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CABINET OFFICE
January – March 2015
GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary, Jo Johnson MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil return
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
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 received
From Gift Value Outcome
Nil Return
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value Outcome
Nil Return
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary, Jo Johnson MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Date gift given
From Gift Value
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 13 January PA Consulting Group Dinner
4 February The Times Breakfast
10 February Westminster Abbey Dinner
18 February Bestway Group Dinner
4 March City of London Club Breakfast
4 March The Guardian and the Observer Lunch
5 March Chivas Regal Lunch
11 March Crispin Ellison Breakfast
17 March Conservative Friends of Pakistan Lunch
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality
24 March Indian High Commission Lunch
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
7 January Real Estate Investment Trusts Breakfast
13 January
London Stansted Cambridge Consortium
Lunch
25 March LEP Network Dinner
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
15th-16th January
Franco-British Colloque Accommodation and meals
9th February
London Evening Standard Lunch
5th March Merope Mills, The Guardian
Dinner
24th March FTI Consulting Dinner
26th March FTI Consulting Breakfast
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.
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Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality
19 January
Quanta Computer Lunch
9 February
The FT Lunch
27 February
Institute of International and European Affairs
Lunch
27 February
British Irish Chamber of Commerce Dinner
2 March Faisal Islam, Sky News Lunch
3 March Martin Townsend, Sunday Express Lunch
23 March The Telegraph Lunch
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OVERSEAS TRAVEL
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP
Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
16 – 20 February
Pakistan and Qatar
Civil Service and public sector reform, Government efficiency and digital reform.
£8754
16 – 17 April
The Hague Global Cyber Security Conference
£543
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
14 – 17 January
Sierra Leone Visit UK Government facilities and staff
Commercial and UN
4 £1,984.60
8 January Geneva WHO Conference on Ebola
£85.75
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
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travel is used
Nil Return
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
Nil Return
Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Jo Johnson MP
Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip
‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
15-16 January
Paris Franco-British Colloque
Eurostar N/A £246
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date(s) of trip
Destination Purpose of trip ‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
15 – 19 January
Taiwan UK Trade and Industry £4,262.75
27-28 February
Dublin British Irish Chamber of Commerce
£170.19
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MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS2
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
8 January PROACIS Procurement
8 January Meetings with mutual and social enterprises. Community Action
9 January Meetings with charities, social enterprises and mutual
Community Action and Mutuals
12 January Your Leisure Mutuals
14 January Kaspersky Lab Introductory meeting
15 January Herald and Independent General discussion
19 January Meetings with charities, social enterprises and mutual
Social enterprises, mutual and charities
19 January Routable with: In Form Conult Ltd, Solirius Consulting, Datalynx, 2T Security Ltd, Freedom Communications
Digital technology
20 January Xenubis
Cyber Security
21 January Advent IM G Cloud
21 January Meetings with a number of social enterprises and mutual (including Priory Park Boxing Club, RippleZ and Nottingham City Care Partnership)
CommunityAction, mutuals, MyPlace, and social enterprises.
