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DIT senior officials travel: October to December 2022

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Senior official (SCS2 and above) Start date of trip Duration of Visit Destination Purpose of trip Mode of transport Class of travel Accommodation/Meals Other (including hospitality given) Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (£) Total Cost of Use of Official Secure Car
Amanda Brooks 2022-10-02 4 Istanbul, Turkey Attendance at East Europe and Central Asian Network (EECAN) Regional Conference Air Economy £35.81 Nil Return £597 Nil Return
Amanda Brooks 2022-11-28 5 Oxford, UK Orchestrating Major Projects (OMP) Residential Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £59 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-10-03 4 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia APAC Conference Air Business £507.68 Nil Return £6,636 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-10-31 2 Newcastle, UK Green Trade and Investment Expo Rail Standard £86.45 Nil Return £366 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-06 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina LATAC Regional Conference Air Business £61.51 Nil Return £8,293 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-14 1 Birmingham, UK Export Champion Advisory Group Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £46 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-16 2 Lincoln, UK International Trade Black Tie Dinner Rail Standard £70.00 Nil Return £145 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-17 1 Milton Keynes, UK Visit to Siemens/meet Export Champions Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £109 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-21 2 Cardiff, UK Wales-US Trade Showcase Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £274 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-24 2 Scarborough, UK Anglo-American Dinner Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £269 Nil Return
Andrew Mitchell 2022-11-29 4 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Business Council Air Economy £441.99 Nil Return £4,303 Nil Return
Andrew Shields Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Anthony Green Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Ben Cropper 2022-10-14 2 London, UK Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Workshop Eurostar Standard £454.00 Nil Return £753 Nil Return
Ben Cropper 2022-12-05 1 Falmer, UK UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) Visit Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £38 Nil Return
Bidesh Sarkar 2022-10-11 1 Darlington, UK Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) visit to Darlington & Federation of Strategic Service Project (FESSP) away day Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £150 Nil Return
Caragh McKiernan Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Catherine Vaughan 2022-10-10 2 Darlington, UK Meetings at Darlington office Rail Standard £88.00 Nil Return £222 Nil Return
Cathryn Law 2022-10-01 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Bangkok, Thailand Business trip to APAC Conference Air Business £662.26 18.1 £9,017 Nil Return
Cathryn Law 2022-10-27 1 Cardiff, UK Overnight business trip for a conference in Cardiff Wales Rail Standard £88.85 Nil Return £292 Nil Return
Cathryn Law 2022-11-02 1 London, UK Commuting to business dinner ahead of UK-Malaysia Joint Committee Taxi Standard Nil Return Nil Return £43 Nil Return
Cathryn Law 2022-12-02 1 London, UK Commuting to business event "Thai National Day Reception" Taxi Standard Nil Return Nil Return £31 Nil Return
Ceri Smith 2022-10-03 Not set Belfast, UK Chairing Executive Forum Northern Ireland Air Economy Nil Return Nil Return £477 Nil Return
Ceri Smith 2022-10-31 1 Newcastle, UK Green Trade and Investment Expo (GTIE) Conference Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £195 Nil Return
Ceri Smith 2022-11-01 1 Edinburgh, UK Investment Conference Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £297 Nil Return
Ceri Smith 2022-11-09 1 London, UK Quantum Dinner Taxi Standard Nil Return Nil Return £72 Nil Return
Ceri Smith 2022-11-13 5 New Delhi/Karnataka/Bangalore, India India Visit attending Investment meetings Air Standard £1,144.42 £19.99 £2,496 Nil Return
Chris Allan 2022-10-02 3 Istanbul, Turkey Guest Speaker at East Europe and Central Asian Network (EECAN) Regional Conference Air Economy £2.77 £9.18 £480 Nil Return
Chris Allan 2022-11-03 1 Wilton Park, West Sussex Wilton Park Board Meeting Private Car Standard Nil Return Nil Return £53 Nil Return
Chris Allan 2022-11-06 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina Guest Speaker at the LATAC Regional Conference Air Business Nil Return Nil Return £4,695 Nil Return
Claire Vince Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Crawford Falconer 2022-11-27 2 Cardiff, UK UK Board of Trade Meeting Rail Standard £78.21 Nil Return £167 Nil Return
Gaynor Jeffery 2022-11-22 2 Darlington/Edinburgh, UK Visit to team members in Darlington, visit team in DBT Scotland and David Barnes from the Scottish Government, to discuss engagement on trade negotiations Rail Standard £92.00 Nil Return £296 Nil Return
