Transparency data
FCDO ministerial travel, July to September 2025
Updated 16 December 2025
| M¾±²Ô¾±²õ³Ù±ð°ù | 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 (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Chapman | 24/07/2025 | 25/07/2025 | Johannesburg, South Africa | G20 Development Ministerial Meeting | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £5,186.62 | N/A | £5,186.62 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 09/09/2025 | 11/09/2025 | Accra, Ghana | Bilateral meetings with President, Vice President, and Foreign Minister. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £3,966.67 | N/A | £3,966.67 |
| Jennifer Chapman | 23/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | New York, USA | UN General Assembly Conference | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £5,363.11 | N/A | £5,363.11 |
| Stephen Doughty | 03/07/2025 | 04/07/2025 | Dublin, Ireland | To strengthen the bilateral relationship and discuss trade and border cooperation following UK-Ireland and UK-EU Summits | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,127.83 | £13.89 | £1,141.72 |
| Stephen Doughty | 16/07/2025 | 17/07/2025 | New York, USA | To represent the UK at the UN-led Cyprus Talks | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,541.88 | £41.07 | £4,582.95 |
| Stephen Doughty | 30/07/2025 | 31/07/2025 | Helisnki, Finland | To represent the UK at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Helsinki 50+ Conference | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,167.09 | £254.51 | £1,421.60 |
| Stephen Doughty | 24/08/2025 | 27/08/2025 | Baku, Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, Georgia; Yerevan, Armenia | Bilateral visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss the Peace Process. Transit through Georgia. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,255.77 | £166.14 | £1,421.91 |
| Stephen Doughty | 29/08/2025 | 30/08/2025 | Copenhagen, Denmark | To attend Gymnich [Forum of EU Foreign Minister] | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £838.40 | £20.20 | £858.60 |
| Stephen Doughty | 10/09/2025 | 10/09/2025 | Gibraltar, Gibraltar | To attend Gibraltar Day events | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £819.80 | N/A | £819.80 |
| Stephen Doughty | 15/09/2025 | 15/09/2025 | Brussels, Belgium | To open the UK-EU Hybrid consultations | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £555.52 | £10.11 | £565.63 |
| Stephen Doughty | 21/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | George Town, Cayman Islands; Miami, USA; Hamilton, Bermuda | Relationship building and fact finding mission to Carribean Overseas Territories | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £5,562.08 | £104.23 | £5,666.31 |
| Catherine West | 16/08/2025 | 21/08/2025 | Seoul, South Korea; Osaka, Japan | To promote UK growth at the Osaka expo; to hold introductory meetings with the new Korean government and conduct UK-Republic of Korea senior economic dialogue | Scheduled Flight; Car | N/A | No | £5,752.00 | £697.00 | £6,449.00 |
| Catherine West | 04/09/2025 | 05/09/2025 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | To represent the UK at Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations; to attend events at Defence Week, delivering on three FCDO priorities - security, climate and nature, and development | Scheduled Flight; Car | N/A | No | £6,301.00 | N/A | £6,301.00 |
| Seema Malhotra | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Hamish Falconer | 13/07/2025 | 17/07/2025 | Tripoli, Libya; Tunis, Tunisia | Bilateral and regional discussions | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £2,772.36 | £632.63 | £3,404.99 |
| Hamish Falconer | 27/07/2025 | 28/07/2025 | New York, USA | Two State Solution conference | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £3,139.52 | N/A | £3,139.52 |
| Hamish Falconer | 27/08/2025 | 27/08/2025 | Damascus, Syria | Bilateral discussions | Scheduled flight | N/A | No | £8,088.24 | £171.50 | £8,259.74 |
| Raymond Collins | 20/07/2025 | 22/07/2025 | Washington DC and New York, USA | Attended meetings in Washington DC and UN High Level Political Forum in New York. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £4,868.90 | £110.22 | £4,979.12 |
| Raymond Collins | 31/08/2025 | 04/09/2025 | Dakar, Senegal; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Algiers, Algeria | To attend the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal, and to co-chair the second UK-Senegal Strategic Dialogue. To complete bilateral meetings with Government, Civil Society and Business in Mauritania. To attend the Intra African Trade Fair in Algeria. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £3,529.52 | £113.10 | £3,642.62 |
| Chris Elmore | 21/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | New York, USA | To attend UN General Assembly | G-GBNI; Scheduled flight | 1 | No | £1,721.50 | £2,499.54 | £4,221.04 |
| David Lammy | 04/07/2025 | 06/07/2025 | Nicosia, Cyprus; Beirut, Lebanon; Damascus, Syria; Kuwait City, Kuwait | Meetings in Nicosia to engage Cypriot partners on our bilateral ties, UK-EU cooperation and regional stability. Bilateral meetings in Lebanon and Kuwait to discuss security, stability, future prosperity and boosting bilateral relations. First visit by a UK Minister in 14 years to re-establish the UK-Syria diplomatic relationship. | G-GBNI | 12 | No | £143,785.73 | £209.08 | £143,994.81 |
| David Lammy | 10/07/2025 | 12/07/2025 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Singapore, Singapore | ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Malaysia. Bilateral visit to Singapore with Foreign Minister Balakrishnan, where they discussed opportunities to strengthen UK-Singapore bilateral cooperation, including in trade and investment. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £9,817.22 | N/A | £9,817.22 |
| David Lammy | 24/07/2025 | 29/07/2025 | Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin, Australia; New York, USA | To attend the annual Australia-UK Ministers (AUKMIN) and the UN Conference on Palestine’s Two-State Solution in New York. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £24,863.09 | £709.85 | £25,572.94 |
| David Lammy | 10/08/2025 | 11/08/2025 | Zurich, Switzerland | Delivered a speech on the spirit of the Locarno Treaties at the Diplomacy Day event of the Locarno Film Festival. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | £1,570.38 | N/A | £1,570.38 |
| Yvette Cooper | 11/09/2025 | 12/09/2025 | Kyiv, Ukraine | First trip as Foreign Secretary: met with President Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Sybiha, and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to reaffirm UK support for Ukraine. | G-GBNI; Train | 11 | No | £57,308.49 | N/A | £57,308.49 |
| Yvette Cooper | 22/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | New York, USA | To attend the 80th high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) | G-GBNI; Scheduled Flight | 22 | No | £164,476.72 | £4,761.30 | £169,238.02 |