26 January Big Lottery Fund Funding for social enterprises
28 January Round table with digital companies including Superfast Cornwall, Jinota and Shopper Utopia
Digital Connectivity
28 January Meetings with various charities, social enterprises and mutual including St Austell Social Enterprise Hub, Plymouth Community Healtcare and the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Social Enterprises
29 January Routable with: the Idea Bureau, Covalent Software, Higher Sites, Integrated Data Needs, Neil Stevens Consulting
Digital
5 February Citizens UK Public Sector Reform
5 February John Lewis Employee Ownership
5 February Meetings with charities including the Neneaton Gurkha Veterans Association
Community Action
9 February Meetings with charities and social enterprises including the East Sussex Credit Union
Community Action
9 February EE Introductory meeting
12 February Meeting with social enterprises including Campus Skatepark
Youth engagement activity and community action
18 February Meeting in Islamabad with NGOs and civil society organisations
Pakistan and Britain
18 February Meeting with companies in Islamabad Trade and British Economic Policy
19 February Meeting with companies in Doha Trade and British Economic
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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Policy
23 February Civil Society Representatives: Involve, International Budget Partnership, Transparency International UK, The Democratic Society, Democratise, Omidyar Network
Civil Society
23 February Independent Data Sharing
23 February Liquid Business Commercial Reform
24 February Fraser Nelson, The Spectator General discussion
25 February NCS Trust NCS
25 February Meetings with charities and social enterprises including the Taste Academy Café, Cheshire Community Action and Age UK
Community Action and NCS
26 February Ixis IT Ltd G Cloud
5 March Meetings with social enterprises organised by Chivas Regal
Community Action and Social investment
10 March Kingston Smith LLP and Deloitte Professional Business Services Council
10 March Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Lloyds Banking Identity Assurance Programme
16 March VocaLink Identity assurance Programme
17 March Business Growth Fund SMEs and social investment
17 March Oxygen Finance Commercial Reform
17 March Peter Oborne Efficiency and reform
19 March Tony Meggs Functional Leadership and major projects
Minister of State (Minister for Government Policy), The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
6 January Hewlett Packard Relations with Government
7 January GSK Ebola vaccine
13 January Oliver Wyman New models of care
19 January The Low Commission Social Welfare
20 January London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ebola
20 January Children’s Society Welfare
21 January Woolfe Institute Funding
21 January Relationships Alliance General discussion
22 January Action with Communities in Rural England Village Halls
26 January Pew Trusts Marine Protected areas
2 February PHSO Complaints
3 February Red Balloon Support for bullied children
4 February International Consortium of British Pensioners Frozen pensions
5 February WHO Ebola
5 February US BARDA Ebola vaccine
10 February Shell UK Energy policy
10 February GSK Ebola vaccine
10 February Ague UK, Alzheimer’s Society UK, Sue Ryder, Cancer Research UK, Whizz Kids, Carers UK, MIND
Health and Social Care
11 February Open University Higher Education
16 February Drax Energy
18 February Royal Mail Postal business
18 February Kids Company Kids Company
2 March Administrative Justice Forum Complaints
3 March E.ON Energy policy
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4 March Ecobuild conference Environment policy
10 March Grocery Code Adjudicator Grocery Code
10 March National Housing Federation, Resolution Foundation, Home Group, National Housing Federation, Your Housing Group, L&Q Group, Thames Valley Housing Association, Places for People, Orbit Group, Deloitte
Health and Social Care
16 March Housing Ombudsman Complaints
18 March Financial Inclusion Commission Financial inclusion
23 March GSK Global health security
23 March Valencia New models of care
24 March Ofcom Telecommunications
24 March BT Telecommunications
25 March National Council for Palliative Care End of life care
31 March International consortium of British Pensioners Frozen Pensions
Minister of State, The Rt Hon David Laws MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
Nil Return
Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
January Peak resort Regeneration
January Regional Investment Advisory Board Regeneration
February Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Regeneration
March Key Cities Group Local Growth
March Derby and Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire LEP Local Growth
March Humber LEP Local Growth
Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
8 January Business in the Community/Lloyds Banking Group, Armed Forces Group, Dig-In, The Space Centre, Creative Support, Preston City Council and Blog Preston.
Business Connector Programme
8 January SELNET (Social Enterprise Lancashire Network), Social Enterprises, Brothers of Charity, Brighter Futures Workshop, Young Lancashire, Bootstrap Enterprises, Social Investment Business, Edge Hill University, Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board, Social Enterprise Solutions, Lancashire LEP, Community Futures and Lancashire Association of Councils for Voluntary Service.
Community-based social enterprises
8 January Wigan Youth Zone and Onside Youth services
12 January UnLtd Introductory meeting
15 January Age UK Cornwall, Changing Lives and NHS Kernow
Living Well Programme
15 January Real Ideas Organisation, Resonance and Social investment and
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Liskeard School and Community College enterprise
15 January Devonport Live Café, Bikespace, DCLT, Devon School for Social Entrepreneurs, Discover the Arts CIC/PSEN, Fotonow CIC, Memory Matters SW CIC, Millfields CIC, Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC, PLUSS/PSEN, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Community Homes, Plymouth University, POP/Zebra Collective, PSEN/Iridescent Ideas CIC and Surplus Rescue CIC.
