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FCDO's ministerial travel, April to June 2024
Updated 28 November 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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| Andrew Mitchell | 16/04/2024 | 19/04/2024 | Geneva, Switzerland; Washington DC, USA | To attend the Ethiopia Pledging Event in Geneva & the World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £16,826.00 | N/A | £16,826.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 27/05/2024 | 29/05/2024 | Nairobi, Kenya | To attend the African Development Bank meetings | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £11,597.00 | £55.00 | £11,652.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 04/04/2024 | 07/04/2024 | Dodoma, Tanzania; Kigali, Rwanda | To open the Dodoma office & meet with Tanzanian government ministers and development partners and to attend the 30th Commemoration of the Rwandan genocide | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £7,152.00 | £40.00 | £7,197.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 06/05/2024 | 06/05/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | To attend the annual UK-Saudi Aid Dialogue | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,358.00 | £87.00 | £3,445.00 |
| Andrew Mitchell | 28/04/2024 | 29/04/2024 | New York, USA | To attend the International Conference on Population and Development | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,139.00 | £0.00 | £3,139.00 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 2024-06-31 | 02/07/2024 | Singapore, Republic of Singapore | To attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, support UK-ASEAN relationship and discuss how to achieve an open and stable international order | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £10,390.68 | £2,226.74 | £12,617.42 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 19/04/2024 | 24/04/2024 | Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing and Hong Kong, China | To hold bilateral meetings, progress people to people links and have robust discussions on areas of divergence with counterparts, demonstrate our longstanding ties to the people of Hong Kong and oppose the undermining of rights and freedoms in the region. To demonstrate support to UK businesses operating in Hong Kong. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £8,935.07 | £499.53 | £9,434.60 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 07/05/2024 | 12/05/2024 | Dhaka, Bangladesh; Male, Maldives | To encourage democratic values and observe ongoing work to alleviate the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. To have bilateral meetings with Maldives new administration and discuss how the UK can contribute to Maldives' Maritime Security | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £5,414.97 | £267.58 | £5,682.55 |
| David Cameron | 03/04/2024 | 04/04/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Attendance at NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium | Eurostar | N/A | No | £330.00 | £0.00 | £330.00 |
| David Cameron | 08/04/2024 | 11/04/2024 | Florida & Washington, USA | To push for more US funding for Ukraine | Scheduled Flight; Non-Scheduled Flight | 9 | No | £38,309.23 | £229.95 | £38,539.18 |
| David Cameron | 12/04/2024 | 12/04/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Gibraltar negotiations with the EU | Eurostar | N/A | No | £330.00 | £0.00 | £330.00 |
| David Cameron | 16/04/2024 | 18/04/2024 | Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories; Capri, Italy | To find a diplomatic solution to the Israel/Gaza conflict; and attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting | RAF Flight | 8 | No | £200,720.07 | £0.00 | £200,720.07 |
| David Cameron | 22/04/2024 | 26/04/2024 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Tashkent & Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Astana, Kazakhstan and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | To support Central Asia against Russian influence regarding war in Ukraine | Non-Scheduled Flight | 12 | No | £440,279.00 | £983.96 | £441,262.96 |
| David Cameron | 29/04/2024 | 30/04/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Attendance at the World Economic Forum and the meeting of the QUINT to discuss the Israel/Gaza crisis | G-GBNI Aircraft | 13 | No | £116,600.42 | N/A | £116,600.42 |
| David Cameron | 02/05/2024 | 03/05/2024 | Kyiv, Ukraine | To support Ukraine in current war with Russia | G-GBNI Aircraft; Train | 5 | No | £76,357.60 | £82.14 | £76,439.74 |
| David Cameron | 16/05/2024 | 16/05/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Gibraltar negotiations with the EU | Eurostar | N/A | No | £330.00 | N/A | £330.00 |
| David Cameron | 22/05/2024 | 22/05/2024 | Tirana, Albania | Meeting with Prime Minister Rama | Non-Scheduled Flight | 11 | No | £57,038.50 | N/A | £57,038.50 |
| David Cameron | 30/05/2024 | 31/05/2024 | Prague, Czech Republic | Attendance at NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic | RAF Flight | 10 | No | £22,073.59 | £3,422.00 | £25,495.59 |
| David Cameron | 06/06/2024 | 06/06/2024 | Normandy, France | Commemorative event for D-Day | RAF Flight | 2 | No | £354.57 | N/A | £354.57 |
| David Cameron | 10/06/2024 | 11/06/2024 | Berlin, Germany | Attendance at Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin, Germany | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,345.80 | £186.55 | £1,532.35 |
