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DBT’s ministerial overseas travel, July to September 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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| Peter Kyle | 08/09/2025 | 12/09/2025 | Washington DC, USA and Beijing, China | US: To host discussions on the US/UK Economic Prosperity Deal. China: For the UK/China Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | 9,238.30 | 0 | 9,238.30 |
| Douglas Alexander | 27/08/2025 | 02/09/2025 | Japan and South Korea | To progress negotiations on the UK-ROK FTA, demonstrate HMG support for UK Defence, and to boost UK presence at Osaka EXPO | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | 16984 | 1195 | 18179 |
| Chris Bryant | 17/09/2025 | 24/09/2025 | Argentina and Brazil | Visiting two G20 economies and the two largest economies in S. America to progress trade deliverables and improve trading relationship. | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | 5750.66 | 53.08 | 5803.74 |
| Liz Lloyd | 22/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia | To attend the ASEAN AEM | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | 6285.02 | £478.48 | £6,763.50 |
| Gareth Thomas | 10/07/2025 | 10/07/2025 | Rome; Italy | Ukraine Recovery Conference | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | £631.77 | 20.05 | £651.82 |
| Poppy Gustafsson | 06/07/2025 | 10/07/2025 | Seoul; Republic of Korea and Tokyo; Japan | Meetings with businesses to progress key investment projects in the UK | Scheduled flights | N/A | No | 6738.72 | 566 | 7304.72 |
| Justin Madders | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Kate Dearden | 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 |
| Chris McDonald | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Maggie Jones | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Blair McDougall | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Jason Stockwood | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |