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FCDO's ministerial travel, October to December 2023
Updated 21 March 2024
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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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| David Rutley | 2023-10-01 | 2023-10-04 | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | Visit to support OT following crime increase as Overseas Territories Minister | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 6598.00 |
| David Rutley | 2023-10-09 | 2023-10-12 | Lima and Moyobamba, Peru | Visit to Peru for UK-Peru Political Consultations and celebrate bicennetary of UK-Peru bilateral relations | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 4494.37 |
| David Rutley | 2023-10-29 | 2023-11-03 | Santiago and Temuco, Chile | Meetings with senior Chilean Ministers to build and strengthen bilateral ties, and to celebrate bicennetary of UK-Chile bilateral relations | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 6869.91 |
| David Rutley | 2023-11-09 | 2023-11-09 | Paris, France | Polar conference as UK Polar Minister | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 480.00 |
| David Rutley | 2023-11-20 | 2023-11-23 | Havana, Cuba | Visit to sign bilateral agreement with Cuba | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 11329.11 |
| David Rutley | 2023-11-29 | 2023-12-02 | Stanley, Falkland Islands | Official visit to support self-determination | RAF flight | 1595 | Nil return | No | 1595.00 |
| David Rutley | 2023-12-09 | 2023-12-10 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | To represent the UK Government at the inauguration of President Javier Milei | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 4869.88 |
| David Rutley | 2023-12-17 | 2023-12-19 | Georgetown, Guyana | Support Guyana following Venezuelan threats to their territory | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 6870.24 |
| David Rutley | 2023-12-26 | 2023-12-31 | Stanley, Falkland Islands | Official visit to support self-determination | RAF flight | 1595 | Nil return | No | 1595.00 |
| Richard Benyon | 2023-12-03 | 2023-12-05 | Dubai | Attending COP28 | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 6832.50 |
| Richard Benyon | 2023-12-11 | 2023-12-13 | Dubai | Attending COP29 | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 6783.40 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-10-20 | 2023-10-21 | Cairo, Egypt | Pursuing sustainable peace in Israel/Gaza. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 2241.81 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-10-26 | 2023-10-28 | New York, USA | Women, Peace and Security Conference at UN | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 6584.51 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-10-31 | 2023-11-01 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Pursuing sustainable peace in Israel/Gaza. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 2464.58 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-08 | Casablanca, Morocco | Pursing strategic bilateral objectives | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 1871.19 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-19 | Manama, Bahrain; Doha, Qatar | Pursing strategic bilateral objectives including Strategic Dialogue | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 8941.40 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-11-27 | 2023-12-01 | Bogota, Colombia / New York, USA | Supporting survivors experiencing sexual violence in conflict with HRH Duchess of Edinburgh | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 6483.74 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-12-09 | 2023-12-11 | Doha, Qatar | Doha Forum - pursuing bilateral strategic objectives. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 6713.11 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 2023-12-19 | 2023-12-19 | Rome, Italy | Pursuing a sustainable peace in Israel/ Gaza | Scheduled flight | Not set | 1 | No | 543.68 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-10-01 | 2023-10-02 | Jakara, Indonesia | Progess UK-Indonesia bilateral relationship, positioning the UK as a key development partner | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 4678.00 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-10-03 | 2023-10-04 | Warsaw, Poland | To Represent the UK and the Warsaw Security Forum | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 232.70 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-10-09 | 2023-10-18 | Chennai, India Bangkok, Thailand | To build on UK's tech Partnership with the State of Chennai, To attend the UNCHCR Rohingya Conference | Scheduled flight | Not set | 4 | No | 4180.00 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-10-12 | 2023-10-12 | Colombo & Jaffna, Sri Lanka | To enhance UK-Sri Lanka Bilateral relations | Private charter | 1997.35 | 1 | No | 1997.35 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-10-24 | 2023-10-28 | Ho Chi Minh & Hannoi, Vietnam | To ehance UK-Vietnam Strategic partnership and deliver on HMG's Indo-Pacific Tilt set out in IRR | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 7633.80 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-11-04 | 2023-11-16 | Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Avaura, Cook Islands; Suva, Fiji; Nuku'Alofa, Tonga | Demonstrate UK's commitment to AUKUS and build on UK-Pacific Islands Bilateral relations | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 14370.54 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2023-12-04 | 2023-12-09 | Melbourne & Perth, Australia | Demonstrate UK's commitment to AUKUS and encourage Western Australia to continue making AUKUS a priortity. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 9891.81 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-10-01 | 2023-10-02 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Visited Astana to represent the UK at the UK-Kazakhstan Strategic Dialogue. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 7315.32 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-10-06 | 2023-10-07 | Tirana, Albania | Travelled to Tirana, Albania to attend the Berlin Process Foreign Ministers' Meeting on behalf of the Foreign Secretary. | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 685.90 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-10-18 | 2023-10-19 | Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway | Meet with Danish SoS and engage with Energy security; Meet with Senior Norweigan Ministers and engage with Energy security and collabouration | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 756.40 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-07 | Vilnius, Lithuania; Riga, Latvia; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France | Travelled to Vilnius, Lithuania to meet with Lithuanian government officials and lay a Rememberance commemorative wreath; Travelled to Riga, Latvia to meet with Lithuanian government officials and lay a Rememberance commemorative wreath; Travelled to Berlin, Germany to attend the first NATO Cyber Conference; Travelled to Paris from Berlin to the Paris Peace Conference. | Scheduled flight; Rail; Car | Not set | 0 | No | 1237.13 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-11-15 | 2023-11-17 | Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey | Travelled to Ankara and Istanbul to meet with senior Turkish politicians, Chatham House people and engage in cultural diplomacy | Scheduled flight | Not set | 0 | No | 902.61 |
| Leo Docherty | 2023-11-20 | 2023-11-20 | Yerevan, Armenia; Tblisi, Georgia; Baku, Azerbaijan. | Meeting Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Mirzoyan. Seeing UK-Armenian collabourations; Meeting Georgian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. Visiting UK-Georgian cultural centres; Visiting WWI Commonwealth Graves, Meeting Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Bayramov. | Scheduled flight; Rail | Not set | 0 | No | 5290.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-10-11 | 2023-10-13 | Marrakesh, Morocco | To attend World Bank annual meetings | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 1079.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-10-25 | 2023-10-26 | Brussels, Belgium | To attend European Union’s Global Gateway Forum | Eurostar | Not set | Nil return | No | 383.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-11-15 | 2023-11-16 | Cairo, Egypt | To discuss conflict in Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 2376.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-12-01 | 2023-12-04 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | To attend COP28 | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 8898.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-12-08 | 2023-12-11 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | To attend COP28 | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 8359.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 2023-12-13 | 2023-12-13 | Geneva, Switzerland | To attend the Global Refugee Forum | Scheduled flight | Not set | Nil return | No | 570.00 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-10-11 | 2023-10-11 | Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) | To meet Israeli government counterparts and visit communities in Southern Israel impacted by the Hamas terrorist attacks on the 7th October 2023. | RAF flight | 31619.77 | 10 | No | 2874.52 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-10-16 | 2023-10-16 | Tirana, Albania | Attendance at the Berlin Process Summit in Tirana, Albania. | Private Charter | 29934.50 | 10 | No | 2721.32 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-10-19 | 2023-10-21 | Cairo, Egypt; Doha, Qatar and Ankara, Turkey | Attendance at the Cairo Gaza Summit in Egypt and meetings with foreign minister counterparts in Doha, Qatar and Ankara, Turkey. | Private charter | 195329.69 | 13 | No | 13952.12 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-10-30 | 2023-10-30 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Meeting with UAE Foreign Minister. | Scheduled flight | 0.00 | 0 | No | 2737.81 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-10-30 | 2023-11-01 | Nairobi, Kenya | Accompanied HM the King and HM the Queen on the State Visit to Kenya. | RAF flight | 23370.94 | 8 | Yes | 2596.77 |
| James Cleverly | 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-09 | Tokyo, Japan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tokyo, Japan; meetings with Middle East counterparts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. | RAF flight | 277684.19 | 13 | No | 19892.78 |
| David Cameron | 2023-11-15 | 2023-11-16 | Kyiv, Ukraine; Chișinău, Moldova | Meetings with Ukrainian President and foreign minister counterpart and visit to Odessa to support Ukraine’s maritime trade and reconstruction efforts; meetings with Moldovan President and foreign minister in Chișinău, Moldova | RAF flight | 8759.57 | 6 | No | 1673.85 |
| David Cameron | 2023-11-22 | 2023-11-24 | Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) | Meetings with regional leaders on the Israel-Gaza conflict. | RAF flight | 29971.17 | 9 | No | 2997.12 |
| David Cameron | 2023-11-28 | 2023-12-01 | Brussels, Belgium; Skopje, North Macedonia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Attendance at NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium; the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, in Skopje, North Macedonia; and the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. | Private charter and GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | 84104.50 | 10 | No | 8525.86 |
| David Cameron | 2023-11-06 | 2023-11-07 | Washington, USA | Meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and members of congress to discuss Russia-Ukraine. | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport | 147628.58 | 12 | No | 11356.04 |
| David Cameron | 2023-12-18 | 2023-12-18 | Kuwait, Kuwait City | To pay condolences to His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah alongside the Prince of Wales. | Private charter | 30077.00 | 4 | No | 6015.40 |
| David Cameron | 2023-12-19 | 2023-12-21 | Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Amman, Jordan & Cairo, Egypt | Meetings with French President Macron and foreign minister; visit to Rome to address the Italian ambassadors at the Heads of Mission conference and meet Italian foreign minister; meetings with Jordanian King Abdullah and foreign minister; meetings with Egyptian President and foreign minister and visit to El-Arish to see UK aid for Gaza. | GBNI Ministerial Air Transport and RAF flight | 322653.95 | 20 | No | 15364.47 |