| David Cameron | 20/06/2024 | 20/06/2024 | Paris, France | Attendance at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris, France | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £677.16 | N/A | £677.16 |
| David Cameron | 24/06/2024 | 24/06/2024 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | To join an informal dinner of EU Ministers to discuss security and economics | RAF Flight | 5 | No | £9,951.00 | Not set | £9,951.00 |
| David Rutley | 13/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, Brazil | Bilateral visit to Brazil to further HMG objectives on critical minerals, climate, gender and equalities and geopolitical priorities | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £8,487.19 | £181.29 | £8,668.48 |
| David Rutley | 07/04/2024 | 13/04/2024 | Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, Canada; Anchorage, USA | Bilateral visit to Canada to strengthen provincial relationships outside of the capital. Also to attend the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, and complete a bilateral programme to strengthen state-level relations. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £7,078.29 | £907.00 | £7,985.29 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 16/05/2024 | 17/05/2024 | Strasbourg, France | To attend a Council of Europe Foreign Ministerial Meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £1,179.29 | £57.93 | £1,237.22 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 10/04/2024 | 12/04/2024 | Athens and Delphi, Greece | To attend the Delphi Diplomatic Conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £1,014.19 | £31.25 | £1,045.44 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 12/06/2024 | 13/06/2024 | Berlin, Germany | To attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £610.00 | £275.00 | £885.00 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 21/05/2024 | 24/05/2024 | Sarajevo and Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Belgrade, Serbia | Support reconciliation (Srebenica), drive unity in the international community’s approach to BiH, and support economic opportunity through UKEF promotion. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £346.17 | £124.08 | £470.25 |
| Nusrat Ghani | 02/05/2024 | 03/05/2024 | Paris, France | To attend the annual OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and bilateral French programme | Train | N/A | No | £319.00 | £6.90 | £325.90 |
| Richard Benyon | 07/04/2024 | 11/04/2024 | Luanda, Angola | Bilateral meetings with President, Foreign Minister; discussing conflict in eastern DRC and UK-Angola climate work and opportunities. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £6,705.43 | N/A | £6,705.43 |
| Richard Benyon | 27/05/2024 | 30/05/2024 | St John's, Antigua | Attended the Small Island Developing States Conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £2,151.18 | N/A | £2,151.18 |
| Richard Benyon | 15/04/2024 | 15/04/2024 | Paris, France | Attended Ministerial meeting for advancing the peace initiatives for Sudan; and Sudan Humanitarian Pledging event | Eurostar | N/A | No | £403.41 | £486.44 | £889.85 |
| Richard Benyon | 13/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | Paris, France | Attended the International Energy Agency Clean Cooking Summit; and International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits event | Eurostar | N/A | No | £664.22 | N/A | £664.22 |
| Richard Benyon | 19/04/2024 | 20/04/2024 | Paphos, Cyprus | Attended the Commonwealth Ocean Ministerial meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £319.42 | N/A | £319.42 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 10/06/2024 | 11/06/2024 | Amman, Jordan; Doha, Qatar | Meeting with bilateral partners. Focused on the Israel/Gaza conflict and Syrian refugess in Jordan, spent speaking to charities supporting those affected. Plus, engaging with partners with a focus on Israel/Gaza. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £7,175.44 | N/A | £7,175.44 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 17/04/2024 | 18/04/2024 | New York, USA | UN Meeting | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,635.89 | £149.02 | £6,784.91 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 28/05/2024 | 30/05/2024 | Amman, Jordan | Meeting with bilateral partners, attended the international 'Call for Action' conference on Gaza, convened by HM King Abdullah II. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,689.45 | N/A | £6,689.45 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 20/05/2024 | 20/05/2024 | Doha, Qatar | Meeting with bilateral partners. Discussions with a focus on Israel/Gaza conflict, during ceasefire negotiations at the time. Engagements with NGOs and UK orgs working around the conflict. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £6,015.49 | N/A | £6,015.49 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 22/04/2024 | 23/04/2024 | Manama, Bahrain | Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Bahrain to discuss the regional situation and meet with bilateral partners. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,531.29 | N/A | £4,531.29 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 27/06/2024 | 30/06/2024 | Asuncion, Paraguay | Conference, Organisation American States | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £3,436.16 | N/A | £3,436.16 |
| Tariq Ahmad | 26/05/2024 | 26/05/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Meeting with bilateral partners, 2 Ministerial meetings on Gaza: 1. two-state solution, 2. financial support for the Palestinian authority. | Eurostar | N/A | No | £132.65 | N/A | £132.65 |