Transparency data
DfT鈥檚 senior officials鈥� expenses, January to March 2019
Updated 21 June 2019
| Senior Officials Name | Start date of trip | Duration of Visit (Days) | Destination | Purpose of trip | Mode of transport | Class of travel | Accomodation/Meals | Other (including hospitality given) | Cost of Travel | Total cost, including all visas, accommodation, travel, meals etc. (拢) | Total Cost of Use of Official Secure Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Over | 2019-01-29 | 2 | Birmingham | Joint Department for Transport and High Speed Two Limited Senior Team Meeting | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢123.10 | 拢123.10 | NIL RETURN |
| Alan Over | 2019-02-19 | 1 | Birmingham | Meetings with High Speed Two Limited | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢90.25 | 拢90.25 | NIL RETURN |
| Ben Smith | 2019-02-11 | 1 | Sheffield | TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH INAGURAL CONFERENCE | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢128.50 | 拢128.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Ben Smith | 2019-03-26 | 1 | Leicester | LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY MEEETING | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢75.00 | 拢75.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-01-02 | 2 | Ben Rhydding | Providing Director General Cover | National Rail Uk | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢105.00 | 拢105.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-01-07 | 1 | Paris, France | External visit to Paris, Brexit related | Eurostar UK | NIL | 拢7.34 | NIL | 拢314.08 | 拢321.42 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-01-09 | 1 | Dover Priory | Port of Dover Site Visit | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢33.90 | 拢33.90 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-01-13 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Brexit negotiations in Brussels | Air/Eurostar/Underground | ECONOMY | 拢374.55 | 5.45 | 拢591.67 | 拢971.67 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-01-30 | 2 | Madrid, Spain | Brexit negotiations in Mardrid | Air | ECONOMY | 拢168.97 | NIL | 拢467.04 | 拢636.01 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-02-05 | 2 | Dorking | HDPS Session | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢18.40 | 拢9.20 | NIL RETURN |
| Benjamin Rimmington | 2019-02-12 | 2 | Warsaw, Poland | Brexit Negotiations in Warsaw | Air | ECONOMY | 500.92 | NIL | 拢91.10 | 拢592.02 | NIL RETURN |
| Bernadette Kelly | 2019-03-13 | 2 | Birmingham | Speaking at the Women in leadership event | Train | STANDARD | 拢110.00 | NIL | 拢88.50 | 拢88.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Caroline Botwood | 2019-01-29 | 2 | Birminham | Joint DfT/HS2 Ltd Senior Team Session with DG, Directors and HS2 | Rail | STANDARD | 100 | NIL | 拢207.70 | 拢307.70 | NIL RETURN |
| Caroline Low | 2019-01-17 | 1 | Gerrard Cross | Meering with Heathrow Strategic Planning Group | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢17.70 | 拢17.70 | NIL RETURN |
| Cavendish Elithorn | 2019-01-03 | 1 | Bedford | CENTRAL SECTION SITE VISIT | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢54.60 | 拢54.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Cavendish Elithorn | 2019-01-10 | 1 | Oxford | MAJOR PROJECT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY COHORT 22 | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢25.90 | 拢25.90 | NIL RETURN |
| Cavendish Elithorn | 2019-01-18 | 1 | Leatherhead | MEETING WITH COAST TO CAPITAL CHAIR | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢11.60 | 拢11.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Cavendish Elithorn | 2019-03-11 | 5 | Oxford | MAJOR PROJECT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY COHORT 22 | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢40.85 | 拢40.85 | NIL RETURN |
| Christina Duncan | 2019-03-07 | 1 | Reading | HR EXECUTIVE AWAY DAY | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢49.20 | 拢49.20 | NIL RETURN |
| Clive Maxwell | 2019-01-17 | 1 | Birmingham | MEETING WITH HS2 LTD - Return | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢117.35 | 拢117.35 | NIL RETURN |
| Clive Maxwell | 2019-01-29 | 2 | Birmingham | HS2 LTD BOARD AND MEETINGS | Rail | STANDARD | 拢215.40 | NIL | 拢75.50 | 拢290.90 | NIL RETURN |
| Clive Maxwell | 2019-02-27 | 1 | Birmingham | HS2 LTD BOARD | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢178.00 | 拢178.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Clive Maxwell | 2019-03-27 | 1 | Birmingham | HS2 LTD BOARD | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢104.85 | 拢104.85 | NIL RETURN |
