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DBT’s ministerial overseas travel, April to June 2025
Updated 30 September 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 | 03/06/2025 | 05/06/2025 | Paris; France, Brussels; Belgium | Attend the G7 Trade Ministers and the WTO mini-Ministerial meetings; meetings with French, Australian, Canadian , US, Indian, German, Swiss, and Costa Rican counterparts. | Eurostar | N/A | No | £548 | 0 | 548.2 |
| Sarah Jones | 15/06/2025 | 17/06/2025 | Paris; France | Paris Air Show | Eurostar | N/A | No | 235 | 0 | 235 |
| Douglas Alexander | 02/04/2025 | 06/04/2025 | New York; USA | Tartan Week and Business Engagement | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 4679.72 | 834.82 | 5514.54 |
| Douglas Alexander | 09/04/2025 | 15/04/2025 | Beijing and Hainan; China and Hong Kong | UK Guest of Honour at Trade Expo, Government engagement | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 7718.22 | 388.22 | 8106.44 |
| Douglas Alexander | 27/06/2025 | 30/06/2025 | Taipei; Taiwan | Trade Talks, and Signing of Enhanced Trade Partnership pillars | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 9,637.62 | 277.56 | 9,915.18 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 28/04/2025 | 29/04/2025 | Paris; France | To meet with key French investors in the UK, as well as the French Government to discuss the UK-EU reset work | Eurostar | N/A | No | 223 | 0 | 223 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 04/05/2025 | 07/05/2025 | Los Angeles; USA | To attend the Milken Global conference and meet with US investors | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 9218.62 | 1210.52 | 10429.14 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 14/05/2025 | 15/05/2025 | Manama; Bahrain | To meet with key investors involved in the 2025 investment partnership, and to meet key counterparts in the Bahrani government | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 2937.72 | 454.17 | 3391.89 |
| Justin Madders | 19/05/2025 | 20/05/2025 | Belgrade; Serbia | To speak at the European Trade Union Confederation Mid-Term Conference | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 346.02 | 0 | 346.02 |
| Justin Madders | 10/06/2025 | 11/06/2025 | Geneva; Switzerland | Visit to International Labour Organization | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 121.98 | 201.35 | 323.33 |
| Gareth Thomas | 10/06/2025 | 10/06/2025 | Warsaw; Poland | To co-chair the UK–Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce | Scheduled Flight | Nil Return | No | 1106.74 | £22.15 | 1183.73 |
| Gareth Thomas | 23/06/2025 | 24/06/2025 | Madrid & Bilbao; Spain | To sign an MoU and meet with Spanish Investors (investing in the UK) | Scheduled Flight | N.A | No | 1467.58 | £64.81 | 1532.39 |
| Maggie Jones | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |