Transparency data
DESNZ ministerial overseas travel, January to March 2025
Updated 23 July 2025
| 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 (拢) | Subtotal of associated costs (for minister only) including all visas, accommodation, meals etc. (拢) | Total Cost (拢) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Miliband | 2025-02-09 | 2025-02-12 | Delhi, India | To attend the UK-India Energy Dialogue and to participate in India Energy Week. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 拢3,365.82 | N/A | 拢3,365.82 |
| Ed Miliband | 2025-03-13 | 2025-03-17 | Beijing, China | To engage with China on climate and the energy transition, and attend the UK-China Energy Dialogue. | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 拢8,210.92 | N/A | 拢8,230.92 |
| Ed Miliband | 2025-03-24 | 2025-03-25 | Berlin, Germany | To attend the Petersburg Climate Dialogue | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 拢878.58 | N/A | 拢878.58 |
| Kerry McCarthy | 2025-01-28 | 2025-01-29 | Brussels, Belgium | To engage with EU stakeholders following the start of the new European Commission | Train + minibus | N/A | No | 拢684.27 | 拢56.28 | 拢740.55 |
| Michael Shanks | 2025-03-26 | 2025-03-28 | Vilnius, Lithuania, Warsaw, Poland | To showcase the UK鈥檚 support of the Baltic region through DESNZ's Baltic Energy Resilience Project | Scheduled Flight | N/A | No | 拢935.60 | 拢292.43 | 拢1,228.03 |
| Phillip Hunt | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | No | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |
| Sarah Jones | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return | No | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |