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FCDO ministerial travel, October to December 2024
Updated 27 March 2025
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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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| Anneliese Dodds | 22/10/2024 | 26/10/2024 | Washington DC, USA | Washington World Bank Annuals | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £10,244.00 | N/A | £10,244.00 |
| Anneliese Dodds | 08/12/2024 | 14/12/2024 | Lilongwe, Malawi; Lusaka, Zambia | Bilateral visits to reinforce UK commitment to building economic growth and modern long term partnerships | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £7,873.59 | £157.00 | £8,030.59 |
| Anneliese Dodds | 13/11/2024 | 15/11/2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan | COP29 | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £2,156.18 | £47.52 | £2,203.70 |
| Anneliese Dodds | 02/12/2024 | 05/12/2024 | Cairo, Egypt; Tel Aviv, Israel; Ramallah, OPT | Attend the Egypt Humanitarian conference and call for the de-escalation of tensions in the wider Middle East, meet hostage families with UK links and visiting UNRWA sites | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,459.21 | £142.76 | £1,601.97 |
| Anneliese Dodds | 07/10/2024 | 08/10/2024 | Hamburg, Germany | Hamburg Sustainability Conference | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £452.69 | £176.42 | £629.11 |
| Anneliese Dodds | 11/11/2024 | 11/11/2024 | Paris, France | Paris Peace Forum | Scheduled Train | N/A | No | £453.00 | N/A | £453.00 |
| Catherine West | 12/11/2024 | 20/11/2024 | Hong Kong, China; Dhaka; Bangladesh; Delhi, India | Build relationships with the interim government of Bangladesh and engage international counterparts and businesses | Scheduled Flight; Car | N/A | No | £12,587.61 | £871.39 | £13,459.00 |
| Catherine West | 21/10/2024 | 29/10/2024 | Hanoi, Vietnam; Manila, Philippines | Deliver keynote speech at the South Sea China Conference and speak at International Conference on Women Peace and Security | Scheduled Flight; Car | N/A | No | £5,729.21 | £1,084.69 | £6,813.90 |
| David Lammy | 18/11/2024 | 21/11/2024 | Beijing and Shanghai, China; Seoul, South Korea; Jakarta, Indonesia | Bilateral relations (China), Attend Inaguaration (Indonesia), Bilateral relations (South Korea) | G-GBNI Aircraft | 24 | No | £429,172.06 | £390 | £429,562.06 |
| David Lammy | 03/11/2024 | 05/11/2024 | Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria; Cape Town, South Africa | To reset bilateral relationships with important African partners | G-GBNI Aircraft | 17 | No | £244,767.97 | £827.40 | £245,595.37 |
| David Lammy | 12/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 | Bridgetown, Barbados; Georgetown, Guyana | High level engagement with key partners in the region, including PM Mottley and President Ali | G-GBNI Aircraft | 11 | No | £162,317.80 | £451.87 | £162,769.67 |
| David Lammy | 09/10/2024 | 09/10/2024 | Manama, Bahrain; Amman, Jordan | Discuss regional security with key Middle Eastern allies | G-GBNI Aircraft | 14 | No | £134,819.85 | £0 | £134,819.85 |
| David Lammy | 25/11/2024 | 26/11/2024 | Rome, Italy | Attend the G7 Ministerial Meeting | RAF, Non-scheduled flight | 11 | No | £62,979.98 | £0 | £62,979.98 |
| David Lammy | 20/11/2024 | 20/11/2024 | Chișinău, Moldova | To show UK support for Moldova in its efforts to combat Russian electoral interference. | Non-scheduled flight | 11 | No | £55,404.50 | £0 | £55,404.50 |
| David Lammy | 04/12/2024 | 05/12/2024 | Brussels, Belgium; Valletta, Malta | Attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) summits. | Non-scheduled flight | 13 | No | £49,665.50 | £0 | £49,665.50 |
| David Lammy | 14/10/2024 | 14/10/2024 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) | Non-scheduled flight | 10 | No | £24,754.50 | £0 | £24,754.50 |
| David Lammy | 24/11/2024 | 26/11/2024 | Apia, Samoa | Attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) | Scheduled flight, G-GBNI Aircraft | 1 | No | £20,616.90 | £0 | £20,616.90 |
| David Lammy | 18/12/2024 | 18/12/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Attend NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting | Non-scheduled flight | 7 | No | £17,374.50 | £0 | £17,374.50 |
| David Lammy | 11/11/2024 | 12/11/2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Attend the Conference of the Parties (COP29) | G-GBNI Aircraft | 8 | No | £16,500 | £0 | £16,500.00 |
| David Lammy | 17/11/2024 | 18/11/2024 | New York, USA | Chair the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £9,533.39 | £257.88 | £9,791.27 |
| David Lammy | 03/10/2024 | 03/10/2024 | Dublin, Ireland | Strengthen ties with the European Union | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £777.19 | £0 | £777.19 |
| David Lammy | 13/11/2024 | 13/11/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | Meeting with key international partners including EU High Representative Josep Borrell, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha | Train | N/A | No | £541.10 | £0 | £541.10 |
| Hamish Falconer | 11/11/2024 | 14/11/2024 | Kuwait City, Kuwait; Riyadh, KSA | Bilateral Visit; Joint steering group | Flight | N/A | No | £7,288.09 | N/A | £7,288.09 |
| Hamish Falconer | 06/12/2024 | 09/12/2024 | Manama, Bahrain; Doha, Qatar | Manama Conference and Doha Forum, multilateral events. | Flight | N/A | No | £6,719.69 | N/A | £6,719.69 |
| Hamish Falconer | 14/10/2024 | 15/10/2024 | Cairo, Egypt; Al Arish, Egypt | To announce £1 million of funding to WHO to support Egyptian efforts to support injured Palestinans from Gaza. | Flight; Non-scheduled Flight | 4 | No | £5,398.29 | N/A | £5,398.29 |
| Hamish Falconer | 18/11/2024 | 21/11/2024 | Islamabad, Pakistan | Bilateral Visit | Flight | N/A | No | £3,535.67 | N/A | £3,535.67 |
| Hamish Falconer | 29/10/2024 | 01/10/2024 | Washington DC, USA | Conference on the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh | Flight | N/A | No | £2,522.19 | N/A | £2,522.19 |
| Hamish Falconer | 23/10/2024 | 24/10/2024 | Paris, France | Lebanon Support Conference | Eurostar | N/A | No | £338 | N/A | £338.00 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 09/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 | Saint George's,Grenada; Bridgetown, Barbados | In Grenada, biliteral meetings including PM. The Barbados leg, joining Foreign Secretary meetings including with the PM. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £5,959.39 | £78.60 | £6,037.39 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 06/11/2024 | 08/11/2024 | Bogota, Colombia | To to represent the UK at the Ministerial Conference on Violence Against Children. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,979.09 | N/A | £3,979.09 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 14/10/2024 | 17/10/2024 | Kingston, Jamaica; Nassau, The Bahamas | In Jamaica, bilateral meetings with Foreign Minister, Minister of Finance. In The Bahamas bilateral meetings with the PM, Chief of Defence Staff; and key NGOs. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,574.28 | N/A | £3,574.28 |
| Raymond Collins | 07/10/2024 | 12/10/2024 | Victoria, Seychelles; Tigray and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | To attend the African Beneficial Ownership Transparency Network meeting in Victoria, demonstrating UK commitment to anti-corruption; to conduct a humanitarian visit to Tigray and to build relationships with Ethiopian and African Union counterparts. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £15,178.00 | £895.00 | £16,073.00 |
| Raymond Collins | 19/10/2024 | 26/10/2024 | Samoa via Los Angeles, USA, and Fiji | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £15,322.09 | £207.24 | £15,529.33 |
| Raymond Collins | 24/11/2024 | 27/11/2024 | Bogota, Colombia | To attend the Annual Commemoration of the 2016 Peace Agreement Signing and the PSVI International Alliance Conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £6,610.79 | N/A | £6,610.79 |
| Raymond Collins | 03/11/2024 | 04/11/2024 | Cape Town, South Africa | To attend the UK-South Africa Bilateral Forum and launch the Africa Approach | Scheduled Flight / GBNI | 1 | No | £3,153.89 | N/A | £3,153.89 |
| Raymond Collins | 11/11/2024 | 13/11/2024 | New York, USA | To represent the UK for our Presidency at the UNSC. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £2,169.00 | N/A | £2,169.00 |
| Stephen Doughty | 02/11/2024 | 04/11/2024 | The Valley, Anguilla | Relationship building and fact finding mission to Carribean Overseas Territories | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £4,410.80 | N/A | £4,410.80 |
| Stephen Doughty | 04/11/2024 | 06/11/2024 | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | Relationship building and fact finding mission to Carribean Overseas Territories | Non-scheduled flight | 2 | No | £1,543.80 | N/A | £1,543.80 |
| Stephen Doughty | 27/11/2024 | 28/11/2024 | Ankara, Turkey | To advance UK-Turkey economic growth and security cooperation | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £817.29 | £87.83 | £905.12 |
| Stephen Doughty | 12/12/2024 | 12/12/2024 | Berlin, Germany | To attend a meeting with European Foreign Ministers to discuss Ukraine | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £774.40 | £32.11 | £806.51 |
| Stephen Doughty | 17/10/2024 | 02/10/2024 | Rejkjavik, Iceland | To represent HMG at the Arctic Circle Assembly | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £490.70 | £277.24 | £767.94 |
| Stephen Doughty | 01/10/2024 | 01/10/2024 | Berlin, Germany | To represent the Foreign Secretary at the 2024 Berlin Process Foreign Ministerial meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £582.85 | £19.29 | £602.14 |
| Stephen Doughty | 13/10/2024 | 14/10/2024 | Berlin, Germany | To represent the Prime Minister at the 2024 Berlin Process Leaders’ Summit | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £557.02 | £29.73 | £586.75 |
| Stephen Doughty | 06/11/2024 | 08/11/2024 | Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands | Relationship building and fact finding mission to Carribean Overseas Territories | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £546.70 | N/A | £546.70 |
| Stephen Doughty | 03/12/2024 | 03/12/2024 | Brussels, Belgium | To attend Day 1 of the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £493.71 | £27.42 | £521.13 |
| Stephen Doughty | 16/10/2024 | 18/10/2024 | Oslo and Tromso, Norway | To further enhance relationships with Norwegian counterparts and deepen understanding of our arctic cooperation | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £449.20 | £23.11 | £472.31 |