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MOD’s ministerial overseas travel, January to March 2025
Updated 16 December 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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| John Healey | 2025-01-08 | 2025-01-09 | Ramstein; Germany | Ukraine Defence Contact Group | RAF flight | 4 | No | 5757.29 | 131 | 5888.29 |
| John Healey | 2025-02-12 | 2025-02-13 | Brussels; Belgium | NATO Defence Minister's Summit | Eurostar | N/A | No | 367 | N/A | 367 |
| John Healey | 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-15 | Munich; Germany | Munich Security Conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 899 | N/A | 899 |
| John Healey | 2025-02-19 | 2025-02-20 | Kirkenes; Norway, Bodo; Norway | Official visit to British forces | RAF flight | 5 | No | tbc | 150 | tbc |
| John Healey | 2025-03-05 | 2025-03-07 | Washington DC; USA | Bilateral meetings with US counterparts | RAF flight | 5 | No | 27582.84 | N/A | 27582.84 |
| John Healey | 2025-03-11 | 2025-03-12 | Paris; France | E5 Defence Summit | Eurostar | N/A | No | 188 | N/A | 188 |
| John Healey | 2025-03-12 | 2025-03-13 | Ankara; Turkey | Bilateral meetings with Turkish counterparts | RAF flight | 4 | No | tbc | N/A | tbc |
| Vernon Coaker | 2025-01-21 | 2025-01-25 | Abuja; Nigeria, Maiduguri; Nigeria | Meeting with Nigerian Defence minister and MOD Forces in country | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 4240 | N/A | 4240 |
| Vernon Coaker | 2025-02-09 | 2025-02-12 | Bengaluru; India | Attending the Indian Defence Expo | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 15201.44 | 1080 | 16281 |
| Maria Eagle | 2025-03-30 | 2025-04-02 | Rio de Janeiro; Brazil | Export of ships to the Brazilian Navy | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 10896.52 | 286.44 | 11182.96 |
| Alistair Carns | 2025-02-13 | 2025-02-19 | Vancouver; Canada | Attend Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 2483.42 | N/A | 2483.42 |
| Luke Pollard | 2025-01-13 | 2025-01-15 | Warsaw; Poland, Mons; Belgium, Oslo; Norway, Bergen; Norway | E5 Defence Summit; visit to SHAPE (NATO); bilateral meetings with Norwegian counterpart | Scheduled flight, RAF flight | 5 | No | 8911.64 | 109 | 9020.64 |
| Luke Pollard | 2025-02-24 | 2025-02-26 | Helsinki; Finland, Vilnius; Lithuania, Riga; Latvia, Copenhagen; Denmark, Eindhoven; Netherlands | Bilateral engagement in support of Ukraine | RAF flight | 3 | No | tbc | 120 | tbc |