Graham Floater 2022-11-28 2 Edinburgh, UK UK-US Small and medium size enterprises (SME) dialogue Air Economy Nil Return Nil Return £626 Nil Return
Graham Floater 2022-12-01 1 Brussels, Belgium UK-US Small and medium size enterprises (SME) dialogue Eurostar Standard Nil Return Nil Return £309 Nil Return
Graham Zebedee 2022-10-07 7 Sydney, Australia Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) round negotiations Air Business Nil Return £1,326.15 £9,010.93 Nil Return
Graham Zebedee 2022-11-09 1 London, UK Dinner with Japanese Government officials Hospitality Nil Return Nil Return £141.25 £141 Nil Return
Graham Zebedee 2022-11-21 1 London, UK Over night talks with Japan CN Nil Return Nil Return £159.00 Nil Return £159 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-06 1 Birmingham, UK Meeting with Permanent Secretary Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £185 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-07 1 London, UK Meeting with India High Commission Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £77 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-10 1 London, UK Meeting with Minister Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £102 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-12 1 London, UK Meeting with Permanent Secretary and representatives of the legal profession Rail Standard £278.30 Nil Return £306 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-13 1 Birmingham, UK Meeting with Director General Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £46 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-14 1 London, UK Meeting with 2nd Permanent Secretary Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £62 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-18 1 London, UK Meeting with Minister; 2nd Permanent Secretary and Reception with India Global Forum Representing DIT Rail Standard £373.74 Nil Return £527 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-23 1 London, UK Meeting with Permanent Secretary Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £59 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-26 1 Birmingham, UK Meeting with Permanent Secretary Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £38 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-10-31 1 Birmingham, UK Roundtable with UK India Business Council (UKIBC) representing DIT Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £156 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-11-09 1 London, UK Roundtable at London School of Economics (LSE) representing DIT Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £110 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-11-23 1 London, UK Meeting with Director General Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £71 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-12-11 7 Dehli, India Meeting with Government Officials Air Business £731.52 £24.93 £4,904 Nil Return
Harjinder Kang 2022-12-20 1 London, UK Meeting with India High Commission Rail standard Nil Return Nil Return £92 Nil Return
Ian Shepherd Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
James Bowler 2022-10-06 1 Cambridge, UK To meet with DBT staff, and Export Champions based in the East of England Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £45 Nil Return
Jason Kitcat Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Jennifer Ashby 2022-11-28 2 Edinburgh, UK UK-US SME dialogue - chairing a panel session Rail Standard £199.10 Nil Return £400 Nil Return
Joanna Crellin 2022-11-16 1 Newcastle, UK North East Senior Leader Network Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £52 Nil Return
Joanna Crellin 2022-11-21 4 Mumba, India Attendance at South Asia conference Air Business £599.35 Nil Return £4,612 Nil Return
Jon Tunney Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Juliette Wilcox 2022-10-08 7 Canberra/Sydney, Australia Meetings with Australian Government Air Business/Economy £369.93 Nil Return £5,591 Nil Return
Juliette Wilcox 2022-10-15 12 Singapore & Kuwait Attend Singapore Cyber Week & Kuwait Government Conference Air Business £337.22 £234.27 £7,815 Nil Return
Juliette Wilcox 2022-11-08 5 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Government Conference Air Business £226.89 £5.30 £6,350 Nil Return
Juliette Wilcox 2022-11-13 5 Boston, USA Boston Insights Conference Air Business £152.02 £3.39 £3,365 Nil Return
Juliette Wilcox 2022-12-05 4 Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain Government Conference Air Premium Economy/Business £14.64 £16.38 £3,096 Nil Return
Lucy Buzzoni 2022-10-05 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Attending APAC Investment Leadership Conference Air Economy £449.97 Nil Return £3,528 Nil Return
Lucy Buzzoni 2022-10-16 7 New York, USA Visiting Post, meeting country based staff and investors Air Economy £2,502.15 Nil Return £2,561 Nil Return
