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FCDO's ministerial travel, January to March 2024
Updated 29 August 2024
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| Minister | Start Date | End Date | Destination | Purpose of Trip | Mode(s) of Transport | Number of officials who accompanied the minister if non-scheduled flight was taken | Accompanied by spouse/ partner at public expense | Subtotal of all travel costs including any non-scheduled/ RAF flights (£) | Subtotal of associated costs (for minister only) including all visas, accommodation, meals etc. (£) | Total Cost (£) |
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| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 18/01/2024 | 23/01/2024 | Washington DC and Virginia, USA | To advance key Indo-Pacific National Security Priorities | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £7,378.19 | £1,174.40 | £8,552.59 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 28/02/2024 | 05/03/2024 | Jakarta, Indonesia; Dilli, Timor Leste; Phnom Pehn, Cambodia | To advance key HMG priorities in the Indo-Pacific, with partners Indonesia, Cambodia and Timor-Leste | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £5,679.00 | £1,737.45 | £7,416.45 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 07/02/2024 | 10/02/2024 | Perth, Australia | To advance key HMG priorities in the Indo-Pacific related to maritime security and AUKUS | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £2,203.39 | N/A | £2,203.39 |
| David Cameron | 19/02/2024 | 23/02/2024 | Stanley, Falklands; Asunción, Paraguay; Rio, Brazil; New York, USA | Visit to the Falklands Islands; meetings with the Paraguay President and Foreign Minister; attendance at the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and attendance at the UN Security Council in New York, United States of America. | G-GBNI Aircraft | 18 | No | £470,275.43 | £1,271.54 | £471,546.97 |
| David Cameron | 24/01/2024 | 26/01/2024 | Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul, Turkey | Meetings with regional leaders in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories; meeting with the Foreign Minister in Qatar and a humanitarian aid visit; and meetings with the Turkish Foreign Minister and President in Istanbul on the Israel-Gaza conflict. | RAF Flight; Scheduled Flight | 8 | No | £257,045.64 | £523.31 | £257,568.95 |
| David Cameron | 30/01/2024 | 01/02/2024 | Muscat, Oman; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Beirut, Lebanon | Meetings with leaders in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon to discuss regional de-escalation. | G-GBNI Aircraft | 19 | No | £179,792.98 | £206.07 | £179,999.05 |
| David Cameron | 14/02/2024 | 17/02/2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria; Warsaw, Poland; Munich, Germany | Meetings with leaders and Foreign Minister counterparts in Sofia, Bulgaria; Warsaw, Poland; and attendance at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. | Non-Scheduled Flight | 14 | No | £71,054.50 | £923.46 | £71,977.96 |
| David Cameron | 19/03/2024 | 22/03/2024 | Bangkok, Thailand; Canberra and Adelaide, Australia | Meetings with the Thai Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and a visit to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand; attendance at the annual AUKMIN ministerial meeting in Canberra and Adelaide with the Defence Secretary. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £9,661.19 | £73.81 | £9,735.00 |
| David Cameron | 03/01/2024 | 04/01/2024 | Pristina, Kosovo | Meetings with the Kosovan President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and a visit to the NATO military base to see British troops. | RAF Flight | 12 | No | £6,784.86 | £0.00 | £6,784.86 |
| David Cameron | 17/01/2024 | 19/01/2024 | Davos, Switzerland | Attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,949.02 | £3,777.33 | £5,726.35 |
| David Cameron | 07/03/2024 | 07/03/2024 | Berlin, Germany | Meetings with the German Foreign Minister to discuss support for Ukraine and efforts to deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £822.79 | £0.00 | £822.79 |
| David Cameron | 26/02/2024 | 27/02/2024 | Paris, France | Attendance at a conference hosted by the French President aimed at strengthening Western support for Ukraine. | Eurostar | N/A | No | £330 | £0.00 | £330.00 |
| David Rutley | 04/02/2024 | 07/02/2024 | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | To engage on governance reform as UK Overseas Territories Minister | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £10,573.87 | £39.69 | £10,613.55 |
| David Rutley | 03/03/2024 | 05/03/2024 | Bogota, Colombia | UK-Colombia High Level Dialogue with Colombian Deputy Foreign Minister; bilateral meetings on Colombian Peace Process, human rights and education | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,955.39 | £23.73 | £6,979.12 |
| David Rutley | 25/02/2024 | 27/02/2024 | Georgetown, Guyana | Attending CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Heads of State meeting | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £5,180.08 | £21.75 | £5,204.83 |
| David Rutley | 19/02/2024 | 22/02/2024 | Boston, Concord and Washington DC, USA | To attend US National Governors Conference and wider bilateral relationship meetings. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,961.08 | £93.66 | £5,204.83 |
| David Rutley | 19/03/2024 | 21/03/2024 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | To reinforce UK/Dominican Republic relationship, including growing trade and defence cooperation | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,519.09 | N/A | £4,519.09 |
| Leo Docherty | 09/01/2024 | 11/01/2024 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Strengthen the UK-Uzbekistan bilateral relationship and discuss wider strategic issues in the region. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £2,409.00 | £25.00 | £2,434.00 |
| Leo Docherty | 31/01/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Orzsyz and Warsaw, Poland | Bilateral visit to Poland to meet with Ministerial counterparts and visit NATO Enhanced Forward Presence troops in Orzsyz. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £1,532.89 | £351.21 | £1,884.10 |
| Leo Docherty | 20/03/2024 | 21/03/2024 | Berlin, Germany | Follow up on UK-Germany strategic dialogue with German counterpart at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £675.19 | £460.00 | £1,135.19 |
| Leo Docherty | 29/02/2024 | 01/03/2024 | Antalya, Turkey | Visit to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £950.60 | £44.36 | £994.96 |
| Leo Docherty | 11/03/2024 | 11/03/2024 | Gibraltar, Gibraltar | Timely visit to Gibraltar to discuss the negotiations and Non-Negotiated Outcome (NNO) planning with Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £770.49 | £135.52 | £906.01 |
| Leo Docherty | 23/02/2024 | 23/02/2024 | Rome, Italy | To meet with Vice-President of the Italian Foreign Affair Committee and the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £666.50 | £0.00 | £666.50 |
| Leo Docherty | 25/01/2024 | 26/01/2024 | Vienna, Austria | Demonstrate UK support for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and promote its work | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £625.09 | £0.00 | £625.09 |
| Leo Docherty | 24/01/2024 | 25/01/2024 | Bratislava, Slovenia | Galvanise support for Ukraine following Slovakian parliamentary elections in 2023 | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £337.80 | £25.00 | £362.80 |
| Leo Docherty | 28/02/2024 | 28/02/2024 | Paris, France | First meeting with newly appointed French Minister for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot and strengthen bilateral ties. | Train | N/A | No | £333.00 | £27.62 | £360.62 |
| Leo Docherty | 22/02/2024 | 22/02/2024 | Berne, Switzerland | Visit following elections held in October and meet with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs to strengthen the strategic partnership. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £208.79 | £147.72 | £356.51 |
| Leo Docherty | 17/01/2024 | 17/01/2024 | Valetta, Malta | To meet with Foreign Minister and strengthen bilateral ties. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £290.05 | £64.27 | £354.32 |
| Leo Docherty | 18/01/2024 | 18/01/2024 | Madrid, Spain | Meeting with new Spanish Europe Minister Fernando Mariano Sampedro to discuss key bilateral issues such as Gibraltar negotiations. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £110.99 | £0.00 | £110.99 |
| Minister Mitchell | 19/02/2024 | 21/02/2024 | Kathmandu, Nepal; Doha, Qatar | to discuss joint development programmes & international affairs with Qatari Government Ministers & meet with Nepalese government ministers and development sector | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £7,371.00 | N/A | £7,371.00 |
| Minister Mitchell | 31/01/2024 | 03/02/2024 | Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | to attend the Ghana Business Council meetings & to meet with Ethiopian Government Ministers and with Humanitarian NGOs and civil society | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,946.00 | N/A | £3,946.00 |
| Minister Mitchell | 27/03/2024 | 29/03/2024 | N'Djamena, Chad | bilaterals with Chadian Government Ministers and NGOs to discuss humanitarian crisis | Scheduled flight; Non-scheduled flight | 7 | No | £10,729.00 | £0.00 | £10,729.00 |
| Nusrat Ghani | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £6,745.69 |
| Richard Benyon | 18/02/2024 | 22/02/2024 | San Jose, Costa Rica | To attend Mission Bioeconomy Futures conference. | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | £9,318.29 | N/A | £9,318.29 |
| Richard Benyon | 12/03/2024 | 15/03/2024 | Kinshasa, DRC | Bilateral meetings on conflict in Eastern DRC; with DRC President, Foreign Minister, & Econ Ministers | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | £8,711.59 | N/A | £8,711.59 |
| Richard Benyon | 13/01/2024 | 17/01/2024 | Guatemala City and Flores, Guatemala | To attend the Presidential inauguration and hold bilaterial meetings on climate and environment. Lord Benyon also visited a DEFRA funded Biodiverse Landscapes Fund project to push for effective implementation. | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | £8,613.39 | N/A | £8,613.39 |
| Richard Benyon | 06/02/2024 | 08/02/2024 | Saint Georges, Grenada | To attend Grenada’s 50th anniversary of independence (from the UK) ceremonial events. | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | £7,842.79 | N/A | £7,842.79 |
| Richard Benyon | 07/03/2024 | 07/03/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | To attend Blue Leaders High-Level Event | Eurostar | 1 | No | £291.21 | N/A | £291.21 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 10/03/2024 | 12/03/2024 | New York, USA | 68th Comission of the Status of Women | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £11,098.89 | N/A | £11,098.89 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 11/02/2024 | 17/02/2024 | Kuwait City, Kuwait & Jeddah Saudi Arabia | To speak with coutnerparts on key Red Sea developments & Gaza & Hajj Discussions (KSA) | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,991.19 | N/A | £6,991.19 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 04/02/2024 | 06/02/2024 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Engaging with Senior Emraiti Leadership on regional events and consular cooperation | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,745.69 | N/A | £6,745.69 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 20/02/2024 | 23/02/2024 | New Dehli, India | The Rasina Dialouge 2024 | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,440.29 | N/A | £6,440.29 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 07/01/2024 | 11/01/2024 | Chenni, Ahmedabad | To learn about Tamil Nadu political economic journey, highlight the UK's Advanced Manufacturing Plan, a chance to hear about the successful UK companies in the financial Service Sector and understand the political and cultural importance of Modern India | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,427.79 | N/A | £6,427.79 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 22/01/2024 | 24/01/2024 | New York, USA | Security Council Quaterly open debate on the Middle East Peace Process | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,417.59 | N/A | £6,417.59 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 30/01/2024 | 30/01/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | To speak with counterparts about key Red Sea Developments | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,831.59 | £115.81 | £4,947.40 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 27/03/2024 | 28/03/2024 | Cairo, Egypt | Pursuing a pathway to pleace in the Middle East and resiolving the Conflict in Gaza. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,356.09 | £0.00 | £1,356.09 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 28/02/2024 | 28/02/2024 | Geneva, Switzerland | The Human Rights Council High Level Segmetns, to disucss a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and to hold bilaterial meetings. The 68th Comission of the Status of Women. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £777.59 | £0.00 | £777.59 |