Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what journeys overseas (a) Ministers and (b) officials made with City of London officials in each year since 2010.

The FCDO fulfils the requirement, established since 2010, for government departments to publish transparency data in line with the Ministerial Code. The full set of FCDO published transparency returns, which include ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs (since the department's formation in September 2020), can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings; https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-senior-officials-business-expenses-hospitality-and-meetings; and https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings.

Historic transparency data detailing ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Department for International Development can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-department-for-international-development and https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-senior-executives-business-expenses-gifts-travel-and-meetings.

Similarly, ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2011 and. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pus-data.