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Defra's ministerial travel, October to December 2022

Updated 31 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 (£)
Mark Spencer	02/11/2022	04/11/2022	Paris, France	Attend the OECD conference	Eurostar	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£516.30
Rebecca Pow	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return
Richard Benyon	11/11/2022	13/11/2022	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Ministerial attendance at COP27 Agrigulture and Adaptation Day	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£3,000.00
Richard Benyon	16/12/2022	20/12/2022	Montreal, Canada	Ministerial attendance at COP15	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£9,102.00
Trudy Harrison	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return	Nil Return
Ranil Jayawardena	06/10/2022	07/10/2022	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Visit an agri-tech farm and meet with key industry stakeholders	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£1,292.00
Ranil Jayawardena	16/10/2022	17/10/2022	Paris, France	Attend the SIAL food exhibition and meet with the Minister for Agriculture and Food	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£1,007.00
Thérèse Coffey	13/11/2022	16/11/2022	Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt	Attended COP27	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£2,798.00
Thérèse Coffey	14/12/2022	18/12/2022	Montreal, Canada	Attended COP15	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£7,267.00
Thérèse Coffey	30/12/2022	05/01/2023	Brasilia, Brazil	President of Brazil inauguration	Scheduled flight	Nil Return	Nil Return	No	£5,702.00