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Trips paid for by others

United States comes first, then Italy and Qatar. Only trips paid for by someone else have to be declared.

126
overseas visits declared since September 2025
61
current and former ministers declared at least one
42
countries visited

MPs and peers must declare overseas trips that someone else pays for. In all, 61 current and former ministers declared 126 visits to 42 countries since September 2025. The United States leads with 18. The surprise is second place: Italy, with 11, ahead of Qatar (8), France (7) and Israel (7). Ukraine is on 6, China on 5 and Taiwan on 4.

Most-visited countries
Declared overseas visits by current and former ministers
The register lists where and when. We have not yet pulled in who paid for each trip, which is the part that would show whether a country, company or think tank is behind a pattern.

These are not evenly spread across people. Tom Tugendhat alone declared 14 visits, about one in 9 of the total, and no one else got past 5. With 61 people sharing 126 visits, the average is two each, so most ministers declare very little and a few travel a lot.

Visits by month
By the month each trip began
The busiest month was October 2025, with 16 visits. The last three months show only 6, which is probably in part because trips are declared after they happen. The summer recess may also play a part. We can't separate the two.
Most declared trips
  1. TT Tom Tugendhat14
  2. MG Mark Garnier5
  3. PP Priti Patel5
  4. AM Alan Mak4
  5. MW Melanie Ward4
  6. RH Richard Holden4
Conservative members declared 85 of the 126 visits and Labour 41; the split reflects who is on the current register, not who travels more.

This covers only overseas visits paid for by a third party and declared on the current Register of Members' Financial Interests, from September 2025. Trips paid for by government departments are covered in Ministers abroad; visits within the UK are not published.