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Defra's senior officials' expenses, January to March 2022
Updated 14 July 2022
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| Senior Officials Name | Start date of trip | Duration of Visit (Days) | Destination | Purpose of trip | Mode of transport | Class of travel | Accommodation/Meals (£) | Other (including hospitality given) | Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc. (£) | Total Cost of Use of Official Secure Car |
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| Alison Ismail | 2022-02-17 | 1 | Bristol, UK | Visit to Horizon House for internal agri-food | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £146.15 | Nil Return |
| Alison Ismail | 2022-02-22 | 1 | Birmingham, UK | National Farmers Union conference at International Convention Centre | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £84.45 | Nil Return |
| Alison Ismail | 2022-03-17 | 1 | York, UK | Visit to Foss House for internal meetings with agri-food chain colleagues | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £141.25 | Nil Return |
| Alison Ismail | 2022-03-24 | 1 | Bedford, UK | Visit to AF Blakemore stakeholders with Agri food chain colleagues | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £12.25 | Nil Return |
| Andrea Ledward | 2022-03-13 | 3 | Geneva, Switzerland | Trip to attend Convention on Biodiversity for COP15 | Air | Economy | £337.98 | Nil Return | £729.01 | Nil Return |
| Ceri Morgan | 2022-03-22 | 3 | Birmingham, UK | National Farmers Union Conference | Rail | Standard | £160.00 | Nil Return | £214.00 | Nil Return |
| Chris Hobley | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Chris Howes | 2022-02-08 | 1 | London, UK | Digital, Data and Technology Services Leadership Strategy Day | Rail | Standard | £22.89 | Nil Return | £253.14 | Nil Return |
| Chris Howes | 2022-03-08 | 2 | London, UK | Digital, Data and Technology Services Leadership Strategy Day and Senior Civil Service Strategic Away Day | Rail | Standard | £150.11 | Nil Return | £415.96 | Nil Return |
| Chris Howes | 2022-03-15 | 2 | London, UK | Investment Committee meeting | Rail | Standard | £126.56 | Nil Return | £382.21 | Nil Return |
| Chris Howes | 2022-03-25 | 1 | Reading, UK | Quarterly Group Corporate Services Leadership Team Away Day | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £171.85 | Nil Return |
| Christine Middlemiss | 2022-02-16 | 2 | London, UK | Interviews | Rail | Standard | £115.01 | Nil Return | £248.76 | Nil Return |
| Christine Middlemiss | 2022-03-16 | 2 | London, UK | Stakeholder visit for the British Veterinary Association | Air, Rail | Standard | £209.00 | Nil Return | £647.33 | Nil Return |
| Colin Dingwall | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| David Hallam | 2022-01-24 | 1 | Taunton, UK | Visit to Somerset Levels and Moors & Bridgwater | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £222.25 | Nil Return |
| David Hallam | 2022-03-31 | 1 | York, UK | Internal visit to Defras York office | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £30.45 | Nil Return |
| David Hill | 2022-02-22 | 2 | York, UK | To attend Natural England Board Meeting | Rail | Standard | £42.42 | Nil Return | £130.82 | Nil Return |
| David Hill | 2022-03-02 | 2 | Woking, UK | To attend High Potential Development Scheme 2 day residential training course | Rail | Standard | £89.99 | Nil Return | £115.24 | Nil Return |
| David Hill | 2022-03-22 | 2 | Exeter, UK | Stakeholder visit to Met Office | Rail | Standard | £95.00 | Nil Return | £195.85 | Nil Return |
| David Kennedy | 2022-02-28 | 1 | Dover, UK | Visit to Sevington & Dover to see Sanitary and Phytosanitary checks at Border Control Points | Rail | Economy | Nil Return | Nil Return | £49.80 | Nil Return |
| David Kennedy | 2022-03-09 | 1 | Manchester, UK | Internal site visits | Rail | Economy | £109.00 | Nil Return | £158.10 | Nil Return |
| Deborah Hankins | 2022-03-23 | 1 | Bristol, UK | Internal visit to Defras Bristol office | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £161.35 | Nil Return |
| Edward Barker | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Emma Bourne | 2022-02-16 | 1 | Bristol, UK | Monthly Northern Ireland Directorate Senior Team Leaders Meeting | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £146.00 | Nil Return |
| Emma Bourne | 2022-03-02 | 1 | Belfast, UK | Northern Ieland Business Brexit Working Group meeting & visit to Belfast Port | Air | Economy | £19.85 | Nil Return | £180.57 | Nil Return |
| Emma Bourne | 2022-03-17 | 1 | York, UK | Monthly Northern Ireland Directorate Senior Team Leaders Meeting | Rail | Standard | £21.00 | Nil Return | £155.00 | Nil Return |
| Emma Campbell | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gareth Baynham-Hughes | 2022-02-03 | 2 | York, UK | Internal site visit | Rail | Standard | £72.00 | Nil Return | £164.60 | Nil Return |
| Gareth Baynham-Hughes | 2022-02-22 | 2 | Birmingham, UK | Stakeholder visit to National Farmers Union Conference | Rail | Standard | £78.00 | Nil Return | £275.58 | Nil Return |
| Gerry Kaspers | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-02 | 2 | Swindon, UK & London, UK | Attend Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Council meeting, Swindon then attend Kew Orchids Festival dinner, Kew | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £74.25 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-09 | 1 | York, UK | Attend Fera Science Ltd dinner & Board | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £150.60 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-14 | 1 | Swindon, UK | Visit to CCm technologies | Rail, Car | Standard | Nil Return | £12.10 | £25.50 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-15 | 1 | Bentley, UK | Visit to Alice Holt Research Station | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £31.60 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-23 | 2 | Cambridge, UK | Visit to Great Fen & National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) | Car | Nil Return | £62.55 | Nil Return | £151.65 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-28 | 3 | Paris, France | Attend Decade Advisory Board, Paris | Air, Rail, Car | Standard | £258.86 | Nil Return | £600.17 | Nil Return |
| Gideon Henderson | 2022-03-30 | 1 | Oxford, UK | Attend & Speak at UK community science meeting "The Changing North Atlantic and its Importance for the UK", Oxford University | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £15.00 | Nil Return |
| Hannah Fletcher | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Heather Smith | 2022-02-04 | 1 | Eastbourne, UK | Internal site visit | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £37.25 | Nil Return |
| Heather Smith | 2022-02-14 | 2 | Betchworth, UK | Attendance on a Higher Performance Development Scheme workshop | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £25.95 | Nil Return |
| Heather Smith | 2022-03-03 | 2 | Woking, UK | Attendance on a Higher Performance Development Scheme workshop | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £28.05 | Nil Return |
| Heather Smith | 2022-03-25 | 1 | Reading, UK | Group Corporate Servives Leadership Team awayday | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £59.55 | Nil Return |
| Heather Smith | 2022-03-30 | 1 | West Byfleet, UK | Internal Site Visit | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £26.45 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-01-28 | 1 | Cambridge, UK | Stakeholder visit to Great Fen National Nature Reserve and Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve | Car | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £177.72 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-02-09 | 1 | West Sussex, UK | Stakeholder visit to Nutbourne Nursery & Vitacress Herbs | Car | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £81.51 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-02-10 | 1 | Sutton Coldfield, UK | Senior Leadership Team Away Day | Rail | Standard | £18.00 | Nil Return | £98.35 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-02-16 | 3 | Workington, UK | Rural Payments Agency Strategy Day & Single Service Leadership Day | Rail | Standard | £127.70 | Nil Return | £312.50 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-02-22 | 1 | Birmingham, UK | National Farmers' Union Conference 2022 | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £140.25 | Nil Return |
| Janet Hughes | 2022-03-10 | 2 | Doncaster, UK | Stakeholder visit to Tenant Farmers' Association Farm | Rail, Car | Standard | £68.40 | Nil Return | £252.15 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-02-03 | 1 | London, UK | Internal face to face meetings with the Senior leadership team and a workshop with wider Defra colleagues. | Rail | Standard | £114.00 | Nil Return | £418.30 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-02-09 | 1 | London, UK | Face to face ministerial meeting and internal meetings with the team. | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £209.55 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-02-28 | 1 | Sevington, UK | Visit to Sevington & Dover to see Sanitary and Phytosanitary checks at Border Control Points | Rail | Standard | £37.98 | Nil Return | £324.68 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-02 | 1 | Manchester, UK | Face to face internal programme wide away day in Manchester | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £135.00 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-03 | 1 | York, UK | Face to face internal programme wide away day in York | Rail | Standard | £80.10 | Nil Return | £134.35 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-09 | 2 | London, UK | 2-day face to face planning workshop with the senior leadership team and project teams | Rail | Standard | £230.00 | Nil Return | £454.25 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-22 | 1 | Manchester, UK | Heads of Place Network Meeting in Manchester | Rail | Standard | £0.00 | Nil Return | £21.75 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-23 | 2 | London, UK | Attendance at Global Britain (Operations) officials meetings and internal meetings | Rail | Standard | £253.12 | Nil Return | £477.62 | Nil Return |
| Joanne Bradshaw | 2022-03-24 | 1 | Birmingham, UK | Attendance at a Whitehall Industry Group Workshop, Supporting the ‘Places for Growth’ portfolio | Rail | Standard | £0.00 | Nil Return | £29.95 | Nil Return |
| Katrina Williams | 2022-03-02 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Engaging with UK mission in Brussels as well as external stakeholders to meet departmental international objectives. | Rail | Standard | £0.00 | Nil Return | £244.00 | Nil Return |