Lucy Buzzoni 2022-10-31 5 Newcastle/Edinburgh, UK Attending Green Trade and Investment Expo (GTIE) and Investment Leadership Conference Rail Standard £55.50 Nil Return £286 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-04 3 Cambridge, UK Operational activity, business visits Rail Standard £237.60 Nil Return £340 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-06 1 London, UK Accompanying Permanent Secretary Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £264 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-11 2 Leeds/Nottingham, UK Operational activity, business visits & Senior Leadership meeting Rail Standard £164.95 Nil Return £307 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-18 2 London/Exeter St David's, UK Operational activity, business visits & Senior Leadership meeting Rail Standard £153.35 Nil Return £699 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-25 1 London, UK Operational activity, business visits Rail Standard £7.50 Nil Return £356 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-26 1 London, UK Operational activity, business visits Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £65 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-10-31 2 Newcastle/Edinburgh, UK Conference attendance Rail Standard £157.30 Nil Return £823 Nil Return
Marian Sudbury 2022-11-14 2 Birmingham, UK Export Champion Meeting & Senior leadership meeting Rail Standard £116.00 Nil Return £214 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-10-03 2 Edinburgh, UK Attending Shipbuilding Enterprise for Growth Meeting Air Economy £108.97 Nil Return £459 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-10-10 1 Cardiff, UK Attended DBT Wales for SMT & G6 UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) Awayday Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £30 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-10-11 1 London, UK Attended the Maritime UK Week VIP Reception at Cutty Sarks, evening function finishing late, stayed in London overnight Rail Standard £327.21 Nil Return £341 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-10-15 3 Delhi, India Attendance at the IndoDefence Air Business £1,133.81 Nil Return £5,745 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-10-31 4 Kakarta, Indonesia Attendance at the DefExpo Air Business £332.87 Nil Return £4,744 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-11-15 1 London, UK Attended the evening reception with U.S. Embassy London Deputy Chief of Mission Taxi Standard £384.00 Nil Return £395 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-11-21 1 London, UK Overnight stay as attended an evening reception with Graham Wren, University of Strathclyde Nil Return Nil Return £186.00 Nil Return £200 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-11-23 1 Birmingham, UK Attending evening reception - MakeUK Rail Standard £260.00 Nil Return £406 Nil Return
Mark Goldsack 2022-12-07 1 London, UK Attended the SSAFA - the Armed Forces charity Carol Service Nil Return Nil Return £397.70 Nil Return £398 Nil Return
Martin Kent 2022-10-18 1 Folkstone, UK Visit to Sir John Moore Barracks with Cabinet Office Rail Economy Nil Return Nil Return £38 Nil Return
Martin Kent 2022-11-01 3 Edinburgh, UK Attendance at DBT Investment Conference 2022 Air Economy £267.69 Nil Return £573 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-10-02 3 Finland, Helsinki Joint Department for Business and Trade/Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Tech Company meetings Air Economy £184.13 Nil Return £653 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-10-24 6 Delhi, India Meetings with Indian Government officials Air Economy £284.04 Nil Return £1,546 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-10-31 1 Newcastle, UK Attend DBT Green Trade event Rail Standard £202.50 Nil Return £338 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-11-02 3 Lisbon, Portugal Participate in Web Summit Air Economy £449.96 Nil Return £747 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-11-05 4 Singapore, Republic of Singapore Participate in One World Health Congress Air Economy £1,720.00 Nil Return £2,590 Nil Return
Michael Short 2022-11-10 8 Hyderabad & Bangalore, India Meetings with Indian Government officials Air Economy £950.00 Nil Return £1,999 Nil Return
Neil Cosgrove 2022-10-31 1 Newcastle, UK Green Trade Investment Expo Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £176 Nil Return
Neil Cosgrove 2022-11-01 1 Edinburgh, UK Internal Leadership Conference Nil Return Nil Return £154.00 Nil Return £154 Nil Return
Neil Cosgrove 2022-11-28 2 Penrith, UK Investor site visit Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £117 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-10-21 1 Cambridge, UK Presenting and Panel session at Connecting Our Corridor to the World Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £46 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-11-18 1 Darlington, UK Working at DBT 2nd HQ in Darlington Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £32 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-11-21 1 Darlington, UK Working at DBT 2nd HQ in Darlington Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £65 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-11-22 1 Darlington, UK Working at DBT 2nd HQ in Darlington Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £58 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-11-27 1 London, UK Return to London after working in Darlington Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £65 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-12-08 1 Manchester, UK Director General Export and Trade Executive Leadership Awayday Nil Return Nil Return £75.00 Nil Return £75 Nil Return