| Conrad Bailey | 2019-02-07 | 1 | Settle | Site Visit to Tarmac | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢164.50 | 拢164.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Conrad Bailey | 2019-03-08 | 1 | York | East Coast Partnership Working Group | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢186.00 | 拢186.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Daniel Micklethwaite | 2019-03-26 | Unknown | Paris, France | MEETING WITH EXTERNAL BODIES | Eurostar | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢338.00 | 拢338.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Graham Pendlebury | 2019-02-22 | 1 | Battle | working at DfT office in Hastings | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢60.20 | 拢60.20 | NIL RETURN |
| Graham Pendlebury | 2019-03-29 | 1 | Grantham | Board meeting of Greater Lincolnshire LEP | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢76.00 | 拢76.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Ilona Blue | 2019-01-10 | 1 | Southampton | Chairing the Future of Shared Services Programme Board | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢73.50 | 拢73.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Ilona Blue | 2019-01-22 | 2 | Liverpool Lime Street | Annual Government Finance Conference | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢168.00 | 拢168.00 | NIL RETURN |
| John Parkinson | 2019-02-14 | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Transport meeting at UKREP | Eurostar | STANDARD | 拢169.69 | NIL | 拢185.86 | 拢355.47 | NIL RETURN |
| John Parkinson | 2019-03-28 | 2 | Paris, France | TMB meeting at ITF | Eurostar | STANDARD | 拢54.61 | NIL | 拢503.32 | 拢557.93 | NIL RETURN |
| Lucy Chadwick | 2019-01-30 | 1 | Waterloo | Airline Operators Association Dinner | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢16.00 | 拢16.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Lucy Chadwick | 2019-01-31 | 1 | London | EU EXIT PLANNING meeting to Senior Management Group Event | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢10.00 | 拢10.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Matthew Lodge | 2019-02-21 | 1 | Reading | Great Western Programme Board | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢20.70 | 拢20.70 | NIL RETURN |
| Matthew Lodge | 2019-03-01 | 1 | London | IEP 9 Car Acceptance - QTA Sign off | Regular Taxi | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢41.80 | 拢41.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Matthew Lodge | 2019-03-04 | 1 | Heathrow | Heathrow Visit to T5 Terminal and Rail Box | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢18.60 | 拢18.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-01-21 | 1 | Manchester | Meeting: Transport for the North & Manchester local authorities | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢85.80 | 拢85.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-01-29 | 1 | Birmingham | Joint DfT / HS2 Ltd Senior team session (booked by DG office) | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢118.70 | 拢118.70 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-02-05 | 1 | Manchester | Booked in error unable to obtain a refund for outbound as time has passed | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢148.00 | 拢148.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-02-07 | 2 | Manchester | Transport for the North Board | Rail | STANDARD | 拢85.00 | NIL | 拢408.80 | 拢493.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-02-11 | 1 | Birmingham | Meetings: HS2 Ltd | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢47.30 | 拢47.30 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-02-18 | 1 | Leeds | Meetings: Transport for the North, Chambers of Commerce | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢140.75 | 拢140.75 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-03-04 | 1 | Cambridge | Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢50.20 | 拢50.20 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-03-15 | 1 | Southampton | Southampton University (Engineering Dept) | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢37.50 | 拢37.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-03-25 | 1 | Manchester | Meetings: Transport for the North, Manchester local authorites, Manchester Airport Group | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢89.60 | 拢89.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-03-26 | 1 | Crewe | Meeting: Transport for the North, Manchester local authorities | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢132.50 | 拢132.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Bisson | 2019-01-03 | 1 | Manchester | Meetings: Transport for the North, Manchester local authorities | Rail | Hotel | 拢52.50 | NIL | NIL | 拢52.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Nick Joyce | 2019-01-21 | 1 | Liverpool Lime Street | 2019 GOVERNMENT FINANCE FUCTION EVENT | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢193.50 | 拢193.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Patricia Hayes | 2019-02-07 | 1 | Chester | TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH PARTNERSHIP BOARD | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢164.30 | 拢164.30 | NIL RETURN |
| Patricia Hayes | 2019-02-20 | 1 | Birmingham | MIDLANDS CONNECT STRATEGIC BOARD | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢122.00 | 拢122.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Patricia Hayes | 2019-03-08 | 1 | Cambridge | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - POLICY LEADERS EVENT | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢44.10 | 拢44.10 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-01-23 | 2 | Swansea | Day 1 鈥� DVLA , Audit Risk Committee | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢70.00 | 拢70.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-01-24 | Not set | Totnes | Day 2 - Heads of Procurement Board Meeting. ( DFT, ALB鈥橲, Agencies) | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢78.60 | 拢78.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-01-18 | 1 | Totnes | Cabinet Office 鈥� Contingency Planning | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢56.60 | 拢56.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-02-26 | 2 | Leeds | Day 1 Cabinet Office (Commercial Function Leadership Group) Meeting | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢29.00 | 拢29.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-02-27 | Not set | Exeter | Day 2 Government Commercial Organisation Conference | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢157.85 | 拢157.85 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-03-21 | 1 | Birmingham | Heads of Procurement Board Meeting (DfT, ALB鈥檚, Agencies) | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢63.00 | 拢63.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-01-23 | 1 | Swansea | DVLA (As above) | Hotel | Hotel | 拢89.00 | NIL | NIL | 拢89.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Paul Rodgers | 2019-02-26 | 1 | Leeds | Government Commercial Organisation (as above) | Hotel | Hotel | 拢80.00 | NIL | NIL | 拢80.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Peter Wilkinson | 2019-01-22 | 2 | Leeds | Naming & Unveiling of Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership and Northern Rail Dementia Friendly Project & Paul Salveson, Group Adviser Community Rail | Rail | STANDARD | 拢87.50 | 拢105.00 | 拢245.00 | 拢437.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Peter Wilkinson | 2019-03-14 | 1 | York | MEETING WITH NORTHERN RAIL | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢186.00 | 拢186.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Polly Payne | 2019-01-17 | 1 | Derby | Rail Supply Chain Visit hosted by Midland Rail | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢160.50 | 拢160.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Polly Payne | 2019-02-06 | 1 | Chippenham | Visit to Chippenham factory hosted by Siemens | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢133.10 | 拢133.10 | NIL RETURN |
| Polly Payne | 2019-03-15 | 1 | Swindon | GWR (Great Western Railway) Women in Rail International Women's Day event - Polly to speak at event | Rail & Taxi | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢35.80 | 拢35.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Ruth Hannant | 2019-03-15 | 1 | Ipswich | Training Course - Ruth on Whitehall Industry Exchange 2019 Module 2 | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢124.60 | 拢124.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Ruth Hannant | 2019-03-29 | 1 | Manchester | Site Visit with Network Rail | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢246.50 | 拢246.50 | NIL RETURN |
