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DCMS Senior officials' business expenses, 1 January to 31 March 2026

Updated 25 June 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 (£)
Laura Jackson 2026-03-19 2026-03-19 Return travel to Manchester DCMS HQ Manchester, UK Train Economy £193.20 £15.00 0 £208.20
Laura Jackson 2026-03-19 2026-03-19 Taxi travel for Manchester Trip Manchester, UK Taxi Standard £7.98 £0.00 0 £7.98
Rebecca Egan Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Urvashi Parashar 2026-01-15 2026-01-15 Worked in Manchester Office Manchester, UK Train Standard £149.80 £0.00 £0.00 £149.80
Urvashi Parashar 2026-01-28 2026-02-01 Speaking at "Women in Leadership conference" & working with Newcastle colleagues Newcastle, UK Train Standard £150.30 £202.00 £0.00 £352.30
Urvashi Parashar 2026-02-25 2026-02-26 Worked in Manchester Office Manchester, UK Train Standard £277.50 £96.20 £0.00 £373.70
Urvashi Parashar 2026-03-19 2026-03-19 Worked in Manchester Office Manchester, UK Train Standard £175.30 £0.00 £0.00 £175.30
Urvashi Parashar 2026-03-25 2026-03-26 Attend Bennett School of Public Policy Annual Conference Cambridge, UK Train Standard £29.40 £0.00 £0.00 £29.40
Urvashi Parashar 2026-03-30 2026-03-31 Interviewing in Manchester Office Manchester, UK Train Standard £138.50 £204.40 £0.00 £342.90
Tom Crick 2026-01-06 2026-01-07 CSA trip to London for F2F AI/copyright roundtable at Somerset House, as well as various F2F meetings at 100PS (6-7 Jan 2026) London, UK Train Economy £142.20 £25.00 £18.56 £185.76
Tom Crick 2026-01-13 2026-01-15 CSA trip to London for F2F Perm Sec OBT event and GO-Science Foresight meeting, as well as various F2F meetings at 100PS (13-15 Jan 2026) London, UK Train Economy £281.00 £330.27 £30.34 £641.61
Tom Crick 2026-01-19 2026-01-20 CSA trip to Manchester for CSA team away day and working in Manchester office (19-20 Jan 2026) Manchester, UK Train Economy £109.30 £117.20 £16.96 £243.46
Tom Crick 2026-01-26 2026-01-28 CSA team visit to the University of Glasgow for AHRC-funded Place Programme Glasgow, UK Scheduled flight, Taxi, Bus Economy £367.53 £251.74 £10.00 £629.27
Tom Crick 2026-01-28 2026-01-29 Various F2F meetings at 100PS and Microsoft Deepfake Detection Live event (26-29 Jan 2026) London, UK Train, Taxi Economy £97.80 £179.15 £5.00 £281.95
Tom Crick 2026-02-11 2026-02-13 CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings at 100PS, including speaking at external UKRI and BA/LDT events (11-13 Feb 2026) London, UK Train Economy £311.35 £383.30 £28.74 £723.39
Tom Crick 2026-02-18 2026-02-19 CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings at 100PS, including attending the British Academy's Public Policy Committee (18-19 Feb 2026) London, UK Train Economy £150.90 £199 £18.56 £368.78
Tom Crick 2026-02-24 2026-02-26 CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings at 100PS, including external events at KCL and UCL East, and DfT AI work (24-26 Feb 2026) London, UK Train Economy £288 £406.92 £30.84 £725
Tom Crick 2026-03-03 2026-03-05 CSA trip to Manchester and London for F2F meetings in both offices, as well as attending AHRC Creative Communities Advisory Board meeting and BA Policy Lab (3-5 Mar 2026) Manchester, UK Train Economy £244 £339 £30.34 £614
Tom Crick 2026-03-10 2026-03-10 To attend AHRC Council meeting at Cardiff University (10 Mar 2026) Cardiff, UK Private Car Economy £11.70 £6.25 £12.00 £29.95
Tom Crick 2026-03-16 2026-03-18 CSA trip to London to speak at CO and GO-Science F2F events, as well as attending SCS Away Day (16-18 Mar 2026) London, UK Train Economy £283.50 £399.20 £28.74 £711.44
Tom Crick 2026-03-23 2026-03-25 CSA trip to London for DCMS College of Experts event, plus various F2F meetings in 100PS (23-25 Mar 2026) London, UK Train Economy £162.88 £417.14 £28.74 £608.76
Tom Crick 2026-03-31 2026-04-01 CSA trip to London for various F2F meetings in 100PS (31 Mar-1 Apr 2026) London, UK Train Economy £203.15 £188.54 £18.56 £410.25
Georgia Hutchinson Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Khurum Sethi 2026-02-03 2026-02-04 Working in London office London, UK Taxi, Train Economy 259.76 146.99 N/A 339.09
Khurum Sethi 2026-02-16 2026-02-17 Working in London office London, UK Taxi, Train Economy 210.65 112.35 N/A 282.69
Khurum Sethi 2026-03-18 2026-03-20 SCS and DDaT Away Days London, UK Taxi, Train Economy 242 324.98 N/A 264.98
Jonathan Martin 2026-01-12 2026-01-13 To attend Manchester office Manchester, UK Train Standard £199.70 £75.00 Not set £274.70
