Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53079

Ministers: Travel

Tabled: 19 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers may use diplomatic passports for personal overseas travel.

Answer

Catherine West

Where Ministers exceptionally hold a diplomatic passport, this is for official use only and not for personal overseas travel.