Social Enterprise
19 January Fareshare Food redistribution
19 January Citizens Advice Advice services and volunteering opportunities
20 January WRAP, BRC, FDF, Fareshare, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Company Shop, Premier Foods, Nestle, Kelloggs and FPC
Food redistribution
21 January Local Giving Funding for Grow Your Tenner and Triple Tenner Tuesday campaigns
26 January Big Lottery Fund BLF Strategic Framework for 2015 – 2021
27 January National Youth Agency, UK Youth, British Youth Council, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, Step Up to Serve, Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services and Ambition
Youth policy
2 February Youth United Fund Introductory meeting
2 February London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC) Introduction/future role of infrastructure
3 February Compact Voice Update on work of CV
5 February P3, CCP, Aspire Gloucestershire and Triodos Social Impact Bonds/Social Investment Tax Relief
9 February Community Development Finance Association Social Investment
11 February Shaw Trust Role of voluntary sector in public services
11 February NCS Trust NCS targets
12 February vInspired Youth
12 February Onside Onside’s work/follow up from visit and meeting at Wigan Youth Zone (Jan 15)
12 February Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School, Oxfordshire LEP, Oxford Entrepreneurs and OSEP
Local business skills sharing
23 February Carillion Introductory meeting/business skills sharing campaign
23 February Acevo Catch up
24 February British Youth Council Roundtable (youth)
25 February NCS Trust 2015 targets (youth)
25 February Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), Cleft Lip and Palate Association, Migraine Action, Pan Asian Women’s Association, HOST, Full Fact, Urban Partnership Group, Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention, Esteem, The Access Project, SPACE Charity, Student Hubs, The Compassionate Friends, The Rhythm Studio,
Q&A Session at roundtable hosted by FSI
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Attitude is Everything, Relate Brighton, HHUGS, BASIC, The Makaton Charity, Creating Futures, School of Hard Knocks, The Forum for Health & Wellbeing, Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, MCS Aware, The Personal Support Unit, BucksVision, 3FF, Irish Chaplaincy, IAEP, SoSAA, Research Autism, A Partner in Education, GRWE, Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Engineers without Borders UK, Fabrica, Tender Education and Arts, BAAG, Groundswell UK, Congo Children Trust, Inter-Cultural Youth Exchange, WoodlandsFram Trust, GFEDV, RESULTS UK, Volunteer Centre Camden, UK Network of Sexworker Projects/National Ugly Mugs, EDV Global Foundation, Streatham Youth and Community Trust, Phoenix Education Trust, Aston-Mansfield, Teach A Man To Fish, Friends of Aschiana UK, Tasha, Rewrite, Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention, City Gate Community Projects, Theodora Children’s Charity, XLP, African Prisons Project, Street Child United, Findacure, TSF, Walworth Garden Farm, Gordon Moody Association, African Revival, Home-Start Southwark, Age Exchange, Breakthrough UK, Create (Arts) Limited, HOPEHIV, Grove Cottage, Kentish Town City Farm, Kidscape, Thai Children’s Trust, Crossway Pregnancy Crisis Centre, ICYE UK, Pembroke House, Small Green Shoots and Springboard for Children
25 February BT, Zurich, Lloyds Banking Group, National Grid, Carillion, Waitrose, IBM, Hogan Lovells, Accenture, LinkedIn, KPMG, The Media Trust and Business in the Community
Roundtable: Business skills
9 March Portsmouth City Council, Cities of Service, Portsmouth Together, King Richard School, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Education Business Partnership Ltd, Activate Mentor, Inchcape Fleet Solutions and IBM
Cities of Service schemes in Portsmouth
9 March Advice Portsmouth, YOU Trust, My Learning Cloud, Portsmouth CAB, Portsmouth Relate and Portsmouth City Council
Advice Service Transition Fund