Jonathan Martin 2026-01-28 2026-01-20 to attend Heads of Profession steering group Cranfield, UK Train Standard £41.90 Not set Not set £41.90
Jonathan Martin 2026-02-10 2026-02-12 To attend Manchester office & directorate Away day Manchester, UK Train Standard £148.90 £174.40 Not set £323.30
Jonathan Martin 2026-03-08 2026-03-08 To attend Covid-19 Families UK event Milton Keynes, UK Train Standard £25.80 Not set Not set £25.80
Andrew Pattison 2026-02-26 2026-02-27 Travel to Manchester Office Manchester, UK Train Standard £198.10 £82.80 N/A £280.90
Robert Specterman-Green 2026-02-16 2026-02-17 Berlinale Film Festival Berlin, Germany Scheduled flight Standard 377.8 138.93 0 516.73
Robert Specterman-Green 2026-03-23 2026-03-24 UK-EU high level meeting on culture and Cultural Exchange Coalition event Brussels, Belgium Eurostar Standard 204.06 171.69 0 375.75
Andrew Faulkner 2026-03-03 2026-03-05 Internal meetings Manchester, UK Train Standard £185.50 £375.00 Not set £560.50
Andrew Faulkner 2026-03-18 2026-03-19 Internal meetings Manchester, UK Train Standard £123.70 £88.20 Not set £211.90
Marc Bryant Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Ben Dean 2026-01-14 2026-01-15 Trip to Sheffield to attend event Sheffield, UK Train Economy £132.70 £119.69 Not set £252.39
Ben Dean 2026-01-26 2026-01-27 Trip to Manchester to attend event and visit Manchester office Manchester, UK Train, Tube Economy £109.20 £116.38 Not set £225.58
Nicola Hewer 2026-03-02 2026-03-02 Trains to Manchester office Manchester, UK Train Economy £170.00 Nil Return Nil Return £170.00
Emma Ward 2026-01-14 2026-01-14 Travel to Manchester for internal meetings Manchester, UK Train Economy £141.90 Not set Not set £141.90
Emma Ward 2026-01-14 2026-01-15 Travel and hotel for event in Sheffield Sheffield, UK Train Economy £33.10 £125.18 Not set £158.28
Emma Ward 2026-01-15 2026-01-15 Travel to Leeds for Tour de France Launch Event Leeds, UK Train Economy £13.80 Not set Not set £13.80
Emma Ward 2026-02-26 2026-02-26 Travel to Manchester for internal meetings Manchester, UK Train Economy £199.40 Not set Not set £199.40
Emma Ward 2026-03-10 2026-03-11 Travel and hotel in Stoke for visit to Stoke F.C, Bet 365 and Dimensions Leisure Centre Stoke-on-Trent, UK Train Economy £183.90 £149.40 Not set £333.30
Becky Morrison 2026-02-13 2026-02-14 Visiting and attending opening of Youth Investment Fund projects with SoS Grimsby, UK Taxi Standard £40.00 £0.00 0 £40.00
Hannah Malik Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Andrea Young Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
Polly Payne 2026-02-19 2026-02-19 Travel to Manchester office. Manchester, UK Train Economy 145.5 Not set Not set 145.5
Ruth Hanannt 2026-02-25 2026-02-26 Travel to Manchester office. Manchester, UK Train Economy 114 Not set Not set 114
Polly Payne 2026-03-12 2026-03-13 Travel to Cork for a UK-Ireland Leaders' Summit Cork, Ireland Scheduled flight Economy 513.44 148.78 Not set 662.22
Polly Payne 2026-03-12 2026-03-13 Travel to Cork for a UK-Ireland Leaders' Summit Cork, Ireland Taxi Economy 32.5 Not set Not set 32.5
Ruth Hannant 2026-03-18 2026-03-18 Travel to Birmingham for ACE National Council Meeting Birmingham, UK Train Economy 197 Not set Not set 197
Polly Payne 2026-03-19 2026-03-19 Travel to Manchester office. Manchester, UK Train Economy 210.2 Not set Not set 210.2
Louise Smith Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return
James Crutchley 2026-02-26 2026-02-26 Travel to the Manchester DCMS office Manchester, UK Train Standard £238.00 £0.00 £0.00 £238.00
Michael Livingston 2026-01-29 2026-01-29 To attend in person internal meetings with the team in Manchester Manchester, UK Train Economy Economy Not set Not set £386.00
Michael Livingston 2026-03-11 2026-03-12 To attend EURO 2028 EURO 2028 Governance meetings Dublin, Ireland Scheduled flight Economy £318.98 £158.69 Not set £477.67
Michael Livingston 2026-03-26 2026-03-26 To attend in person internal meetings with the team in Manchester Manchester, UK Train Economy Not set Not set Not set £173.50
Jen Wood 2026-02-04 2026-02-04 To attend in person meeting and see the team in Manchester Manchester, UK Train Economy £120.50 Not set Not set £120.50
Susannah Storey 2026-02-25 2026-02-25 Travel to Manchester office Manchester, UK Train Economy 193 Not set Not set £193
Susannah Storey 2026-02-25 2026-02-26 Accomodation in Manchester Manchester, UK Not set Not set Not set 96.2 Not set 96.2
Susannah Storey 2026-02-26 2026-02-26 Travel to London office London, UK Train Economy 193 Not set Not set 193