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DCMS Senior officials' business expenses, 1 July to 30 September 2025
Updated 16 December 2025
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| Senior Official's Name | Start date of expense | End date of expense | Purpose of expense | Destination | Mode(s) of transport | Class of transport | Sub- total of all transport used (£) | Sub - total costs of all accomodation and meals (£) | Sub- total cost of all other expenses, including hospitality given (£) | Total cost of expenses claimed (£) |
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| Andrew Faulkner | 2025-08-11 | 2025-08-14 | Internal meetings | Manchester, UK | Train | Economy | £187.50 | £242.28 | Nil Return | £429.78 |
| Andrew Pattison | 2025-07-15 | 2025-07-15 | To attend Civil Service Live | Liverpool, UK | Train | Economy | £65.50 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £65.50 |
| Andrew Pattison | 2025-07-15 | 2025-07-15 | Single Return Ticket to London | London, UK | Train | Economy | £41.00 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £41.00 |
| Andrew Pattison | 2025-07-17 | 2025-07-17 | To attend Matrix COO Away Day | Swindon, UK | Train | Economy | £175.80 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £175.80 |
| Andrew Pattison | 2025-07-23 | 2025-07-23 | To attend UKSBS Board Meeting | Swindon, UK | Train | Economy | £175.80 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £175.80 |
| Andrew Pattison | 2025-09-09 | 2025-09-09 | To Attend NHM Unlocked Groundbreaking Event | Reading, UK | Train | Economy | £70.20 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £70.20 |
| Becky Morrison | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Ben Dean | 2025-07-06 | 2025-07-06 | Travel to attend Silverstone (hospitality invite & accompanying Minister) | Silverstone, UK | Train | Economy | 40.49 | Nil Return | 8.39 | 48.88 |
| Ben Dean | 2025-09-18 | 2025-09-18 | Travel to attend a board meeting of an Arms Length Body and subsitence whilst away from home workplace | Birmingham, UK | Train | Economy | 94.9 | 5 | Nil Return | 99.9 |
| Ben Dean | 2025-09-23 | 2025-09-23 | Travel to attend a board meeting of an Arms Length Body and subsitence whilst away from home workplace | Shropshire, UK | Train | Economy | 130.99 | 4.29 | Nil Return | 135.28 |
| Georgia Hutchinson | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Hannah Malik | 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-22 | Chair interviews | Liverpool, UK | Train | Standard | 188.2 | 78.9 | Nil Return | 267.1 |
| Hannah Malik | 2025-09-09 | 2025-09-09 | NHM Event | Reading, UK | Train | Standard | 60.2 | Nil Return | Nil Return | 60.2 |
| Jonathan Martin | 2025-08-15 | 2025-08-15 | Attend VJ Day event | Alrewas, UK | Train | Standard | 71.4 | Nil Return | Nil Return | 71.4 |
| Jonathan Martin | 2025-09-24 | 2025-09-25 | To attend Cranfield School of Management | Cranfield, UK | Train | Standard | 77.02 | Nil Return | Nil Return | 77.02 |
| Laura Jackson | 2025-09-24 | 2025-09-24 | SoS Meeting at Manchester HQ | Manchester | Train | Standard | 210.2 | 10 | Nil Return | 220.2 |
| Laura Jackson | 2025-09-29 | 2025-09-30 | External Meetings | York | Train | Standard | 190 | 10 | Nil Return | 200 |
| Rebecca Egan | 2025-07-16 | 2025-07-16 | External Meetings | Newcastle/Sunderland, UK | Train | Standard | 304.7 | 15 | Nil Return | 319.7 |
| Laura Jackson | 2025-07-16 | 2025-07-16 | External Meetings | Newcastle/Sunderland, UK | Train | Standard | 304.7 | 15 | Nil Return | 319.7 |
| Marc Bryant | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Nicola Hewer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Polly Payne | 2025-07-09 | 2025-07-10 | To attend in-person interviews in Birmingham. | Birmingham,UK | Train | Economy | £128.30 | £111 | Nil Return | £239.30 |
| Ruth Hannant | 2025-07-09 | 2025-07-10 | To attend external meetings and an event in the evening. | Bradford, UK | Train | Economy | £197 | nil | £26.95 | £224 |
| Ruth Hannant | 2025-09-04 | 2025-09-05 | To attend and speak at the Social Outcomes Conference in Oxford | Oxford,Uk | Train | Economy | £86 | £136 | Nil Return | £222 |
| Ruth Hannant | 2025-09-23 | 2025-09-24 | To attend the All Staff Conference in Manchester | Manchester, UK | Train | Economy | £271.50 | Nil Return | Nil Return | £271.50 |
| Susannah Storey | 2025-07-30 | 31/07/25 | Away day conference | York | Train | Economy | 145.7 | Nil Return | Nil Return | 145.7 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-07-08 | 2025-07-09 | North East CA Roundtable - Visit to Newcastle to attend/chair Creative Industries roundtable with NECA CEO and key stakeholders | Newcastle, UK | Private Car | Standard | 294.3 | 124 | 20 | 438.3 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-07-14 | 2025-07-15 | Working in London Office for various meetings at 100PS, inc. Demos F2F event on "information emergency" | London, UK | Train, Private Car, London Underground | Economy | 206.8 | 206.2 | 18.56 | 431.56 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-07-29 | 2025-07-30 | Working in London Office for various meetings | London, UK | Train, Private Car, London Underground, Bus | Economy | 213.1 | 220.76 | 18.56 | 452.42 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-08-01 | 2025-08-01 | RAEng Google DeepMind Research Ready keynote | Swansea, UK | Private Car | N/A | 41.4 | Not set | 3.5 | 44.9 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-08-12 | 2025-08-13 | Working in London Office for various meetings and meeting with Digital Catapult | London, UK | Train | Economy | 222.8 | 164.25 | 5 | 392.05 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-09-02 | 2025-09-02 | Working in London Office for various meetings inc meeting with Trade Body Network | London, UK | Train | Economy | 181 | 10 | 6.78 | 197.78 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-09-10 | 2025-09-11 | AI in Government and Academia Summit in Manchester | Manchester, UK | Private Car | Standard | 164.7 | 115.7 | 75.63 | 356.03 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-09-16 | 2025-09-17 | Working in London Office for various meetings inc Pegasus Pre-SAGE and Design Museum | London, UK | Train | Economy | 214.4 | 218 | 32.94 | 465.34 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-09-22 | 2025-09-24 | Working in London Office for various meetings inc DCMS all staff conference | London, UK | Train | Economy | 357.9 | 418.38 | 30.34 | 806.62 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-07-09 | 2025-07-10 | Meeting with West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Leeds, UK | Train | Standard | £75.90 | £119.00 | Nil Return | £194.90 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-07-21 | 2025-07-21 | Worked in Manchester Office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | £86.80 | £0.00 | Nil Return | £86.80 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-08-19 | 2025-08-19 | Worked in Manchester Office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | £140.10 | £0.00 | Nil Return | £140.10 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-09-04 | 2025-09-05 | (Manchester Uni) Productivity Research Conf 2025 | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | £97.30 | £80.10 | Nil Return | £177.40 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-07-14 | 2025-07-15 | To attend DDaT SLT Away Day | London, UK | Train, Taxi | Standard | 212.16 | 165.75 | Nil Return | 377.91 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-07-21 | 2025-07-22 | To attend Lumina Leadership session | London, UK | Train, Taxi | Standard | 172.26 | 188.45 | Nil Return | 360.71 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-08-18 | 2025-08-19 | To attend DDaT Extended SLT meeting | London, UK | Train, Taxi | Standard | 209.99 | 164 | Nil Return | 373.99 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-09-04 | 2025-09-04 | Internal Meetings | London, UK | Train, Taxi | Standard | 215.3 | N/A | Nil Return | 215.3 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | To attend EB meeting | London, UK | Train, Taxi | Standard | 203.28 | 11.4 | Nil Return | 214.68 |
| Martyn Henderson | 2025-07-09 | 2025-07-09 | To attend Manchester office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | 156.1 | Not set | Nil Return | 156.1 |
| Martyn Henderson | 2025-07-23 | 2025-07-24 | To attend Manchester office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | 193.1 | Not set | Nil Return | 193.1 |
| Martyn Henderson | 2025-08-20 | 2025-08-21 | To attend Manchester office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | 183.2 | Not set | Nil Return | 183.2 |
| Martyn Henderson | 2025-09-10 | 2025-09-11 | To attend Manchester office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | 106.2 | Not set | Nil Return | 106.2 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-08-22 | 2025-08-23 | To attend the Womens Rugby World Cup | Newcastle, UK - Glasgow, UK | Train | Economy | £84.60 | 183.29 | Nil Return | £267.89 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-07-17 | 2025-07-18 | To attend the Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Scheduled flight | Economy | £297.44 | 230.39 | 40.89 | £568.72 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-07-17 | 2025-07-17 | To attend the Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Taxi | Economy | £14.62 | Not set | Not set | £14.62 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-07-17 | 2025-07-17 | To attend the Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Train | Economy | £14.50 | Not set | Not set | £14.50 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-07-17 | 2025-07-17 | To attend the Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Train | Economy | £15.50 | Not set | Not set | £15.50 |
| Andrea Young | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |