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DECEMBER 2012 GIFTS (RECEIVED) OVER £140 Prime PRIME MINISTER QUARTERLY TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2012 GIFTS (RECEIVED) OVER £140 Prime Minister, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received October President of the Oil painting Over Held by Department 2012 Republic de Cote limit d'Ivoire October President of Yemen Jewellery Over Held by Department 2012 limit October David McGill Whisky Over Held by Department 2012 limit October President-elect of Coins Over Held by Department 2012 Mexico limit November King of Saudi Arabia Jewellery, Over Held by Department 2012 ornament, limit watch November President of the Ornament Over Held by Department 2012 Republic of Indonesia limit November Amir of Kuwait Watch, coins Over Held by Department 2012 and ornament limit December Ambassador of Hamper Over Used for official 2012 Sultanate of Oman limit entertainment December Ambassador of the State Wine and Over Used for official 2012 of Qatar spirits limit entertainment December Sultan of Brunei Hamper Over Used for official 2012 limit entertainment December President of the Council Hamper Over Used for official 2012 of Ministers of the limit entertainment Lebanese Republic GIFTS (GIVEN) OVER £140 Prime Minister, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return HOSPITALITY1 Prime Minister, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality Received 15 United Jewish Israel Appeal Dinner October 2012 29 Pride of Britain Awards Dinner October 2012 12 Lord Mayor’s Banquet Dinner November 2012 6 Sun Military Awards Reception December 2012 1 Does not include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government or the Royal Household; attendance at ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments and offers of hospitality which were declined. Prime Minister’s Overseas Travel – Oct - Dec 2012 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 or ‘other where non- of Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Chartered’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 18 - Brussels, To attend a No32 (The 14 £2,406 19/10/2012 Belgium meeting of Royal) the Squadron European Council 05 - UAE, Saudi Bilateral Chartered 19 £157,482 07/11/2012 Arabia, and visits Jordan 13/11/2012 Rome, Italy & Bilateral No32 (The 8 £1,853 The Hague, The visits Royal) Netherlands Squadron 22 - Brussels, To attend a No32 (The 16 £2,305 23/11/2012 Belgium meeting of Royal) the Squadron European Council 13 - Brussels, To attend a No32 (The 17 £1,078 14/12/2012 Belgium meeting of Royal) the Squadron European Council 20 - Afghanistan To meet Other RAF 19 £444 21/12/2012 British forces and local leaders MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)2 1 OCTOBER 2012–31 DECEMBER 2012 Prime Minister, The Right Honourable David Cameron MP Date of Name of External Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October Lionel Barber and George General discussion 2012 Parker, Financial Times October Rio Tinto, BAE, BP, BAT, Annual meeting of the Multi 2012 Diageo, Shell, Unilever, National Chairmen’s Group Vodafone to discuss business issues October Derek Gannon, Chief Operating Diana Awards 2012 Officer of Guardian News and Media October CBI, Institute of Directors, British Business Breakfast 2012 Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Business, EEF – The Manufacturing Organisation October Tony Gallagher, Ian MacGregor General Discussion 2012 and Murdoch MacLennan, The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph October James Harding The Times General Discussion 2012 October Dominic Mohan, Sun General Discussion 2012 October Hacked Off and victims of press General discussion 2012 abuse October Paul Dacre, Daily Mail General discussion 2012 October Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd, Encouraging trade and 2012 JX Holdings Inc, East Japan investment with Japan Railway Company, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Asahi Group Holdings Ltd, International Affairs Bureau, Simul International Inc, October Asda, Associated British Foods, To discuss supply chain 2012 Atos, Babock International, BAE issues Systems, Balfour Beatty, Bank of 2 Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments England, Boeing, BP, British Airways, British Bankers’ Association, British Chambers of Commerce, BT, Business Services Association, CapGemini, Carillion, CBI, Centrica, Dell, Diageo, EDF Energy, EEF, Finmeccanica UK FSB, General Dynamics UK, GKN, Glaxosmithkline, Home Retail Group, HP UK, IBM J Sainsbury, Jaguar Land Rover, Kingfisher, Lockheed Martin UK, Marks and Spencer, MBDA UK, Raytheon UK, Rolls Royce, Serco, Shell, Statoil, Tata Group Tesco plc, Thales, Vodafone Group, WPP Group October Sir Philip Green General discussion 2012 October Martin Townsend, Sunday General discussion 2012 Express November AMEC, BAE Systems, Balfour Commercial Relations 2012 Beatty plc, BP, Brunswick, Carillion, Foster & Partners, HSBC, Imperial College London, KPMG, MBDA, Rolls Royce, Serco, Shell, Standard Chartered Bank, BBG Abu Dhabi, BBG Dubai, Etihad Rail, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Thani Holdings, Meydan City Corporation, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, Bin Hamoodah Holding MASDAR, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, DP World, ALDAR Properties, Baynuna Group Company, Taqa, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry November Xenel, Naghi Group, MIDROC, Commercial Relations 2012 SEDCO Capital November Microsoft General discussion 2012 November John Witherow and Martin Ivens, General discussion 2012 Sunday Times November BP, GSK, BT, Centrica Business Breakfast on 2012 implementation and industrial strategy November Tom Bradby, ITV General discussion 2012 November Climate Change Capital, CBI Business Advisory Group 2012 Dyson, Thomas Enders, CEO, Meeting Airbus, Thomas Cook, TalkTalk, J Sainsbury, Centrica, BAE Systems, BT, Sony, Tata Sons, Prudential, FSB, GSK November Action Aid, Oxfam, CAFOD, To discuss future priorities 2012 Christian Aid, Save the Children, on international BOND, ONE development November Save the Children To discuss development and 2012 nutrition November Governor Bank of England General discussion 2012 November Hacked Off and victims of press General discussion 2012 abuse November Oxford University To discuss plans for the G8 2012 summit December Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian Discussion on Leveson 2012 James Harding, The Times implementation Tony Gallagher, The Telegraph Lord Black, Lionel Barber, Financial Times, Chris Blackhurst, The Independent, Peter Wright, Daily Mail, Sarah Sands, Evening Standard Dominic Mohan, The Sun Paul Ashford, The Express/The Star, John Witherow, Sunday Times, Lloyd Embley, Mirror and Sunday Mirror, Lord Hunt Geordie Grieg, Mail on Sunday John Mullin, Independent on Sunday, Ian MacGregor, Sunday Telegraph, John Micklethwait, The Economist, Fraser Nelson, The Spectator, Bob Satchwell, Society of Editors December Shell Discussion of energy issues 2012 December The Times General discussion 2012 December Archbishop of Canterbury General discussion 2012 .
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