Cabinet Office
October – December 2014
GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary, Jo Johnson MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil return
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil return
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GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome received Nil Return
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date gift From Gift Value Outcome given 17 Chinese Communist Decorative Held in CO November Party School Plate 5 Hinduja Family Chocolates Donated to charity December 15 Indian High Champagne Donated to charity December Commissioner 19 Qatar Embassy East India Donated to charity December Teas and Coffees
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary, Jo Johnson MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date gift From Gift Value given Nil Return
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HOSPITALITY1
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality 14 October Briefing Circle Dinner 16 October Barclays Dinner 4 November New Century Media Lunch 26 Conservative Friends of Israel Dinner November 2 December Bestway Group Lunch
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality 6 October Carlton Club Dinner 5 London Corporation Dinner November
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality 15 MIPIM UK Lunch October
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality Nil Return
Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Jo Johnson MP
Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality Received 3rd British Broadcasting Lunch November Corporation 3rd John Witherow, The Times Dinner November 6th Lionel Barber, The Dinner November Financial Times* 11th-14th Prabodhan Conference Accommodation November 12th Finsbury Dinner November 13th Max India Group Dinner November 17th JP Morgan Lunch
1 Does 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. 3
November 1st The Sun Lunch December 6th Reuters Reception December 9th The Financial Times Reception December 15th Lansdowne Partners Dinner December
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality October General Aviation Awareness Council Lunch
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OVERSEAS TRAVEL
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only travel is used 6-7 Brussels 2014 European Summit Eurostar £630 November for Government Transformation 12-14 Paris OECD Conference on Eurostar £490 November public sector innovation 24-27 Israel Cyber Security, Digital Charter £2809 November Transformation and Civil Service Reform
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only travel is used 23 October Geneva WHO Conference on £553.63 Ebola
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only travel is used Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only 5
travel is used Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only travel is used Nil Return
Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Jo Johnson MP
Date(s) Destination Purpose of ‘No 32 Number of Total cost of trip trip (The officials including travel, Royal) accompanying and Squadron’ Minister, accommodation or ‘other where non- of Minister only RAF’ or scheduled ‘Charter’ travel is used or ‘Eurostar’ 12–14 Delhi, India Trade & Scheduled N/A £2,911 Nov investment opportunities and policy discussions
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date(s) of Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Number of Total cost trip Royal) officials including Squadron’ or accompan travel, and ‘other RAF’ or ying accommod ‘Charter’ or Minister, ation of ‘Eurostar’ where non- Minister scheduled only travel is used 14-15 Rome EASA Conference £347.97 October 2-4 New York UKTI Digital Mission £4,399.97 November (includes flight from NY to
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Dublin) 4-5 Dublin Dublin Web Summit £91.40 November
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MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS2
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting 7 October NCS Trust NCS 13 October Unilink Software SMEs 21 October Will Hutton, Herford College Mutuals 28 October MyCSP Pensions 30 October Telegraph Data Sharing 3 November Lloyds Banking Group Agile Future Forum 17 November ICAEW Public Sector Reform 25 November University and Deutsche Telekom Labs Digital and cyber technology 25 November JVP Digital and cyber technology
26 November Routable with various digital and technology Digital and cyber technology companies and individuals. 1 December Vodafone Introductory meeting 16 December Mo Ibrahim Foundation Open Government Partnership 17 December Ben Summerskill Civil Service diversity
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting 3 October UKAEA and Rothschilds Atomic Energy 6 October GSK Ebola vaccine 7 October PHSO the Facts Complaints 8 October BT Broadband 15 October Oak Foundation Marine Protected Areas 16 October GSK Ebola Vaccine 17 October London School of Hygiene and Tropical Ebola Medicine 21 October GSK Ebola 23 October GSK Ebola Vaccine 24 October John Lewis Economic Policy 24 October World Bank Ebola Vaccine 27 October Stagecoach Bus policy 27 October GSK Ebola vaccine 29 October WHO Ebola 31 October GSK, World Bank Ebola vaccine 4 November Indian Angel Network Indian investment 6 November National Council for Palliative Care Palliative Care 6 November GSK Ebola vaccine 8 November GSK Ebola vaccine 10 November Ofcom Telecommunications 10 November World Bank Ebola vaccine 11 November Fresh Produce Consortium Focus on Enforcement 11 November GSK Ebola vaccine
2 Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of devolved or foreign governments.
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12 November National Housing Federation Private rented sector housing 12 November Save the Children Ebola 13 November WHO Ebola 13 November Alcohol Concern Addiction Treatment 13 November Goldman Sachs (India) Indian investment 14 November GSK Ebola vaccine 17 November ABI Flood insurance 17 November Archbishop of Canterbury Women Bishops 17 November Chinese Communist Party School Policy development 17 November Post Office Postal services 17 November Young Enterprise Entrepreneurship 19 November Anthony Seldon Wellbeing 19 November Countryside Alliance Countryside policy 21 November Royal Academy of Engineering Engineering 25 November IfG Speech – What Works Programme 26 November National Housing Federation Housing Associations 26 November International Consortium of British Pensioners Pensions 27 November WHO Ebola 1 December Energy UK Energy 2 December National Housing Federation Housing Associations 2 December Shell UK Energy 3 December NALC Speech 8 December Healthcare England Complaints 9 December Energy UK Energy 10 december ABI Income Protection 11 December Ofwat Water regulation 16 December Which? Complaints 18 December Imperial Health Science Networks Academic Health Science Network 22 December Kids Company Kids Company
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October District Councils Network Local Growth December Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP Local Growth December LaSalle Investment Management Local Growth December Westminster Property Association Urban Regeneration
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October NCS Trust Introductory meeting 2014 October Big Society Capital Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Investment) 9
October Community Organisers, Locality and Work/projects being done to 2014 Birmingham Settlement help local community (Aston, Birmingham) October Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) Challenges facing the sector 2014 in Birmingham, update on programmes and relationship with LEP October NCVO Introductory meeting (Sector 2014 Support) October Join In Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Action) October National Youth Agency Introductory meeting (Youth) 2014 October Big Lottery Fund Introductory meeting (Sector 2014 Support) October Compact Voice Introductory meeting (Sector 2014 Support/Programme and Strategy) October Social Investment Business (SIB) SIB’s work to unlock new capital 2014 for the sector and how government can support it October Social Enterprise UK Introductory meeting (Sector 2014 Support) October Somers Town Community Organisation and Visit: Community Organisers 2014 Locality programme (Social Action) October National Council for Voluntary Youth Services Introductory meeting (Youth) 2014 October National Youth Agency, UK Youth, British Youth Roundtable: Collaboration 2014 Council, National Council for Voluntary Youth between the youth sector and Services, Step Up to Serve, Confederation of Government Heads of Young People’s Services and Ambition. October CitizensUK (CUK) Introductory meeting/follow up 2014 from CUK Summit October Allegra Stratton Political 2014 October Mustard Seed Discuss progress of Mustard 2014 Seed/it’s work in relation to the wider social angels movement in the UK October National Grid, Scouts, Step Up to Serve, Teach ‘Youth Social Action Manifesto 2014 First, Business in the Community, City Roundtable: The Importance of Year/Generation Change, AOC, CIPD, Cross Party Support’ (hosted by Wellington College Step Up to Serve)
October NCS Trust Visit: part of NCS Leaders Week 2014 November Locality Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Action) November Federation of Small Businesses, North East Social Investment Roundtable 2014 Social Enterprise Partnership, Key Fund, Coalfields Regeneration Trust, North East Social Investment Fund, Middleton Enterprises Ltd, Patchwork People Ltd, Co-Wheels Car 10
Club, Live Theatre, Food Nation, Five Lamps Organisation and “Ways to Wellness” Social Impact Bond November Five Lamps Organisation Discuss services provided by 2014 the organisation/role as community lender November Bishop of Whitby, Middlesbrough Foodbank, Roundtable: Foodbanks 2014 Together Middlesbrough, Archdeacon for Cleveland Archdeaconry, Teesside University & Trustee of Together Middlesbrough, Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Middlesbrough Environment City, Rural Dean of Middlesbrough and Church Urban Fund November Step Up to Serve Introductory meeting (Youth) 2014 November UK Community Foundations Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Action) November Cornwallis Academy, Voluntary Action Within Visit to school/Youth Social 2014 Kent (VAWK), Fixers and Citizenship Action Fund Foundation November Cohort 9, Charing House, Charing Healthcare, Visit to care home/hear about 2014 Kissing it Better and Robert Napier School Community Organiser programme November South East Local Enterprise Partnership Cross Sector Roundtable: South 2014 (SELEP), Medway Council, Action for East Local Enterprise Communities in Rural Kent (ACRK), Voluntary Partnership/European Structural Action within Kent, Big Lottery Fund, Kent and Investment Fund (ESIF) Community Foundation and Kent County Council November Step Up to Serve Advisory Board meeting 2014 November Reading Voluntary Action, Enrych Berkshire, VCSE Roundtable 2014 Narrow the Gap CIC, Reading Mencap, Connect Reading, Reading Children’s Voluntary and Youth Service, Berkshire Youth and Reading CAB. November Access, Big Society Trust, Big Society Capital Introductory meeting with Chair 2014 and Big Lottery Fund and leaders of organisations that have founded/are funding Access (Social Investment) November National Youth Agency, UK Youth, British Youth Roundtable: Collaboration 2014 Council, National Council for Voluntary Youth between the youth sector and Services, Step Up to Serve, Confederation of Government Heads of Young People’s Services and Ambition November Prince’s Trust, Rathbone, The Foyer Federation, Youth Action Group Roundtable 2014 Catch22, Groundwork, Barnado’s, Youth United, Brook and Young Minds November North Bristol Advice Centre/Buzz Lockleaze and Advice Services Transition Fund 2014 University of West England (ASTF) November Social Action Youth (SAY), Patchway Visit: Meet members of SAY and 2014 Community College, Southern Brooks Patchway Community College Community Partnership November Southern Brooks Community Partnership, Youth/Social Action 2014 Southern Brooks, Creative Youth Network and 11
Young Bristol December Microsoft Visit: part of Giving Tuesday 2014 December Cause4 Philanthropy Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Action) December British Youth Council and Young MPs Roundtable lunch for ‘Make 2014 Your Mark’ Champions December Centre for Youth Impact, Social Research Unit, Centre for Youth Impact’s work 2014 National Council for Voluntary Youth Services with Cabinet Office and Project Oracle December British Private Equity & Venture Capital Introductory meeting (Social 2014 Association (BVCA) Investment) December National Association for Voluntary and Introductory meeting (Sector 2014 Community Action (NAVCA) Support) December The Low Commission Introductory meeting 2014 (Commission’s report)
Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Jo Johnson MP
Date of Meeting Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting October 2014 Surrey County Council, Kent County Local Government Council & Local Government Association Discussion October 2014 Representatives of Accountancy Bodies Business discussion October 2014 Philip K. Howard Policy discussion October 2014 Institute for Government General policy discussion October 2014 Adjust Your Set Media policy discussion October 2014 Confederation of British Industry and Business discussion representatives from large business organisations October 2014 Walk Free Policy discussion October 2014 Representatives from Internet Companies Online policy discussion October 2014 Taylor Wimpey Housing discussion October 2014 Christian Aid, Action Aid, CAFOD, Oxfam Policy discussion & Save the Children October 2014 Centre for European Reform Europe discussion November 2014 Let Britain Fly Transport discussion November 2014 Asda Business discussion November 2014 Zee TV India discussion November 2014 National Grid Energy policy discussion November 2014 Conservative Home Political discussion November 2014 Transport for London Transport discussion December 2014 Institute for State Effectiveness Policy discussion December 2014 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co Policy discussion December 2014 Centre for European Reform Europe discussion December 2014 British Broadcasting Corporation Policy discussion December 2014 Stagecoach Transport discussion
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Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date of Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting Meeting October BBC - Nick Robinson Political October General Aviation awareness Council Red Tape Challenge November Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad and EPF’s business activities Employees Provident Fund November Intent Media UK investment November Econsultancy, dotMailer, DC Storm, Search Challenges facing UK tech Laboratory, Engaged Sciences companies in New York November WeWork Progress of UK investment November City24/7 Collaborative work with New York City November New York economic Development Corporation City Regeneration November Hudson Yards Development Corporation Development / City Regeneration November Kapitali To Promote the UK as centre for financial technology businesses November DCU Innovation Campus and Dublin Business Tech Start ups Innovation Centre November British Irish Chamber of Commerce UK-Irish Business November Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Intel and Tech City To promote UK business UK opportunities November Daily Express- Hugh Whitlow Political December BBGA Red Tape Challenge December York Aviation General Aviation December Newsnight – Robbie Gibb Political
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