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DCMS Senior officials' business expenses, 1 October to 31 December 2025
Updated 24 March 2026
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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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| Hannah Malik | 2025-10-29 | 2025-10-29 | Visit to Sheffield with DGs and Directors | Sheffield, UK | Train | Standard | £157.00 | £157.00 | 15 | £157.00 |
| Ben Dean | 2025-10-29 | 2025-10-29 | Travel to Sheffield for stakeholder visits | Sheffield, UK | Train | Economy | £130.50 | Not set | Not set | £130.50 |
| Ben Dean | 2025-12-03 | 2025-12-07 | Business trip to United States | New York, USA and Washington, USA | Tube, trains, flights, metro, taxi, bike | Economy | £1,542.32 | £845.71 | £209 | £2,597.20 |
| Megan Attwooll | 2025-10-14 | 2025-10-16 | Travel for SLS | Berkhamsted | Train | Standard | £29.80 | Not set | Not set | £29.80 |
| Megan Attwooll | 2025-10-22 | 2025-10-22 | Travel to Swindon for UKSBS visit | Swindon | Train | Standard | £80.00 | Not set | Not set | £80.00 |
| Megan Attwooll | 2025-10-20 | 2025-10-20 | Travel to the Manchester DCMS office | Manchester Piccadilly | Train | Standard | £203.80 | Not set | Not set | £203.80 |
| Susannah Storey | 2025-10-02 | 2025-10-03 | To travel to a visit at the Kings Foundation | Scotland | Scheduled flight | Standard | £790.95 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £790.95 |
| Susannah Storey | 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-21 | To travel to the Regional Investment Summit | Birmingham | Train | Standard | £224.16 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £224.16 |
| Susannah Storey | 2025-11-11 | 2025-11-11 | To attend a VE/VJ day reception | Windsor | Train | Standard | £26.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £26.00 |
| Susannah Storey | 2025-11-19 | 2025-11-21 | To visit the Irish government | Dublin | Train | Standard | £339.51 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £339.51 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-10-09 | 2025-10-09 | Soft Power Council | Belfast | Scheduled flight | Economy | £101.98 | NA | Not set | £101.98 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-10-25 | 2025-10-26 | G20 Culture Ministerial Meeting | South Africa | Scheduled flight | Premium Economy | £1,548.72 | Not set | Not set | £1,548.72 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-28 | G20 Culture Ministerial Meeting | South Africa (JOHANNESBURG to DURBAN) | Scheduled flight | Economy | £82.20 | Not set | Not set | £82.20 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-10-30 | 2025-10-31 | G20 Culture Ministerial Meeting | London (return from South Africa) | Scheduled flight | Business | £402.90 | Not set | £27.54 | £430.44 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-04 | Informal EU Media & Culture Ministers Meeting | Copenhagen | Scheduled flight | Economy | £480.00 | £336.49 | 68.1 | £884.59 |
| Robert Specterman-Green | 2025-12-03 | 2025-12-05 | Meetings with the European Commission | Brussels | Eurostar | Standard | £312.79 | £359.11 | Not set | £671.90 |
| Georgia Hutchinson | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Jonathan Martin | 2025-10-30 | 2025-10-31 | to attend MPLA course graduation | Oxford, UK | Train | Standard | £37.80 | Not set | Not set | £37.80 |
| Jonathan Martin | 2025-11-11 | 2025-11-11 | To attend a reception marking the 80th anniversary of VJ day at Windsor Castle | Windsor, UK | Train | Standard | £19.00 | Not set | Not set | £19.00 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-10-14 | 2025-10-15 | Working in London office | London, UK | Taxi, Train | Economy | £268.94 | £237.80 | N/A | £506.74 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-28 | Working in London office | London, UK | Taxi, Train | Economy | £264.97 | 4.85 | N/A | £269.82 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-11-05 | 2025-11-05 | Working in London office | London, UK | Taxi, Train | Economy | £256.22 | 6.9 | N/A | £263.12 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-11-18 | 2025-11-19 | Working in London office | London, UK | Taxi, Train | Economy | £199.86 | 158.99 | N/A | £358.85 |
| Khurum Sethi | 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-11 | Working in London office | London, UK | Taxi, Train | Economy | £251.29 | 217 | N/A | £468.29 |
| Laura Jackson | 2025-12-17 | 2025-12-18 | Return travel to Manchester DCMS HQ | Manchester | Train | Premium Economy | £133.10 | £0.00 | 0 | £133.10 |
| Rebecca Egan | 2025-12-04 | 2025-12-05 | Return travel to Manchester DCMS HQ | Manchester | Train | Economy | £191.00 | Not set | Not set | £191.00 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-02 | Attending the MoJ annual People & Capability Conference to give a keynote speech | Coventry | Private Car | Economy | £108.45 | £23.82 | £5.00 | £137.27 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-10-07 | 2025-10-08 | Working in the London office to attend Exercise Pegasus and rescheduled IfG interview | London | Train | Economy | £218.05 | £38.83 | £18.56 | £275.44 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-10-13 | 2025-10-15 | CSA Manchester away day | Manchester | Private Car | Economy | £84.41 | £223.62 | £49.00 | £357.03 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-29 | Working in the London office to attend Exercise Pegasus | London | Train | Economy | £222.10 | £211.00 | £18.56 | £451.66 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-04 | 2025-11-05 | Working in the London office for FSA CSA interview panel | London | Train | Economy | £227.10 | £218.00 | £18.56 | £463.66 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-06 | 2025-11-06 | Invitation as CSA (and joint Head of Place for Wales) for Learned Society of Wales' 15 year event at the Senedd/Welsh Parliament | Cardiff | Private Car | Economy | £11.70 | £0.00 | £6.50 | £18.20 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-12 | 2025-11-12 | Working in London to give a talk at the Sports Leadership event | London | Train | Economy | £186.20 | £203.00 | £11.78 | £400.98 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-17 | 2025-11-18 | Working in Edinburgh to attend Research Symposium | Edinburgh | Not set | Economy | £138.48 | £132.53 | £5.00 | £276.01 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-18 | 2025-11-19 | Working in London to attend ICL NHM gala dinner and House of Commons Maths Expo, and UKRI advisory session | London | Scheduled flight, Taxi, Bus | Economy | £210.72 | £211.16 | £5.00 | £426.88 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-24 | 2025-11-25 | Working in the London office to attend UKRI Innovation for Growth Summit 2025 | London | Scheduled flight, Taxi | Economy | £280.90 | £214.20 | £18.56 | £513.66 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-11-26 | 2025-11-26 | Attending the PolicyBristol Insights: Providing advice to policymakers event | Bristol | Private Car | Economy | £15.18 | £6.98 | £19.60 | £41.76 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-12-01 | 2025-12-01 | CSA trip to Manchester to visit Creative Manchester team at the University, as well as F2F meetings with CSA team at Marble Street (1 Dec 2025) | Manchester | Train | Economy | £95.80 | £15.00 | £6.78 | £117.58 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-12-09 | 2025-12-10 | CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings at 100PS, including external meeting at RUSI, x-gov CSA meeting and SCS Away Day (9-10 Dec 2025) | London | Train | Economy | £239.40 | £208.78 | £18.56 | £466.74 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-12-15 | 2025-12-17 | CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings at 100PS, as well as attending all-day Intelligence Users Course and external meeting/event at UCL | London | Train | Economy | £294.70 | £411.35 | £30.34 | £736.39 |
| Tom Crick | 2025-12-18 | 2025-12-18 | CSA trip to the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research at the University of Bristol (18 Dec 2025) | Bristol | Private Car | Economy | £29.70 | £4.95 | £21.60 | £56.25 |
| Nicola Hewer | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Becky Morrison | 2025-10-29 | 2025-10-29 | To visit external stakeholders in Sheffield. | Sheffield, UK | Train | Economy | £118.00 | na | na | £118.00 |
| Andrea Young | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Andrew Faulkner | 2025-10-15 | 2025-10-17 | Internal meetings | Manchester | Train | Standard | £125.30 | £172.40 | Not set | £297.70 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-10-15 | 2025-10-16 | Worked in Manchester Office | Manchester | Train | Standard | £151.30 | £102.20 | £0.00 | £253.50 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-11-25 | 2025-11-27 | OECD LEED Committee meetings | Paris | Eurostar | Standard | £255.00 | £360.00 | £0.00 | £615.00 |
| Urvashi Parashar | 2025-12-04 | 2025-12-04 | Worked in Manchester Office | Manchester | Train | Standard | £157.60 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £157.60 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-21 | To attend in person internal meetings with the team in Manchester | Train from London to Manchester | Train | Economy | £386.00 | Not set | Not set | £386.00 |
| Michael Livingston | 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-10 | To attend EURO 2028 EURO 2028 Governance meetings (December 2025) | Glasgow | Scheduled flight | Economy | £313.04 | 27.69 | Not set | £340.73 |
| Polly Payne | 2025-10-07 | 2025-10-07 | To visit the Manchester office and visit an event at the Power Hall Opening. | Manchester, UK | Train and Taxi | Economy | £128.20 | na | na | £128.20 |
| Polly Payne | 2025-10-16 | 2025-10-16 | To visit external stakeholders in Liecester. | Liecester, UK | Train | Economy | £102.00 | na | na | £102.00 |
| Polly Payne | 2025-10-29 | 2025-10-29 | To visit external stakeholders in Sheffield. | Sheffield, UK | Train | Economy | £187.50 | na | na | £187.50 |
| Ruth Hannant | 2025-12-17 | 2025-12-18 | To visit the Manchester office and host the all-staff event. | Manchester, UK | Train | Economy | £160.50 | Not set | Not set | £160.50 |
| Emma Ward | 2025-11-11 | 2025-11-11 | To attend a VE/VJ day reception | Windsor, UK | Train | Standard | £25.50 | Not set | Not set | £25.50 |
| Emma Ward | 2025-12-04 | 2025-12-04 | To attend Manchester office | Manchester, UK | Train | Standard | £186.00 | Not set | Not set | £186.00 |
| Andrew Pattison | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Marc Bryant | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |