Transparency data
DIT ministers' overseas travel: April to June 2022
Updated 19 October 2023
| Minister | Start Date of Trip | End Date of Trip | Destination | Purpose of Trip | Mode of Transport | Cost of private jet or RAF plane hire, if relevant (拢) | Number of officials who accompanied minister if non-scheduled travel was used | Accompanied by spouse, family member(s) or friend at public expense? | Total cost (for minister only) including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc (拢) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 03/04/2022 | 04/04/2022 | Oslo, Norway | Promote UK's FTA with Norway, promote Ship Building Strategy and attend and speak at the Nor Shipping Conference | Scheduled Flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢1,460.39 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 12/06/2022 | 15/06/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | Attend the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢4,091.31 |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 21/06/2022 | 23/06/2022 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, UAE | Launch the GCC FTA negotiations and Ministerial meetings | Scheduled Flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢7,508.98 |
| Penny Mordaunt | 11/04/2022 | 14/04/2022 | USA - Texas and Arkansas | Forward US state-level work | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢7,181.66 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 25/04/2022 | 30/04/2022 | Canada | To move discuss the UK-Canada FTA and CPTPP accession to the provincial governments | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢9,987.55 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 25/05/2022 | 28/04/2022 | USA - Indiana/Chicago | To attend the Indiana Global Economic Summit and sign an MoU with Indiana. To also secure UK trade and investment wins in Chicago. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢7,249.05 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 06/06/2022 | 09/06/2022 | Doha, Qatar | To discuss Qatar鈥檚 views on the UK-GCC FTA. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢4,611,66 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 12/06/2022 | 12/06/2022 | Geneva, Switzerland | To attend MC12 at the WTO | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢1,688.55 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 20/06/2022 | 23/06/2022 | Doha, Qatar | To attend the Doha Economic Forum | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢4,634.96 |
| Ranil Jayawardena | 27/06/2022 | 01/07/2022 | Mexico | To seek progress on key Market Access Barriers, particularly the opportunity to understand Mexico鈥檚 customs procedures and sectorial regulation. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢7,198.86 |
| Mike Freer | 06/04/2022 | 15/04/2022 | Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador | To promote UK trade and investment, attend Agropecruz tradeshow. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢6,131.51 |
| Mike Freer | 09/05/2022 | 13/05/2022 | South Africa, Nigeria | To promote UK trade and investment, attend Mining Indaba. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢11,907.31 |
| Mike Freer | 06/06/2022 | 10/06/2022 | Ankara, Istanbul, Turkey; Tashkent, Uzbekistan | To promote UK trade and exports to Turkey and Uzbekistan. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢4,123.05 |
| Mike Freer | 20/06/2022 | 25/06/2022 | Houston, San Francisco, USA | To promote UK trade and investment to innovative LGBTQ+-led companies in Texas and California | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢15,227.64 |
| Gerry Grimstone | 24/05/2022 | 26/05/2022 | Davos, Switzerland | To represent the UK Government at the World Economic Forum | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢5,770.19 |
| Gerry Grimstone | 30/05/2022 | 04/06/2022 | Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Korea | To advance the UK government's realtionships with the governments of Japan and Korea and investors | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢9,126.65 |
| Gerry Grimstone | 09/06/2022 | 10/06/2022 | Netherlands | To advance the UK government's relationships with some of the largest Dutch investors in the UK and deliver a keynote speech at the Netherlands British Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 annual dinner. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢2,452.94 |
| Gerry Grimstone | 19/06/2022 | 22/06/2022 | Germany | To engage with the senior executives of some of the largest German investors and job creators in the UK. | Scheduled flight | 拢0.00 | 0 | No | 拢6,454.80 |