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DBT's ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023
Updated 8 February 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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| Kemi Badenoch | 13/07/2023 | 19/07/2023 | Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia | Formal CPTPP signing, confirm that the UK can accede to the trade agreement, followed by a visit to Australia to build relations with key Australian businesses, promote FTA utilisation and encourage investment to the UK Global Investment Summit. | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 14,486.53 |
| Kemi Badenoch | 24/08/2023 | 27/08/2023 | Jaipur and Delhi, India | G20 Ministerial and Ministerial meetings | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 7,223.21 |
| Kemi Badenoch | 15/09/2023 | 16/09/2023 | Pontignano, Italy | Italy MOU follow up | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 1249.38 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 01/08/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Warsaw, Poland | To co-chair the Ukraine Reconstruction Taskforce | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 1263 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 05/09/2023 | 07/09/2023 | Bucharest, Romania | To attend the Three Seas Initiative meeting | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 989 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 19/09/2023 | 20/09/2023 | Oslo, Norway | To secure a Green Industrial Partnership with Norway and hold stakeholder meetings | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 347.74 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 24/09/2023 | 28/09/2023 | Seattle, USA | To sign MoU with Washington and head aerospace delegation | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 13911 |
| Nigel Huddleston | 01/07/2023 | 04/07/2023 | Kolkata, India | FTA engagement | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | £5,711.94 |
| Nigel Huddleston | 04/07/2023 | 05/07/2023 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Resolving Market Access Barriers | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | £2,613.50 |
| Nigel Huddleston | 17/08/2023 | 21/08/2023 | Semarang, Indonesia | Lead the UK’s delegation to the AEM and co-chair the 3rd ASEAN Economic Ministers-UK Consultation | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 2924.28 |
| Nigel Huddleston | 21/08/2023 | 26/08/2023 | Ho Chi Minh City,Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam | Co-chair the JETCO and Trade Policy Committee | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 3034.2 |
| Nigel Huddleston | 12/09/2023 | 15/09/2023 | Muscat, Salalah, Oman | Engage with all six GCC trade Ministers | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 6123.51 |
| Malcolm Offord | 24/07/2023 | 27/07/2023 | Istanbul, Turkey; Tblisi, Georgia | Attend IDEF'23 16th International Defence Industry Fair. • Announce the £680m UKEF-backed rail project in Southern Turkey •Grow UK exports in Georgia | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 2231 |
| Malcolm Offord | 21/08/2023 | 24/07/2023 | Tashkent, Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Trade Mission | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | £3,450.88 |
| Dominic Johnson | 09/07/2023 | 10/07/2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | To meet with Dutch pension funds, invesors and businesses to encourage further investment into the UK | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 289.69 |
| Dominic Johnson | 11/07/2023 | 15/07/2023 | Kuwait City, Kuwait. Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE | As a precursor to the Guest of Government visit of the Kuwait Crown Prince and to discuss the UK-UAE Sovereign Investment Partnership, and other investments from Kuwait and UAE | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 5489.71 |
| Dominic Johnson | 24/07/2023 | 28/07/2023 | USA (New York, Boston) and Canada (Toronto) | To meet with big US capital pools and to understand US capital pools and investors approach to the UK | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | £11,291.65 |
| Dominic Johnson | 29/08/2023 | 03/09/2023 | China (Shanghai and Beijing) | To represent HMG at the International Trade and Services fair and discuss Chinese-UK trade and investment links | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 6851.2 |
| Dominic Johnson | 23/09/2023 | 24/09/2023 | Manama, Bahrain | As a follow up to the recent visit of the Crown Prince of Bahrain and signing of the Strategic Investment and Collaboration Partnership | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 3919.61 |
| Dominic Johnson | 26/09/2023 | 28/09/2023 | Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt) | To attend a conference on Hydrogen and meet with renewable energy investors, alongside a number of venture capital firms | Scheduled flight | Nil return | N/A | No | 1210.43 |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Timothy Minto | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |