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HM TREASURY MINISTERS QUARTERLY INFORMATION: 1 APRIL – 30 JUNE 2014 GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Sajid Javid MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1 April - 9 April 2014) Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return Andrea Leadsom MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (9 April - 30 June) Date gift given To Gift Value (over £140) Nil return 1 GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140 The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Sajid Javid MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1 April - 9 April 2014) Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return Andrea Leadsom MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (9 April – 30 June) Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil return 2 HOSPITALITY RECEIVED1 The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Date of hospitality Name of organisation Type of hospitality received 6 April Rede Globo Lunch 7 April Globo Group Dinner 9 April 55Social Lunch 11 April Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Dinner Financial Times, Guardian Bloomberg, Sky News 12 April Robert Zellick Lunch 2 May Trial of the Pyx Lunch 14 May Olympicopolis Dinner Dinner 28 May Magdalen College Oxford Breakfast Business Breakfast 3 June Royal Academy of Arts Dinner Annual dinner 12 June Mansion House Dinner 18 June Financial Times (Lionel Lunch Barber) 18 June Thatcher Lecture Dinner 19 June Evening Standard (Evgeny Lunch Lebedev) 26 June News Corp (Rupert Murdoch) Lunch 1 Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad; functions hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. * accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend. 3 The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Date of hospitality Name of organisation Type of hospitality received 7 April BBC, Emily Maitlis Lunch 7 April Trade Union Congress, Dinner GMB and Unison 8 May D Group Lunch - Speech 14 May Japanese Chamber of Lunch - Speech Commerce 15 May Road Haulage Association Lunch - Speech 2 June The Evening Standard, Dinner Sarah Sands 11 June Press & Journal (Damien Drinks Bates) 16 June The Herald Lunch 30 June The Scotsman Lunch David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality April Policy Exchange Breakfast and speaking engagement April Deloitte Lunch and speaking engagement April Ernst & Young (EY) Dinner April KPMG Breakfast and speaking engagement April PricewaterhouseCoopers Breakfast and speaking (PwC) engagement April British American Business Lunch and speaking engagement Council April London First Breakfast and speaking engagement May Reform Dinner May Association of British Insurers Breakfast and speaking (ABI) engagement May Tax Incentivised Savings Dinner and speaking engagement Association (TISA) May Confederation of British Dinner Industry (CBI) June The Mansion House (City of Dinner 4 London Corporation) June PricewaterhouseCoopers Dinner and speaking engagement (PwC) June The CityUK Dinner and speaking engagement Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Date of Name of organisation Type of hospitality received hospitality 16 May Birmingham Chamber of Lunch and speaking engagement Commerce 19 June The Crown Estate Lunch 12 June The Mansion House (City of Dinner London Corporation) Sajid Javid MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1 April - 9 April 2014) Date of Name of organisation - Type of hospitality hospitality received 4 April Council of Mortgage Lenders Lunch - speech Andrea Leadsom MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (9 April 2014 - 30 June) Date of Name of organisation - Type of hospitality hospitality received May Hong Kong Association Lunch - gave address June DLA Piper Dinner - gave address June City of London, Mansion Dinner House 5 MINISTERS’ OVERSEAS TRAVEL2 The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 1 – 2 April Athens Informal RAF 4 £1,518 2014 ECOFIN 5- 13 April Brazil/ Trade visit, Scheduled n/a £11393 2014 Washington IMF Spring DC Meeting 27 - 28 Paris G5 Finance Eurostar n/a £370 April 2014 Ministers meeting 5 – 6 May Brussels ECOFIN RAF 2 £1000 2014 30 – 31 Switzerland Bilderberg Scheduled n/a £739 May 2014 24 – 25 Berlin Diplomatic RAF 2 £975 June 2014 The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation of or ‘other where non- Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Chartered’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 9-10 May Gibraltar To meet with Scheduled £446.80 business and political leaders 16 – 18 Paris To meet with Eurostar £270 May business and political leaders 22 – 25 Washington To promote Scheduled £6,318.19 June business 2 * Indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend. 6 investment in the UK David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Date(s) of trip Destination Purpose ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost of trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation or ‘other where non- of Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Chartered’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 22-26 April New York, To Scheduled N/A £4,631 Boston, promote Chicago, the UK tax United system States of America Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, where accommodation or ‘other non-scheduled of Minister only RAF’ or travel is used ‘Chartered’ or ‘Eurostar’ 5 – 10 Rio de Infrastructure Scheduled £9016.37 April Janeiro & visit with the Sao Paolo, Chancellor Brazil 22 – 25 Abu Dhabi, Inward Scheduled £2734.80 June United Arab investment Emirates Sajid Javid MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1 April - 9 April 2014) Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation of or ‘other where non- Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Chartered’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 1-2 April Brussels, Meeting with Eurostar £576 Belgium EU stakeholders 7 7-8 April New York, To promote Scheduled £5444 USA UK financial services abroad Andrea Leadsom MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury (9 April 2014 – 30 June) Date(s) of Destination Purpose of ‘Scheduled’ Number of Total cost trip trip ‘No 32 (The officials including travel Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation of or ‘other where non- Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Chartered’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 28 and 29 Brussels, Meeting with Eurostar £531 April Belgium EU stakeholders 8 MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)3 The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting April 2014 Daily Mail General discussion April 2014 Brent Cross Shopping Centre To discuss the regeneration of Brent Cross Shopping Centre April 2014 The Grahame Park Estate To discuss the regeneration of Grahame Park Estate April 2014 Yummies Deli To discuss SMEs April 2014 Street Child United To discuss the charity work of Street Child United in Brazil April 2014 Lloyds of London, Lloyds, Hiscox, To discuss UK access to the IRB Brasil Re, CNSEG (National Brazilian insurance market Insurers Confederation), FENABER (Brazilian Reinsurers Federation), JLT Re Brazil, Willis Re, Guy Carpenter, KPMG Brazil April 2014 BMF & Bovespa To discuss UK-Brazil trade and investment April 2014 University of Sao Paulo, Ministry of To discuss UK-Brazil science Science, Technology and collaboration Innovation, National Council of State Research Foundations, CNPq, The Coordination for Enhancement of Higher Education Personnel, AstraZeneca Brazil April 2014 Banco do Brasil Gestao de To discuss UK-Brazil trade and Recursos, SABESPREV, PREVI, investment VALIA April 2014 Skanska To discuss developments in the construction sector April 2014 RBS To discuss financial services April 2014 Made in Africa Foundation To discuss development in Africa April 2014 Babraham Bioscience To discuss life sciences Technologies, The Royal Society, Medimmune, Imperial Innovations, Crescendo