Department for Business Innovation and Skills Ministers Gifts And
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DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS 01 APRIL 2013 – 30 JUNE 2013 GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140 Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return OVERSEAS TRAVEL Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip or No 32 officials including travel (The Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation or ‘other where non- of Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Charter’ or travel is used ‘Eurostar’ Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP 22 April – Brazil, Sao To attend Scheduled £5,922 26 April Paulo & Ministerial trade Recife and industry engagements 13 June – Luxembourg To attend EU Scheduled £1,241 14 June Foreign Affairs Council Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP 7 April – Switzerland, To visit global life Scheduled £518 10 April Basel sciences companies 21 April – Columbia, To promote the Scheduled £5,956 26 April Medellin & new Education UK Bogota, Unit Mexico, Mexico City Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green 09 April – France, To promote UK Eurostar £355 10 April Paris Trade and Investment including meetings with senior French Ministers 17 April – Ireland, To represent the Scheduled £352 18 April Dublin UK at EU presidency Trade Minister meetings 07 May – Spain, To promote UK Scheduled £1,164 08 May Madrid, trade and meet Portugal, with senior Lisbon government Ministers 16 May France, To meet with Eurostar £273 Paris senior foreign Ministers to discuss EU single market agenda 21 May – Sweden, To meet with Scheduled, £665 24 May Stockholm, senior Ministers Train France, and leading Paris business figures, to discuss trade and investment and the single market in Europe 28 May – Belgium, To represent the Scheduled, £830 30 May Brussels, UK at a Train Germany, Competitive Berlin Council meeting and meet with senior Minsters. 02 June – Indonesia, To promote British Scheduled £8,247 16 June Jakarta, business and Malaysia, meet with Kuala Government Lumpar, Ministers Singapore, Cambodia, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Thailand, Bangkok, Burma, Rangoon and Naypyidaw 30 June – Kazakhstan, To accompany the Charter Costs met by 01 July Atyrau, Prime Minister No.10 Astana with a Business delegation to promote the UK as open for business and to meet key inward investors Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger Nil return Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP 29 May France, To attend OECD Eurostar £663 Paris Ministerial Council and meeting scheduled Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP 27 May – USA, New To visit education Scheduled £4,200 31 May York, and training Washington providers DC Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP 10 April Belgium, To discuss better Eurostar £250 Brussels regulation and structural funds 16 April – USA, Detriot To attend Society Scheduled £3,789 19 April and Boston of Automotive Engineers event and Business Meetings 02 May – Ireland, To attend the Scheduled £562 03 May Dublin Informal European Council on Competitiveness 17 June – France Paris To attend the Paris Eurostar £439 18 June Air Show HOSPITALITY Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received¹ hospitality Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP 03 April The Observer Lunch 29 April Regional Lobby - Eastern Lunch Daily Press, Hull Daily Mail, Western Mail, Liverpool Post, Western Morning News, Yorkshire Post, Birmingham Mail, The Herald, Northern Echo, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper Society 23 May The Guardian Lunch 28 May BBC Dinner 10 June The Independent Lunch 25 June Queen Elizabeth Prize for Lunch Engineering Minister of State, (Universities and Science), Rt Hon David Willetts MP 03 April Financial Times and Daily Lunch Telegraph 10 April Pi Capital Dinner 12 April Office of the Independent Dinner Adjudicator for Higher Education 15 April Agricultural Industries Lunch Confederation 03 May University of Oxford Lunch 08 May Intellect UK Dinner 15 May Confederation of British Dinner Industry 16 May The Sunday Times Lunch 16 May Cogent SSC Ltd Dinner 22 May Foundation for Science Dinner and Technology 05 June The Daily Telegraph Breakfast 05 June Imperial College Lunch 18 June AstraZeneca Dinner 24 June The Head Company Inc. Lunch 27 June Northumbria University Dinner Minister of State (Trade and Investment), Lord Green 10 April Council of British Dinner Chambers of Commerce in Europe 16 April Lord Mayor of London Dinner 02 May Bank of England Dinner 14 May BritishAmerica Business Dinner 15 May French Chamber of Lunch Commerce in Great Britain 20 May KPMG Tickets to Chelsea flower show gala preview and dinner 18 June Lloyds Banking Group Dinner 25 June Tourism Alliance Breakfast 27 June Business for New Europe Breakfast Advisory Council Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Viscount Younger 25 April Classic FM Concert ticket, drinks and canapés 16 May PRS for Music Drinks reception and lunch 10 June Federation of Small Reception, drinks and canapés Business 24 June Financial Times, Daily Lunch Telegraph 25 June Rock the House Finals Drinks and canapés 27 June British Chamber of Reception, drinks and canapés Commerce Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Employment Relations, Consumer Affairs), Jo Swinson MP 28 May The Scotsman Lunch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Skills jointly with the Department for Education), Matthew Hancock MP 25 April Financial Times Lunch 30 April Institute of Directors Lunch 07 May Rothschilds Breakfast 14 May Arup Breakfast Minister of State, (Business and Enterprise), Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP 15 April CitiGroup Lunch 23 April UK Contractors Group Dinner 25 April The London Dinner Entrepreneurial Exchange 30 April Deloitte Dinner 07 May StartUp Britain Dinner 08 May The Times, Channel 4 Lunch News 15 May Lazard Dinner 16 May FTI Consulting Lunch 22 May EEF: The Manufacturers’ Breakfast Organisation 06 June Royal Mail Dinner 13 June Confederation of British Dinner Industry 18 June Sky News Dinner 25 June Entertainment Retailers Lunch Association ¹Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS Date of Meeting Name of External Organisation1 Purpose of Meeting Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP April 2013 Beatthatquote.com To discuss business issues April 2013 The Baker Dearing Educational To discuss education Trust April 2013 Marlin Apartments, Ed’s Easy To discuss banking Diner Holdings Ltd, Crofton Design, GetTaxi Ltd, K&M McLoughlin Decorating Ltd, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Evolve Consult Ltd, Grant Thornton UK, Somak Travel Ltd, NVC Lighting Limited, The Sourcing Team, Calford Seaden, Octink April 2013 AMS Acoustics, Agusta Westland, Chemring International, Bechtel, Cobham, Foster & Partners, General Dynamics, Invensys, To discuss business Jaguar Land Rover, Mott issues MacDonald, Noronha Advogados, Pascall & Watson, Ultra Global PRT