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 1 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 2 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 4 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 6 Dublin) 4-5 Dublin Dublin Web Summit £91.40 November 7 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. 8 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