| Lucy Smith | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Lynne Phillips | 2022-03-07 | 1 | London, UK | To attend Environment, Rural and Marine Directorate Away Day | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £234.80 | Nil Return |
| Mark Thompson | 2022-02-22 | 1 | Bristol, UK | Internal Site visit | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £99.00 | Nil Return |
| Mark Thompson | 2022-03-22 | 1 | York, UK | Internal Site visit | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £135.00 | Nil Return |
| Mike Rowe | 2022-02-24 | 1 | Newcastle, UK | Meeting with Stakeholders from Anglo North Fish & Northern Ireland Fish Producers | Air | Standard | £140.00 | £90.00 | £406.80 | Nil Return |
| Mike Rowe | 2022-03-03 | 1 | Brussels, Belgium | Meeting with EU Commission | Rail | Standard | £317.25 | Nil Return | £569.31 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-01-20 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Finance and Resources Committee and Senior Civil Servants Transformation Meeting | Car | Nil Return | nil return | Nil Return | £55.00 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-01-27 | 2 | London, UK | Attending Human Resources Operating Model Workshop and Executive Committee Away Day | Car | Nil Return | £87.00 | Nil Return | £189.88 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-02-01 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Executive Committee | Car | Nil Return | nil return | Nil Return | £55.00 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-02-15 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Executive Committee | Car | Nil Return | nil return | Nil Return | £55.00 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-02 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Human Resources Directors Workshop | Car | Nil Return | nil return | Nil Return | £57.99 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-09 | 3 | London, UK | Attending Civil Service Pension Board Meeting and Senior Leadership Board Away Days | Car | Nil Return | £165.83 | Nil Return | £298.28 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-22 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Executive Committee and Arms Length Bodies Reform Steering Group | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £57.99 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-24 | 1 | London, UK | Attending internal and Trade Union meetings | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £57.99 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-28 | 1 | London, UK | Internal meetings | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £35.00 | Nil Return |
| Nicola Bettesworth | 2022-03-29 | 1 | London, UK | Attending Remuneration Committee | Car | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | £35.00 | Nil Return |
| Rebecca Shrubsole | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Rosemary Jerrit | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sally Randall | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-01-28 | 1 | London, UK | Attended Executive Committee Away Day in London | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £127.20 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-01-31 | 1 | London, UK | Attended a Shared Services Connected Limited Stategy Meeting | Rail | Standard | £136.90 | Nil Return | £264.10 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-02-10 | 1 | Birmingham, UK | Attended Shared Services Connected Limited Board meeting | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £135.20 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-02-11 | 1 | London, UK | Internal site visit | Rail | Standard | £156.76 | Nil Return | £331.46 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-03-07 | 4 | London, UK | Travel to London to attend the following events in London: Delivery Committee (08/03), Strategic Leadership Group Half-Day Away Day (09/03), Commercial Capability Oversight Committee (10/03), Civil Service Leadership Group Global Britain event (11/03). | Rail | Standard | £544.72 | Nil Return | £671.92 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-03-29 | 3 | Weybridge, UK | Attended Remuneration Committee meeting (29/03), internal sitevisit to Weybridge (30/03), Attended LGBT meeting (31/03), attendded Executive Committee Away Day in London (01/04) | Rail | Standard | £465.03 | Nil Return | £565.43 | Nil Return |
| Sarah Homer | 2022-03-30 | 1 | Weybridge, UK | Attended Science Capability in Animal Health (SCAH) Board in Weybridge | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £17.90 | Nil Return |
| Sebastian Catavosky | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Steve Vine | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Susan Carter | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2022-01-20 | 1 | London, UK | Attending the Holocaust Gallery at Imperial War Museum | Car | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | £7.40 | Nil return |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2022-02-28 | 1 | Dover, UK | To view the progress at Sevington and Bastian Border Points. | Train | Standard | Nil return | Nil return | £75.52 | Nil return |
| Tamara Finkelstein | 2022-03-30 | 2 | Dublin, Ireland | Attending the Permanent Secretary Summit | Rail, Air | Standard | £247.23 | Nil return | £503.63 | Nil return |
| Tessa Jones | 2022-03-10 | 1 | Carlisle, UK | To attend a Live stock information programme and Cattle Workshop | Rail | Standard | Nil Return | Nil Return | £256.10 | Nil Return |