“From 1 August 2017 to the day this request is processed (1 August 2018), I would like to know the number of overseas trips councillors, members of the management team (including the chief executive), and council officers have taken in the course of conducting council business. For each overseas trip, please provide the following information:
– The date and duration of the overseas trip, as well as the country/city that was visited
– The full name, title and position of the councillor/member of management team/council officer who went on the overseas trip
– The reason or reasons why the councillor/member of management team/council officer went on the overseas trip
– The cost of the overseas trip (please provide a breakdown of travel costs, accommodation costs and expenses etc.)
– Please state whether the council met the costs of the overseas trip, or whether an individual, group, company, consortium, charity or another organisation met the costs.
– Please provide the full name of the individual, group, company, charity or organisation that met the costs. If it is a group or consortium, please state who or what composes the group or consortium.”
Details of Overseas trips are provided in the table below and also in this spreadsheet. Please note that names of individuals have not been provided under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – ‘Personal Information’. The job title of the individual concerned or the service area has been provided instead. The Council can confirm that there has been no Councillor or Leadership Team (Leadership Team meaning Chief Executive, Chief Officer or Head of Service) foreign travel during the time period specified:-
| Service Date | Reason for travel | Traveller Job Title / Service Area | Type | Trip Length (days) | Total | Detail |
| 26th to 28th February 2018 | Meeting with interreg Atlantic – programme authorities | Senior Accountant External Funds | Flight/Hotel | 3 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project (DCC always ensures that whenever other parties can fund joint project costs they do) | Porto-Portugal via Heathrow |
| 9th to 13th April 2018 | Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs – Steering Group meeting | Senior Accountant External Funds and AYCH Project co-ordinator | Flight/Hotel | 5 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project | Lugo – Galicia Spain via Heathrow |
| 23rd to 26th April 2018 | Interreg Europe Event re Innovasump/Ecoswaste4Food and ECOOL (DCC are project partners) | Senior Accountant External Funds | Flight/Hotel | 3 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project | Bulgaria – Sofia via Heathrow |
| 14th to 17th May 2018 | Interreg Europe – INNOVASUMP Steering Group meeting | Senior Accountant External Funds and senior transport planner | Flight/Hotel | 4 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project | Cyprus – Nicosia via Heathrow |
| 18th to 21st June 2018 | Interreg Europe – ECOOL Steering Group meeting | Senior Accountant External Funds and Skills Strategy manager | Flight/Hotel | 4 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project | Spain – Seville via Stansted |
| 2nd to 6th July 2018 | Interreg Europe – Ecowaste4Food Steering Group meeting | Senior Accountant External Funds- principal Waste manager and Recycling officer | Flight/Hotel | 4 | No cost to DCC – EU funded project | France Marseille via Heathrow |