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FCDO’s ministerial travel, October to December 2022
Updated 30 March 2023
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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 |
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| James Cleverly | 27/10/2022 | 30/10/2022 | Mumbai and New Delhi, India | Attendance at the United Nations Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) and bilateral meetings | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | £235,307.28 | 14 | No | £15,925.70 |
| James Cleverly | 02/11/2022 | 04/11/2022 | Berlin and Munster, Germany | G7 Foreign Ministers meeting and the Berlin Peace Process | RAF flight | £9,916.43 | 11 | No | £826.37 |
| James Cleverly | 06/11/2022 | 08/11/2022 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Attendance at COP27 | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport (Outbound with PM) and Commercial flight inbound | £0.00 | 13 | No | £1,777.76 |
| James Cleverly | 10/11/2022 | 11/11/2022 | Paris, France | Attendance at the Paris Peace Process and Bilateral meetings | Eurostar | £0.00 | N/A | No | £491.73 |
| James Cleverly | 18/11/2022 | 21/11/2022 | Manama, Bahrain; Doha, Qatar | Manama Dialogue (Bahrain) and UK representation at major sporting event (Qatar) | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | £142,465.86 | 8 | No | £15,829.54 |
| James Cleverly | 23/11/2022 | 25/11/2022 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Bilateral meetings with Ukrainian Leadership | RAF flight | £5,624.66 | 2 | No | £1,874.88 |
| James Cleverly | 29/11/2022 | 01/12/2022 | Bucharest, Romania; Lodz, Poland | NATO FM meeting (Bucharest) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Conference (Lodz) | Private charter | £68,215.00 | 10 | No | £6,501.98 |
| James Cleverly | 06/12/2022 | 08/12/2022 | Nairobi, Kenya; Addis Ababa, Semera and Hawassa, Ethiopia | Deepening bilateral relations. Regional/humanitarian engagements. | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport and Private Charter (Semera and Hawassa) | £225,111.94 | 24 | No | £9,228.17 |
| James Cleverly | 14/12/2022 | 15/12/2022 | Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium | To discuss UK/Spain and UK/EU bilateral issues | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | £66,924.26 | 13 | No | £4,861.02 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 13/10/2022 | 17/10/2022 | Islamabad, Pakistan | To visit the areas affected by the flooding | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £2,313.82 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 04/11/2022 | 04/11/2022 | Vienna, Austria | High Level International Multi-Stakeholder Conference - Anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £562.87 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 09/12/2022 | 11/12/2022 | Doha, Qatar; Muscat, Oman | Qatar: Bilateral programme and represent UK at the World Cup; Oman: Earth Shot Prize Ceremony and meeting the Foreign Minister. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £4,528.98 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 13/12/2022 | 16/12/2022 | New York, USA | To attend India’s UNSC Presidency | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £5,804.17 |
| Leo Docherty | 02/10/2022 | 04/10/2022 | Bucharest, Romania; Chisinau, Moldova | Bilateral discussion with the Romanian and Moldovan governments on economic, energy and security issues | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £807.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 10/10/2022 | 11/10/2022 | Gibraltar | Meetings with senior politicians to discuss EU-UK negotiations | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £629.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 17/10/2022 | 18/10/2022 | Berlin, Germany | Bilateral discussion with the German Government and attendance at the Berlin Process Conference on the Western Balkans | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £1,238.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 02/11/2022 | 03/11/2022 | The Hague, Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium | Meetings with Dutch ministerial counterpart ahead of the Foreign Secretary-led UK-Dutch bilateral forum. Promotion of HMG messaging on illegal migration, meetings with international organisations, including the ICC and visit to NATO HQ. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £796.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 10/11/2022 | 11/11/2022 | Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain | To follow up on the UK/EU negotiations on the future of Gibraltar | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £585.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 15/11/2022 | 16/11/2022 | Dublin, Ireland; Belfast, Northern Ireland | To discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) and further the bilateral relationship with Minister Byrne | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £211.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 21/11/2022 | 21/11/2022 | Paris, France | To attend the Moldova Support Platform plus bilateral meetings with French counterparts | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £398.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 01/12/2022 | 02/12/2022 | Rome, Italy | Attendance at MED Dialogues in Rome, Italy’s flagship foreign policy forum, and bilateral meetings with his counterparts in from the Holy See and the Italian Government. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £484.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 04/12/2022 | 06/12/2022 | Athens, Greece | To conduct the annual review of the UK-Greece Strategic Bilateral Framework | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £463.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 13/12/2022 | 16/12/2022 | Paris, France; Belgrade, Serbia; Pristina, Kosovo; Skopje, North Macedonia | Attendance at Paris Ukraine conference and bilateral visit to the Belgrade; Skopje and Pristina to demonstrate continued UK commitment to protecting the security of the region, at a time of increased threat from destabilisation | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £1,060.00 |
| Vicky Ford | 11/10/2022 | 14/10/2022 | Washington DC, USA | Attend World Bank fall meetings with other world leaders | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £10,664.00 |
| Vicky Ford | 19/10/2022 | 20/10/2022 | Addis Abba, Ethiopia | Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £5,434.00 |
| Zac Goldsmith | 21/10/2022 | 25/10/2022 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Agree and sign an MoU on deforestation | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £8,963.51 |
| Zac Goldsmith | 06/11/2022 | 17/11/2022 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Attend COP27 as part of Senior UK Delegation | Scheduled flight on return (joined FS charter flight on flight out) | £0.00 | N/A | No | £7,497.95 |
| Zac Goldsmith | 13/12/2022 | 17/12/2022 | Montreal, Canada | Attend COP15 as part of Senior UK Delegation | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £7,539.17 |
| Gillian Keegan | 17/10/2022 | 20/10/2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister Samek Shoukry and Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdi Loza and programme of UK climate change events in Cairo ahead of COP 27 | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £1,898.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 29/11/2022 | 02/12/2022 | Nairobi, Kenya | Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £8,349.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 30/11/2022 | 01/12/2022 | Mogadishu, Somalia | Bilateral meetings with Government Ministers and external organisations | Private charter | £34,266.00 | 2 | No | £11,422.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 09/12/2022 | 09/12/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | Meetings with Humanitarian and Health partners, based in Geneva | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £906.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 13/12/2022 | 16/12/2022 | Accra and Tamale, Ghana | To discuss trade, national security and education, health and gender with Government Ministers and external organisations. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £6,220.00 |
| Jesse Norman | 24/10/2022 | 28/10/2022 | Kingston, Jamaica; Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands | Jamaica - to advocate for issues specific to Small Island Development States, especially on Access to Finance and to secure commitment from Jamaica to ratify and implement the Economic Partnership Agreement. Turks and Caicos Islands - to provide reassurance of ongoing UK support on national security and resilience. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £10,379.20 |
| David Rutley | 21/11/2022 | 24/11/2022 | Borgata and Cartagena, Columbia; Panama City, Panama | Bilateral visit to Colombia and Panama to further HMG objectives | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £4,060.00 |
| David Rutley | 07/12/2022 | 10/12/2022 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Miami, USA | To build and strengthen bilateral ties, boost trade, defence and climate cooperation (Dominican Republic). Meetings with key regional officials on security, consular and political priorities (USA) | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £2,820.00 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 21/11/2022 | 01/12/2022 | Brisbane and Canberra, Australia; Port Villa, Vanuatu | To demonstrate the UK’s deepening commitment to the Pacific and strengthen the bilateral relationship with the new government in Vanuatu and Pacific senior ministerial interlocutors. Support wider HMG work on the Commonwealth, climate and Small Island Developing States. Deepen the UK-Australia relationship through meetings with regional, indigenous and national political interlocutors (including Foreign Minister Wong), support trade and UK consular work. and progress AUKUS and security objectives. | Scheduled flight | £0.00 | N/A | No | £13,542.38 |