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DBT’s ministerial overseas travel, January to March 2025
Updated 2 July 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 | 2025-01-21 | 2025-01-24 | Davos, Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 285.88 | 3787.5 | 4073.38 |
| Jonathan Reynolds | 2025-02-23 | 2025-02-26 | Delhi, India | To restart the UK-India FTA negotiations | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 7920.52 | 0 | 7920.52 |
| Jonathan Reynolds | 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-07 | Tokyo, Japan | Attend the inaurgual UK-Japan Economic 2+2 and the annual Ministerial Strategic Economic Policy and Trade Dialogue | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 11844.72 | 868.54 | 12713.26 |
| Jonathan Reynolds | 2025-03-17 | 2025-03-19 | Washington DC, USA | Meetings with the US Commerce Secretary, US Trade Representative and US Special Envoy. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | 10779.82 | 0 | 10779.82 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 2025-02-16 | 2025-02-20 | Riaydh, Saudi Arabia and Doha, Qatar | To meet key investors and ministerial counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and to attend the Capital Markets Forum in Riyadh | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 8782.12 | 254.31 | 9036.43 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 2025-02-23 | 2025-02-27 | Mumbai and Bangalore, India | Meetings with Indian investors into the UK; to attend NASSCOM NTLF | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 2856.67 | 0 | 2856.67 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-04 | Barcelona, Spain | To attend Mobile World Congress in Barcelona | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 253.98 | 385.97 | 639.95 |
| Gareth Thomas | 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-22 | Paris, France | To attend and speak at the British Architecture and Engineering Exhibition at HMA France’s Residence and meet with key stakeholders active in France and Europe on the challenges and opportunities they face will inform export and industrial strategy policy design. | Eurostar | N/A | No | 1165.02 | Nil Return | 1165.02 |
| Gareth Thomas | 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-04 | Rabat, Morocco | To meet with Moroccan Ministers to progress HMG engagement with Morocco on the delivery of the 2030 World Cup and sign a declaration of intent with the Head of the World Cup Committee, leading to eventual G2G | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 237 | Nil Return | 237 |
| Douglas Alexander | 2025-02-27 | 29/02/2025 | Johannesburg, South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana | To attend the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique – UK Economic Partnership Agreement council | Scheduled flight | Nil Return | No | 4940 | 462.24 | 5402.24 |
| Maggie Jones | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Sarah Jones | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Justin Madders | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
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