Paul McComb 2022-12-13 3 Istanbul, Turkey Exports Support Service International Markets regional leads conference Air Economy £551.21 Nil Return £1,307 Nil Return
Pauline Crellin 2022-11-22 1 London, UK Meeting DBT colleagues for necessarily face-to-face meetings at their workplace in Old Admiralty Building Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £242 Nil Return
Philippa Makepeace Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Rachel Gwyon 2022-10-03 2 Belfast, UK Travel to DBT Northern Ireland (NI) for Executive Forum, investor breakfast and business round-table on 4th October Air Economy £95.75 Nil Return £28 Nil Return
Rachel Gwyon 2022-10-17 2 Paris, France Travel to SIAL food and drink trade-show and associated export promotion Air Economy £52.81 Nil Return £655 Nil Return
Rachel Gwyon 2022-11-17 1 Glasgow, UK Scottish Chambers of Commerce dinner Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £29 Nil Return
Rachel Gwyon 2022-11-29 2 London, UK To attend full day training in London Rail Standard £27.55 Nil Return £116 Nil Return
Rebecca Woodward Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Rodney Berkeley 2022-10-30 3 Newcastle, UK Green Trade Investment Expo Rail Standard £39.90 Nil Return £177 Nil Return
Rodney Berkeley 2022-11-01 2 Edinburgh, UK Investment Leaders Conference Rail Standard £214.00 Nil Return £332 Nil Return
Rodney Berkeley 2022-11-07 2 Newcastle, UK JDR Ground-breaking Ceremony Air/Rail Economy/Standard £128.30 Nil Return £536 Nil Return
Rodney Berkeley 2022-12-12 1 Manchester, UK Ukraine Energy Conference Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £281 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-10-05 1 London, UK Stakeholder meeting in London and a strategy day with team Nil Return Nil Return 146.78 £37.00 £197.18 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-10-09 4 Doha, Qatar DBT/GREAT at World Cup 2022 Scoping Visit to Qatar Air Economy £573.03 Nil Return £3,598 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-10-18 1 London, UK Attending 2022 Mercury Prize Nil Return Nil Return £153.00 Nil Return £153 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-11-03 1 Cambridge/Birmingham, UK To attend Trade In Services Council and Services Roadshow Birmingham alongside Minister for Exports Rail Standard £161.50 Nil Return £225 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-11-19 9 Vietnam, Philippines, Qatar To attend an Education mission in Southeast Asia, alongside HMG International Education Champion, and to represent HMG at DBT, GREAT and British Council activities in Qatar for World Cup 2022 Air Business £1,050.93 Nil Return £9,333 Nil Return
Rupert Daniels 2022-12-08 2 Manchester, UK DGET Executive Leadership Teams awayday Rail Standard £75.00 Nil Return £338 Nil Return
Shainila Pradhan 2023-12-24 1 Darlington, UK Meeting with colleagues in Feetham's House, Darlington for a session on organisational design. Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £350 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-03 2 Belfast, UK Team Meeting Air Economy £70.00 Nil Return £218 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-06 2 London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard £116.85 Nil Return £469 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-12 1 Cambridge/London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £424 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-17 1 Paris, France Attend Conference Air Economy Nil Return Nil Return £508 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-20 2 London, UK Internal meeting Away Day Rail Standard £304.00 Nil Return £535 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-10-30 1 Newcastle, UK Attending Conference Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £42 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-11-01 2 Edinburgh, UK Attending Conference Nil Return Nil Return £194.00 Nil Return £194 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-11-16 1 London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £340 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-11-23 2 London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard £239.00 Nil Return £614 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-11-30 1 London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £89 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-12-05 1 Bristol, UK Site visit Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £204 Nil Return
Tim Newns 2022-12-08 1 London, UK Internal meeting Rail Standard Nil Return Nil Return £72 Nil Return