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DBT’s ministerial overseas 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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| Kemi Badenoch | 13/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | To participate in the GREAT Futures event and Ministerial meetings ahead of round 7 of GCC FTA negotiations | Chartered flight outbound/commerical return flight | 2 | No | £9,256.80 | £88.36 | £9,345.16 |
| Alan Mak | 16/05/2024 | 17/05/2024 | Rome, Italy | To represent HMG at the B7 (G7 sub-group) | Commercial flight | N/A | No | £113.00 | £0.00 | £113.00 |
| Dominic Johnson | 10/04/2024 | 12/04/2024 | Copenhagen, Denmark; and Helsinki, Finland | To meet with international investors | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,399.60 | £231.57 | £1,862.73 |
| Dominic Johnson | 02/05/2024 | 03/05/2024 | Paris, France | To attend the OECD Ministerial Meeting | Scheduled Eurostar | N/A | No | £560.00 | £0.00 | £560.00 |
| Dominic Johnson | 13/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | To participate in the GREAT Futures summit in Saudi Arabia | Chartered flight outbound/commerical return flight | 1 | No | £6,689.00 | £0.00 | £6,689.00 |
| Malcolm Offord | 03/04/2024 | 12/04/2024 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Bogota, Colombia; Cali, Colombia; Santa Cruz, Bolivia; La Paz, Bolivia | To increase exports to South America by engaging with government ministers, signing MoUs and pushing forward projects for British companies | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £3,487.00 | £383 | £3,890.50 |
| Malcolm Offord | 29/05/2024 | 31/05/2024 | Maputo, Mozambique | To advance implementation of Mozambique's Energy Transition Strategy through UK commercial deals, and strengthen UK-Mozambique trade and investment by addressing market access barriers with ministers. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,023.31 | £10 | £4,033.31 |
| Greg Hands | 07/04/2024 | 08/04/2024 | Kyiv, Ukraine | To meet with key counterparts to discuss ways the UK can support Ukraine through trade and development | Airplane and Train | Not set | No | £373.59 | £468.00 | £841.59 |
| Greg Hands | 09/04/2024 | 11/04/2024 | DC, United States | To help strengthen UK-US trade on a federal level | Airplane and Car | Not set | No | £5,592.43 | £6.89 | £5,599.32 |
| Greg Hands | 18/04/2024 | 19/04/2024 | Tegernsee, Germany | To drive progress on priority UK-Germany market access barriers through bilateral meetings | Airplane | Not set | No | £342.09 | £0.00 | £342.09 |
| Greg Hands | 17/05/2024 | 17/05/2024 | Lima and Arequipa, Peru | CPTPP engagement and attend CPTPP Ministerial Meeeting | Airplane | Not set | No | £6,029.89 | £286.00 | £6,315.89 |
| Greg Hands | 21/05/2024 | 21/05/2024 | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | To advance UK trade and energy security deliverables | Airplane | Not set | No | £122.30 | £0.00 | £122.30 |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |