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FCDO ministerial travel, October to December 2025
Updated 24 March 2026
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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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| Jennifer Chapman | 08/10/2025 | 11/10/2025 | Kigali, Rwanda | Bilateral meetings with President and Foreign Minister. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,154.41 | N/A | £4,154.41 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 14/10/2025 | 17/10/2025 | Washington DC, USA | World Bank Annuals conference | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £9,512.80 | N/A | £9,512.80 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 30/10/2025 | 30/10/2025 | Paris, France | Paris Peace Forum / The Great Lakes Conference | Eurostar | N/A | No | £405.52 | N/A | £405.52 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 12/11/2025 | 15/11/2025 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Bilateral meetings with President and Foreign Minister. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £8,815.46 | N/A | £8,815.46 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 20/11/2025 | 20/11/2025 | Brussels, Belguim | Palestinian Donor Group Ministerial level session | Eurostar | N/A | No | £459.52 | £349.17 | £808.69 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 08/12/2025 | 12/12/2025 | Islamabad, Pakistan | Bilateral meetings with President and Foreign Minister. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £2,366.82 | N/A | £2,366.82 |
| Chris Elmore | 23/10/2025 | 24/10/2025 | Paris, France | To attend the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference. | Eurostar | N/A | No | £350.00 | N/A | £350.00 |
| Chris Elmore | 01/12/2025 | 04/12/2025 | Kingston, Jamaica | To complete a bilateral visit following Hurricane Melissa. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £3,161.57 | N/A | £3,161.57 |
| Chris Elmore | 02/11/2025 | 05/11/2025 | Doha, Qatar | To attend the World Summit for Social Development and Global Alliance against Hunger | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,335.18 | N/A | £4,335.18 |
| Stephen Doughty | 08/10/2025 | 09/10/2025 | Belfast, UK | To attend Berlin Process Foreign Ministers meeting | Scheduled flight; taxi | N/A | No | £463.01 | £314.07 | £777.08 |
| Stephen Doughty | 28/10/2025 | 29/10/2025 | Bucharest, Romania | To strengthen bilateral relationships and cooperation on migration | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £998.35 | £238.24 | £1,236.59 |
| Stephen Doughty | 02/11/2025 | 04/11/2025 | Athens and Chania, Greece | To conduct the annual review of the strategic bilateral framework (Athens) and engage with the UK Carrier Strike Group (Crete) | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £829.61 | £36.42 | £866.03 |
| Stephen Doughty | 14/11/2025 | 15/11/2025 | Barcelona, Spain | To represent the FCDO at the UK-Spain Annual bilateral conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £789.11 | £18.57 | £807.68 |
| Stephen Doughty | 03/12/2025 | 04/12/2025 | Vienna, Austria | To attend the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £895.22 | N/A | £895.22 |
| Stephen Doughty | 16/12/2025 | 16/12/2025 | The Hague, Netherlands | To attend the Claims Commission | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £436.49 | £20.46 | £456.95 |
| Hamish Falconer | 20/10/2025 | 21/10/2025 | Algiers, Algeria | Investment in UK-Algeria Bilateral relations | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £2,288.96 | N/A | £2,288.96 |
| Hamish Falconer | 01/11/2025 | 04/11/2025 | Cairo, Egypt; Beirut, Lebanon | Egypt for the opening of the grand museum. Lebanon to engage with the government and to visit the UK-funded forward operating base. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £8,603.04 | N/A | £8,603.04 |
| Hamish Falconer | 17/11/2025 | 19/11/2025 | Jedda, Saudi Arabia; Aden, Yemen | Security focused trip based on regional instability, and engagement with the Government of Yemen. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £7,567.44 | £142.48 | £7,709.92 |
| Seema Malhotra | 14/10/2025 | 15/10/2025 | Rome, Italy | Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level meeting on West Africa | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £335.43 | N/A | £335.43 |
| Seema Malhotra | 20/11/2025 | 25/11/2025 | Bengaluru, India; Male, Maldives | Bilateral meetings on engagement, UK priorities | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,740.78 | £721.30 | £5,462.08 |
| Seema Malhotra | 13/12/2026 | 17/12/2026 | Tokyo and Osaka, Japan | Bilateral meetings on exploring tech opportunities, engagement priorities between the UK and Japan and women's leadership. Attended Economic Security Global Forum. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £4,757.61 | £624.38 | £5,381.99 |
| Yvette Cooper | 05/10/2025 | 06/10/2025 | Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium | Meeting with French Minister Jean Noël Barrot to address developments in Gaza, the modernisation of the Lancaster House agreements, and discuss shared migration challenges. Also met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot in Brussels to discuss security and migration. | Train; Eurostar | N/A | No | £454.39 | £0.00 | £454.39 |
| Yvette Cooper | 08/10/2025 | 09/10/2025 | Belfast, UK; Paris, France | Hosted the Western Balkans Summit for Foreign Ministers in Belfast, followed by a visit to Paris for ministerial discussions on the Gaza peace process and UK–France migration cooperation. | Scheduled flight; Eurostar | N/A | No | £1,465.34 | £0.00 | £1,465.34 |
| Yvette Cooper | 22/10/2025 | 23/10/2025 | Rome, Italy | Accompanying HM the King and HM the Queen on State Visit. | Scheduled flight; G-GBNI | 5 | No | £838.42 | £251.78 | £1,090.20 |
| Yvette Cooper | 01/11/2025 | 03/11/2025 | Manama, Bahrain; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Amman, Jordan | Attended the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, followed by visits to Saudi Arabia and Jordan as part of a Middle East tour aimed at strengthening bilateral relationships, improving aid access for Gaza, and deepening cooperation on regional security. | G-GBNI | 15 | No | £176,747.87 | £37.08 | £176,784.95 |
| Yvette Cooper | 11/11/2025 | 12/11/2025 | Niagara Region (Ontario), Canada | To attend the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £11,573.92 | £174.72 | £11,748.64 |
| Yvette Cooper | 16/11/2025 | 17/11/2025 | Naples, Italy | Visit to Naples with the Defence Secretary for high‑level security talks with Italian counterparts, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Defence Minister Guido Crosetto | RAF flight | 4 | No | N/A | £233.60 | £233.60 |
| Yvette Cooper | 19/11/2025 | 19/11/2025 | Berlin, Germany | Visit to Berlin to strengthen cooperation on countering illegal migration, with a focus on dismantling criminal smuggler gangs | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £1,382.57 | £0.00 | £1,382.57 |
| Yvette Cooper | 02/12/2025 | 03/12/2025 | Brussels, Belgium | Attend NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs | Eurostar | N/A | No | £560.00 | £0.00 | £560.00 |
| Yvette Cooper | 07/12/2025 | 08/12/2025 | Washington DC, USA | Held high‑level talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and conducted key meetings on Capitol Hill | G-GBNI | 10 | No | £148,700.09 | £0.00 | £148,700.09 |
| Yvette Cooper | 10/12/2025 | 10/12/2025 | Brussels, Belgium | To attend the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling conference | Eurostar | N/A | No | £560.00 | £0.00 | £560.00 |
| Yvette Cooper | 18/12/2025 | 18/12/2025 | Athens, Greece | Bilateral visit aimed at strengthening UK–Greece ties, including meetings including Greek Foreign Minister and Interior Minister. | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £1,630.52 | £209.26 | £1,839.78 |