| Richard Bruce | 2019-01-17 | 1 | Battle | Visit to Ashdown House Hastings to meet DfT staff | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢83.80 | 拢83.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Richard Bruce | 2019-03-14 | 1 | Battle | Visit to Ashdown House Hastings to meet DfT staff | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢62.80 | 拢62.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Roger Hargreaves | 2019-02-04 | 1 | Hilton, Park Lane, London | Taxi to Chamber of Shipping annual dinner | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢22.00 | 拢22.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Roger Hargreaves | 2019-01-24 | 1 | London | Travel from DfT to NAO offices | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢6.80 | 拢6.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Roger Hargreaves | 2019-01-04 | 1 | Sutton | Taxi after last train | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢10.80 | 拢10.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Roger Hargreaves | 2019-01-03 | 1 | Cheam | Taxi after last train | Black Cab | NIL | NIL | NIL | 拢10.00 | 拢10.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Rosalind Wall | 2019-02-26 | 1 | Nuneton | Travel to and from the VCA board | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢126.25 | 拢126.25 | NIL RETURN |
| Rosalind Wall | 2019-02-27 | 2 | Swansea | DVLA Board | Rail | STANDARD | 拢87 | NIL | 拢177.60 | 拢264.60 | NIL RETURN |
| Sacha Hatteea | 2019-01-15 | 4 | Rugby, York, Manchester | To chair programme boards, conduct site visits & meet key personnel | Rail | STANDARD | 257.04 | Not set | 拢168.95 | 拢425.99 | NIL RETURN |
| Sacha Hatteea | 2019-02-27 | 1 | Manchester | To chair the North of England Programme Board | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢192.80 | 拢192.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Sacha Hatteea | 2019-03-13 | 1 | York | To chair the Midland Mainline & East Coast Mainline Programme Boards & to meet with key NR personnel | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢141.25 | 拢141.25 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-01-09 | 1 | Manchester | Trip to Manchester to visit International Depot with Transpennine Express | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢238.40 | 拢238.40 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-01-16 | 3 | York | Travel to York for MML & East Coast MainLine ,Programme Boards, East of England Programme Board, Northern Connect and Board Meeting | Rail | STANDARD | 拢149.80 | NIL | 拢201.30 | 拢351.10 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-01-22 | 2 | Lincoln, Leeds | Travel to Lincoln for EMT Site Visit & Rail North Partnership Board | Rail | STANDARD | 拢109.40 | NIL | 拢165.50 | 拢274.90 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-02-05 | 2 | York | Travel to York for regular meeting with Northern Rail | Rail | STANDARD | 拢100.90 | NIL | 拢141.25 | 拢242.15 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-02-07 | 1 | Chester | Rail North Committee | Rail | STANDARD | 拢11.00 | NIL | 拢142.80 | 拢153.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-02-13 | 1 | London Zone 1-6 | Attended a Programme and Procurement Excellence Event at Marble Arch | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢13.10 | 拢13.10 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-02-27 | 1 | Manchester | Travel to Manchester and back for North of England Programme Board | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢219.80 | 拢219.80 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-03-13 | 1 | York | MML & East Coast Mainline Programme Boards | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢189.25 | 拢189.25 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-03-14 | 2 | Edinburgh, Glasgow | Travel to Edinburgh for meeting with Bill Reeve Transport Scotland | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢188.85 | 拢188.85 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-03-19 | 1 | Leeds | Rail North Partnership Board Meeting | Rail | STANDARD | 拢184.50 | NIL | 拢298.50 | 拢483.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-03-29 | 1 | Manchester | Site Visit Newton Heath Depot | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢114.00 | 拢114.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-04-01 | 2 | Leeds | Rail North Committee | Rail | STANDARD | 拢162.50 | NIL | 拢132.50 | 拢295.00 | NIL RETURN |
| Samuel Caughey | 2019-04-03 | 1 | Manchester, Birmingham | Meeting with Leo Goodwin TPE Manchester & Malcolm Holmes WMRE Birmingham | Rail | STANDARD | 拢85.00 | NIL | 拢261.30 | 拢346.30 | NIL RETURN |
| Simon Smith | 2019-01-29 | 1 | Cambridge | Graduate recruitment event Cambridge | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢41.20 | 拢41.20 | NIL RETURN |
| Suzanne Edmond | 08-Mar-19 | 1 | Bristol | Meeting with DVSA Communications team | Rail & Taxi | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢174.70 | 拢174.70 | NIL RETURN |
| Suzanne Edmond | 15-Mar-19 | 1 | Southampton | Meeting with MCA Communications team | Rail | STANDARD | NIL | NIL | 拢43.10 | 拢43.10 | NIL RETURN |