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MHCLG: senior officials’ business expenses, October to 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 (£)
Sarah Healey 2025-11-20 2025-11-21 Heads of Department Meeting Shoreham By Sea; UK Train Standard 48.5 0 0 48.5
Sarah Healey 2025-12-11 2025-12-12 Individual Development Programme Berkhamsted; UK Train Standard 29.8 0 0 29.8
Brendan Threlfall Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Katie Farrington 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 Visit to Sheffield MHCLG Office Sheffield; UK Train Standard £81.00 0 0 £81.00
Katie Farrington 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 Visit to Sheffield MHCLG Office Return Journey Watford; UK Train Standard £66.80 0 0 £66.80
Katie Farrington 2025-10-20 2025-10-20 Local Resilience Forum meeting at Bristol MHCLG Office Bristol; UK Train Standard £47.50 Not set Not set £47.50
Katie Farrington 2025-11-20 2025-11-20 Local Resilience Forum meeting , and Staff engagement at Bristol MHCLG Office (Return Journey) London St Pancras; UK Train Standard £44.30 0 0 £44.30
Katie Farrington 2025-12-04 2025-12-04 Local Resilience Forum Meeting & Staff, Staff Engagement at Warrington MHCLG Office (inc return Journey) Warrington; UK Train Standard £234.00 0 0 £234.00
Joanna Key 2025-10-09 2025-10-09 Visit to Oxford Oxford; UK Train Standard £118 0 0 £118.00
Joanna Key 2025-09-16 2025-09-16 Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) Leeds; UK Train Standard £366.40 0 0 £366.40
Joanna Key 2025-11-18 2025-11-18 Visit to Brabazon New Town Bristol; UK Train Standard £277.40 0 0 £277.40
Joanna Key 2025-12-01 2025-12-01 To discuss New Town proposal Central Bedfordshire Council; UK Train Standard £82.81 0 0 £82.81
Joanna Key 2025-12-05 2025-12-05 To visit the proposed New Town at Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Central; UK Train Standard £151.80 0 0 £151.80
Matt Thurstan 2025-10-21 2025-10-23 Internal Meetings; Finance Sub-Committee, Ministerial Board, meeting with Permanent Secretary Sarah Healey London; UK Train Standard £350.80 £657.12 Not set £1,007.92
Matt Thurstan 2025-10-28 2025-10-28 SCS Engagement Manchester; UK Train Standard £112.80 £6.40 Not set £119.20
Matt Thurstan 2025-11-05 2025-11-06 Internal Meetings; State Honours Meeting with Permanent Secretary Sarah Healey, Ministerial Board Meeting, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee London; UK Train Standard £350.80 £266.00 Not set £616.80
Matt Thurstan 2025-11-11 2025-11-11 Workshop London; UK Train Standard £350.80 Not set Not set £350.80
Matt Thurstan 2025-11-13 2025-11-14 SCS Engagement, Civil Service Leadership Group; System Visit Cambridge; UK / London; UK Train Standard £202.30 £188.60 Not set £390.90
Matt Thurstan 2025-11-19 2025-11-19 Senior Finance Leaders Conference London; UK Train Standard £380.80 £14.79 Not set £395.69
Matt Thurstan 2025-11-25 2025-11-26 NEDs Induction, Executive Team Meeting London; UK Train Standard £327.80 £40.53 Not set £368.33
Matt Thurstan 2025-12-01 2025-12-03 Internal Meetings; Corporate SCS Away Day, Meeting with Baroness Taylor, Executive Team Workforce Planning London; UK Train Standard £327.80 £443.87 Not set £771.67
Matt Thurstan 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 Civil Service Leadership Group; AI System Visit London; UK Train Standard £377.90 £14.79 Not set £392.69
Will Garton 2025-12-03 2025-12-04 Mayoral Council Liverpool; UK Train Standard £369 £129.44 0 £498.44
Alexandra Burns Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Andy Hobart 2025-11-12 2025-11-14 To attend Fellowship Programme Bristol; UK Train Standard 52 169.08 N/A 221.08
Ben Llewellyn Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-03 2025-07-03 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 9.4 N/A N/A 9.4
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-10 2025-07-10 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 6.9 N/A N/A 6.9
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-17 2025-07-17 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 6.9 N/A N/A 6.9
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-22 2025-07-22 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 7.6 N/A N/A 7.6
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-24 2025-07-24 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 6.9 N/A N/A 6.9
Camilla Sheldon 2025-07-31 2025-07-31 Grenfell Community Engagement (train travel was claimed in this quarter) London; UK Train Standard 6.9 N/A N/A 6.9
Camilla Sheldon 2025-10-07 2025-10-07 Grenfell Tower Meeting with the Community London; UK Train Standard 10.4 N/A N/A 10.4
Camilla Sheldon 2025-10-14 2025-10-14 Grenfell Tower Meeting with the Community London; UK Train Standard 14.1 N/A N/A 14.1
Camilla Sheldon 2025-10-16 2025-10-16 Grenfell Tower Meeting with the Community London; UK Train Standard 10.5 N/A N/A 10.5
Camilla Sheldon 2025-11-11 2025-11-11 Refreshments for Stakeholder Meeting with Ministers London; UK N/A N/A N/A 18.5 N/A 18.5
Camilla Sheldon 2025-11-24 2025-11-28 To attend Government Major Projects Leadership Academy Course Oxford; UK Train Standard 6.2 7.75 N/A 13.95
Camilla Sheldon 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 Grenfell Tower Meeting with the Community London; UK Train Standard 6.6 N/A N/A 6.6
Camilla Sheldon 2025-12-09 2025-12-09 Grenfell Tower Meeting with the Community London; UK Train Standard 10.4 N/A N/A 10.4
Caroline Crowther 2025-11-06 2025-11-06 To attend an External Board Meeting Coventry; UK Train Standard 123.3 N/A N/A 123.3
Catherine Adams 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 To speak at the National Exhibition Centre Conference Birmingham; UK Train Standard 197 N/A N/A 197
Catherine Adams 2025-12-01 2025-12-01 To visit Sheffield Town Hall Sheffield; UK Train Standard 254.2 N/A N/A 254.2
Cathy Francis 2025-11-11 2025-11-12 To sit on a panel at Northern Housing Consortium Summit. To attend a Site Visit of Leeds Bank Leeds; UK Train Standard 167.9 99 N/A 266.9
Cathy Francis 2025-12-01 2025-12-01 To visit New Towns in Cambridge and Tempsford Cambridge; UK Train Standard 56.8 N/A N/A 56.8
Charlotte Spencer Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Chris Jones 2025-11-13 2025-11-13 To attend Nottingham Council Engagement Meeting Nottingham; UK Train Standard 183.1 N/A N/A 183.1
Chris Jones 2025-12-11 2025-12-11 To do interviews for Deputy Director Role Leeds; UK Train Standard 82.65 N/A N/A 82.65
Claire Metcalfe 2025-10-07 2025-10-07 To attend a People, Capability and Change Senior Leadership Team Meeting Wolverhampton; UK Train Standard 64.1 N/A N/A 64.1
Claire Metcalfe 2025-10-09 2025-10-09 To attend the Unity - Programme Leads/Deputy Programme Leads & Organisational Design, Benefits and Data Workshop London; UK Train Standard 266.4 20 N/A 286.4
Claire Metcalfe 2025-10-14 2025-10-14 To attend the Human Resources Senior Civil Servants Conference London; UK Train Standard 293.6 N/A N/A 293.6
Claire Metcalfe 2025-10-16 2025-10-16 To attend the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Unity Away Day Leeds; UK Train Standard 58.8 5 N/A 63.8
Claire Metcalfe 2025-11-12 2025-11-12 To attend a People, Capability and Change Senior Leadership Team Away Day London; UK Train Standard 346.1 10 N/A 356.1
Emma Payne 2025-11-20 2025-11-20 To attend Government Major Projects Leadership Academy Course Oxford; UK Train Standard 93.2 N/A N/A 93.2
Frances Oram 2025-10-16 2025-10-17 To attend the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Conference Leeds; UK Train Standard 105.8 80 N/A 185.8
Frances Oram 2025-12-11 2025-12-11 To do interviews for Deputy Director Role Leeds; UK Train Standard 82.65 N/A N/A 82.65
Gill Stewart 2025-09-30 2025-10-02 To attend on site engagement with geographically dispersed teams Birmingham; UK Train Standard 12.4 202.15 N/A 214.55
Gill Stewart 2025-10-14 2025-10-16 To attend a Corporate Senior Leadership Meeting and Unity Away Day Leeds; UK Train Standard 38 252.58 N/A 290.58
Gill Stewart 2025-10-20 2025-10-23 To attend a Digital Senior Leadership Team Meeting London; UK Train Standard 119 580.1 N/A 699.1
Gill Stewart 2025-10-29 2025-10-31 To attend on site engagement with geographically dispersed teams Birmingham; UK Train Standard 12.4 170.58 N/A 182.98
Gill Stewart 2025-11-11 2025-11-13 To attend a Digital Senior Leadership Team Meeting London; UK Train Standard 281 403.95 N/A 684.95
Gill Stewart 2025-11-14 2025-11-14 To attend an on site meeting Manchester; UK Train Standard 7.4 N/A N/A 7.4
Gill Stewart 2025-11-17 2025-11-19 To attend the Unity Stakeholder Conference Leeds; UK Train Standard 43.3 216.93 N/A 260.23
Gill Stewart 2025-11-25 2025-11-27 To attend on site engagement with geographically dispersed teams Birmingham; UK Train Standard 11.2 247.08 N/A 258.28
Gill Stewart 2025-12-01 2025-12-04 To attend the Corporate Senior Leadership Away Day London; UK Train Standard 262 688 N/A 950
Gill Stewart 2025-12-08 2025-12-10 To attend the MHCLG Senior Civil Service Conference London; UK Train Standard 121 353.17 N/A 474.17
Gill Stewart 2025-12-11 2025-12-12 To attend a Digital Senior Leadership Team Meeting London; UK Train Standard 179 337.93 N/A 516.93
Gill Stewart 2025-12-15 2025-12-17 To attend a Digital, Data and Information Leadership Working Day London; UK Train Standard 121 402.65 N/A 523.65
Jamie Cowling Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Jenny Dibden 2025-10-14 2025-10-14 To attend an internal meeting London; UK Train Standard 185.85 N/A N/A 185.85
Jenny Dibden 2025-10-28 2025-10-28 To attend an internal meeting London; UK Train Standard 185.85 N/A N/A 185.85
Jenny Dibden 2025-12-11 2025-12-11 To attend an internal meeting London; UK Train Standard 185.85 N/A N/A 185.85
Jo Rodrigues 2025-10-07 2025-10-07 To attend a People, Capability & Change Senior Leadership Team Meeting Wolverhampton; UK Train Standard 148.2 16.6 N/A 164.8
Jo Rodrigues 2025-10-14 2025-10-14 To attend the Human Resources Senior Civil Servants Conference London; UK N/A N/A N/A 10.1 N/A 10.1
Jo Rodrigues 2025-11-18 2025-11-18 To attend the Unity Programme Senior Stakeholder Conference Leeds; UK Train Standard 232.95 N/A N/A 232.95
Jo Rodrigues 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 To attend the Birmingham Roadshow Visit Manchester; UK Train Standard 149 N/A N/A 149
Joanna Averley 2025-10-06 2025-10-07 To speak at Major Projects Association Annual Conference 2025 Milton Keynes; UK Train Standard 40.2 N/A N/A 40.2
Joanna Averley 2025-10-08 2025-10-09 To speak at Royal Town planning Institute Conference Manchester; UK Train Standard 114 106.2 N/A 220.2
Josh Goodman Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Kate O'Neill Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Kay Withers Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Lise-Anne Boissiere Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Manuela Solera-Deuchar 2025-10-13 2025-10-16 To Attend the Departmental Leadership Programme Module 5 Event Manchester; UK Train Standard 145.8 N/A N/A 145.8
Melanie Montanari 2025-11-19 2025-11-19 To attend a Persimmon Homes Stakeholders Visit Sandwell; UK, Dudley; UK Train Standard 76.9 N/A N/A 76.9
Melanie Montanari 2025-11-27 2025-11-27 To attend a Homes England Board Meeting Cambridge; UK Train Standard 62.6 N/A N/A 62.6
Nick Coligan Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Nico Heslop 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 To speak at the Society of Municipal Treasurers Autumn Conference Manchester; UK Train Standard 435 N/A N/A 435
Nico Heslop 2025-10-13 2025-10-16 To attend Residential Training (had to leave early) Manchester; UK Train Standard 152.2 N/A N/A 152.2
Nico Heslop 2025-10-14 2025-10-14 To attend urgent ministerial meetings London; UK Train Standard 88 N/A N/A 88
Nico Heslop 2025-11-13 2025-11-13 To speak at the Society of London Treasurers Annual Residential Conference Royal Tunbridge Wells; UK Private Car N/A 49.05 N/A N/A 49.05
Peter Lee 2025-10-10 2025-10-10 To visit the Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Services Head Quarters to meet with their Chief Fire Officer Leamington Spa; UK Train Standard 26 N/A N/A 26
Peter Lee 2025-10-17 2025-10-17 To visit the Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Services Head Quarters to meet with their Chief Fire Officer Bedford; UK Train Standard 22.2 N/A N/A 22.2
Peter Lee 2025-10-31 2025-10-31 To visit the Humberside Fire & Rescue Services Head Quarters to meet with their Chief Fire Officer Hessle; UK Train Standard 74.5 N/A N/A 74.5
Peter Lee 2025-11-04 2025-11-04 To attend a panel for the event - His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services Chiefs & Chairs Event Nottingham; UK Train Standard 75.5 N/A N/A 75.5
Peter Lee 2025-11-05 2025-11-05 To visit the site of the recent North Yorks Moors Wildfires Northallerton; UK Train Standard 116.9 N/A N/A 116.9
Peter Lee 2025-11-17 2025-11-17 To visit Temple Fire Station Bristol; UK Train Standard 99 N/A N/A 99
Peter Lee 2025-12-19 2025-12-19 To visit the Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Services Head Quarters to meet with their Chief Fire Officer Stevenage; UK Train Standard 24.4 N/A N/A 24.4
Philippa Davies 2025-10-21 2025-10-21 To visit Birmingham City Council Birmingham; UK Train Standard 94 N/A N/A 94
Philippa Davies 2025-10-27 2025-10-28 To visit Shared Health Foundation (Oldham), to visit Shelter Manchester Hub and to meet with Manchester City Council Manchester; UK Train Standard 206.3 75.96 N/A 282.26
Richard Prager 2025-11-17 2025-11-18 To attend the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Partnerships Summit 2025 Birmingham; UK Train Standard 182.4 N/A N/A 182.4
Richard Prager 2025-11-25 2025-11-25 Operational work at Head Office / To attend the Future of Childhood and Adolescence, Breakfast Briefing on behalf of Government Office for Science & British Academy / To attend an AI event with The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council London; UK Train Standard 61 N/A N/A 61
Richard Prager 2025-11-26 2025-11-26 Operational work at Head Office / To attend an in-person meeting with Professor Dame Angela McLean: UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser London; UK Train Standard 30.15 N/A N/A 30.15
Richard Prager 2025-12-09 2025-12-09 Operational work at Head Office / To attend the Senior Civil Servant Conference / To attend Government Office for Science festive gathering London; UK Train Standard 61 N/A N/A 61
Robert Arnott 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 To attend the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms Meeting London; UK Taxi N/A 15.2 N/A N/A 15.2
Sophie Langdale 2025-10-10 2025-10-10 To attend Local Government Association Eastern Sector Meeting Bury St Edmunds; UK Train Standard 75.4 N/A N/A 75.4
Sophie Langdale 2025-10-13 2025-10-13 To attend the Directorship Leadership Programme Manchester; UK Train Standard 58.5 N/A N/A 58.5
Sophie Langdale 2025-10-16 2025-10-17 To attend the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Conference Leeds; UK Train Standard 80.8 80 N/A 160.8
Sophie Langdale 2025-11-20 2025-11-21 To visit Trafford Borough Council and attend a meeting with North West Chief Executives Manchester; UK Train Standard 149.3 76 N/A 225.3
Stephen Aldridge 2025-10-06 2025-10-06 To attend the launch of the Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge Cambridge; UK Train Standard 75.7 N/A N/A 75.7
Stephen Aldridge 2025-10-14 2025-10-15 To attend the Local Trust Board Away Day Wolverhampton; UK Train Standard 135.1 N/A N/A 135.1
Stephen Aldridge 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 To attend the Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness, Advisory Group Meeting Sheffield; UK Train Standard 102.4 N/A N/A 102.4
Stuart Ison 2025-02-16 2025-02-17 Parking Fees for attending AEA Conference (these are separate to the mileage claim previously claimed and have been claimed late) Birmingham; UK Private Car N/A 60 N/A N/A 60
Stuart Ison 2025-10-22 2025-10-22 To attend an external meeting with Rochdale Council Rochdale; UK Train Standard 109 N/A N/A 109
Stuart Ison 2025-10-22 2025-10-22 To attend a Team Meeting in Liverpool Office Liverpool; UK Train Standard 23 N/A N/A 23
Stuart Ison 2025-12-04 2025-12-04 To attend a Team meeting and Town Hall Meeting Darlington; UK Train Standard 159.6 N/A N/A 159.6
Stuart Ison 2025-12-10 2025-12-10 To attend the Directorate Conference Birmingham; UK Train Standard 81.5 N/A N/A 81.5
Tom Smith 2025-11-12 2025-11-13 To attend a Birmingham Council Meeting Birmingham; UK Train Standard 114 26.99 N/A 140.99
Tom Smith 2025-11-26 2025-11-27 To attend the Government Transformation North Conference Manchester; UK Train Standard 87.9 N/A N/A 87.9
Tom Smith 2025-11-27 2025-11-27 To attend the Local Government Innovation Hackathon on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Birmingham; UK Train Standard 132.3 13.9 N/A 146.2
Tom Smith 2025-12-08 2025-12-08 To attend the Cambridge MHCLG Office and meet with the Chief Scientific Advisor Cambridge; UK Train Standard 22.15 12.8 N/A 34.95
Tom Smith 2025-12-17 2025-12-17 To attend the Advanced Analytics and AI Division Team Strategy and Learning Day Birmingham; UK Train Standard 50.6 11.48 N/A 62.08
Will Burgon 2025-10-20 2025-10-21 To accompany the Secretary of State to the Regional Investment Summit Birmingham; UK Train Standard 86 103 N/A 189
Will Davis 2025-10-02 2025-10-02 To visit the Chief Executive at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Barnsley; UK Train Standard 203.1 N/A N/A 203.1
Will Davis 2025-10-16 2025-10-17 To attend the Solace Summit Conference Leeds; UK Train Standard 146.8 71.2 N/A 218
Will Davis 2025-11-04 2025-11-04 To attend the East Midlands Combined County Authority Senior Place Session Chesterfield; UK Train Standard 118.8 N/A N/A 118.8
Will Davis 2025-11-11 2025-11-11 To attend the Tees Valley Combined Authority Senior Place Session Darlington; UK Train Standard 383.8 N/A N/A 383.3
Will Davis 2025-12-10 2025-12-10 To attend the West of England Combined Authority Senior Place Session Bristol; UK Train Standard 277.4 N/A N/A 277.4