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DBT’s ministerial overseas travel, October to December 2024
Updated 19 May 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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| Jonathan Reynolds | 22/10/2024 | 26/10/2024 | Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil | To attend the G20 and Ministerial meetings | Scheduled Flights | Not set | No | 11,254.19 | 617.76 | 11,871.95 |
| Jonathan Reynolds | 30/10/2024 | 02/11/2024 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Meeting with GCC Trade Ministers, Mubadala Investment Company, Minister of Economy, Intelligent Growth Solutions, signing of the Growth Partnership with the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, DP World | Scheduled Flights | Not set | No | 7,596.39 | Not set | Not set |
| Douglas Alexander | 20/10/2024 | 21/10/2024 | Geneva, Switzerland | To engage with key WTO stakeholders | Scheduled Flights | Not set | Not set | 333.84 | 0 | 333.84 |
| Douglas Alexander | 24/10/2024 | 25/10/2024 | Dublin, Ireland | To discuss UK-EU, and UK-Ireland relations | Scheduled Flights | Not set | Not set | 118.74 | 0 | 118.74 |
| Douglas Alexander | 27/10/2024 | 30/10/2024 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | To progress GCC FTA negotiations and attend FII Summit | Scheduled Flights | Not set | Not set | 4211.09 | 0 | 4211.09 |
| Douglas Alexander | 13/11/2024 | 15/11/2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan | To attend COP29 and engage with key stakeholders | Scheduled Flights | Not set | Not set | 1615.38 | 36 | 1651.38 |
| Douglas Alexander | 26/11/2024 | 29/11/2024 | Vancouver, Canada | To attend annual CPTPP Commission Meeting | Scheduled Flights | Not set | Not set | 13052.59 | 565.32 | 13617.91 |
| Maggie Jones | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 06/11/2024 | 07/11/2024 | Amsterdam and The Hague, The Netherlands | To represent HMG at the World Pension Summit and engage with investors | Scheduled commercial flights | N/A | No | 235.69 | 0 | 235.69 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 19/11/2024 | 20/11/2024 | Madrid, Spain | Engagement with Spanish government, investors and scaleups | Scheduled commercial flights | N/A | No | 306.77 | 0 | 306.77 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 01/12/2024 | 04/12/2024 | Hong Kong SAR and Shenzhen, China | To represent HMG at MIPIM Asia and engage with investors in Hong Kong and South China | Scheduled commercial flights | N/A | No | 5136.39 | 455.96 | 5592.35 |
| Sarah Jones | 02/10/2024 | 03/10/2024 | Toulouse, France | To attend the ADS Toulouse annual supplier event | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | 83 | 289 | 372 |
| Sarah Jones | 12/11/2024 | 14/11/2024 | Warsaw, Poland | To attend Rebuild Ukraine conference | Scheduled flight | 1 | No | 641 | 508 | 1149 |
| Gareth Thomas | 29/11/2024 | 29/11/2024 | Pontignano, Italy | UK-Italy Pontignano conference | Scheduled flight | Not set | No | 690.87 | 13.25 | 704 |
| Justin Madders | 08/10/2024 | 09/10/2024 | Paris, France | To represent HMG at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Consumer Policy Ministerial Meeting | Eurostar | N/A | No | 230 | 0 | 230 |