, Belgium | European Commission on Northern Ireland Protocol | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil return | No | 354.57 |
| Amanda Milling | 09/01/2022 | 14/01/2022 | Bangkok, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia | UK as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dialogue Partner and Cambodia as ASEAN chair - engagement to shape priorities, including on resolving the situation in Myanmar | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 9583.62 |
| Amanda Milling | 27/01/2022 | 30/01/2022 | George Town, Cayman Islands | Deepening relationship with an Overseas Territory (OT) as responsible minister, including seeing how Cayman Islands has dealt with C19, responding to climate change, and ensuring financial sector compliance with international standards. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 4000.96 |
| Amanda Milling | 04/03/2022 | 04/03/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | Meetings on global health, specifically covid response and preparedness for future pandemics. Inc with key interlocutors like World Health Organisation (WTO). Meetings on trade for development, including with reps from developing countries and major international trade institutions and partners like WTO and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 1664.57 |
| Amanda Milling | 18/03/2022 | 22/03/2022 | Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI) & Anguilla | British Virgin Islands (BVI) - to reiterate commitment as a champion for the Overseas Territories and to highlight the UK’s partnership with, and support for, BVI following the destruction caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017; in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and in tackling climate change. Engagement with Premier Fahie and key stakeholders on good governance and wider UK/BVI in the context of the upcoming Commission of Inquiry publication. Anguilla – Discussions on economic resilience and UK support to Anguilla and to see first-hand the many UK funded infrastructure projects following hurricane Irma. | Scheduled flight | 2846.28 | 1 | No | 11724.58 |
| Amanda Milling | 28/03/2022 | 01/04/2022 | Hanoi, Vietnam and Vientiane, Laos | Strategic dialogues with both Hanoi and Vientiane. Key bilateral meetings with important partners in the region crucial to success of our Indo-Pacific tilt. Engagement on climate change and security. Also important discussions on Russia-Ukraine. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | Nil Return | No | 8232.16 |