9 March Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group, Enable Ability, EC Roberts Centre, Portsmouth U3A, Portsmouth Street Pastors, Interdenominational Christian Resource Centre, Action Portsmouth, Portsmouth City Council, Age UK Portsmouth, Portsmouth Disability Forum, Learning Links and Portsmouth Friendship Centre
Roundtable with Portsmouth Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) senior executives
9 March Portsmouth Together, Pompey in the Community, PCC, Love Your Street Project, The News, Timebanking UK, Naval Families Welfare, HM Naval Base, NCS, Shaping Portsmouth, Express FM and University of Portsmouth
Cities of Service and NCS
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9 March Wheatsheaf Trust, Gosport and Southampton and Havant
Social Enterprise and Social Inclusion
9 March Social Care in Action Social Enterprise
12 March Community First, Locality, Community Organisers and Calne Community Area Partnership
Community Organisers
12 March Voluntary Action Swindon, Swindon Volunteer Centre, Swindon Borough Council and Swindon Advice and Support Centre (SWAC)
Visit/meeting to discuss work and facilities provided by SWAC
12 March Swindon Borough Council, Swindon Circles and BIOS Youth Engagement
Visit (social action and youth)
16 March Brighton and Hove Impetus, AgeUK Brighton and Hove, Community Navigator, Primary Care Collaboration Lead, BICS, The Hub and NHS England
Community Navigators
16 March Brighton Community Education Centre, Brighton and Hove Community Works, Brighton and Hove CAB, Moneyworks Partnership and ASTF
Advice services/community finance
16 March Action in Rural Sussex, Action for Communities in Rural England and Ringmer Village Hall Committee
Village Hall Advisors
16 March Eastbourne Youth Cabinet, SPARK, UK Youth Parliament for Eastbourne and Coastal, East Sussex County Council and A Band of Brothers
Youth Mentoring Social Enterprise
17 March Charity Commission, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Macmillan Cancer Support, Age UK, Royal Opera House, RNLI, Red Cross, Scout Association, St John Ambulance, Barnados, Salvation Army, RNIB, BHF, Action for Children, RSPCA Council, RSPB, NSPCC, Scope and Save the Children
Roundtable: Charity Commission’s priorities and how large charities, gov and the Commission can best support each other
18 March Youth United Foundation Follow up to introductory meeting
18 March National Funding Scheme (NFS) NFS and its mobile giving too DONATE
19 March Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire and Cornerstone Angling Skills Training
Sector Support
19 March Voluntary Action Broxtowe (VAB), Move It! and Inclusive Community Project
Meeting to discuss VAB’s work (income generating projects)
19 March Community Concern Erewash (CCE) Work of CCE
19 march Base 51 Myplace programme
24 March British Youth Council Roundtable (youth)
27 March National Council for Voluntary Youth Services Youth
Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Jo Johnson MP
Date of Meeting Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
January 2015 Aldersgate Group; CAFOD; Christian Aid; Climate Change Group; E3G; Friends of the Earth; Green Alliance; Greenpeace; RSPB; Save the Children; UK Green Building Council; Women’s Institute; WWF
Environmental policy discussion
January 2015 Prudential Policy discussion
January 2015 Santander Business policy
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discussion
January 2015 Clifford Chance Business issues policy discussion
January 2015 Woodland Trust Rural policy discussion
February 2015 CBI and Imperial College London Business policy discussion
February 2015 National Farmers Union Rural policy discussion
February 2015 Save the Children Policy discussion
February 2015 Max India Group Business policy discussion
March 2015 Sutton Trust Social mobility discussion
March 2015 Reliance Group Business policy discussion
March 2015 British Chambers of Commerce Business policy discussion
March 2015 Bloomberg Q&A session post budget
Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Date of Meeting
Name of Organisation Purpose of Meeting
17 January UKTI Business Investment Roundtable Discussion of UK/Taiwan business
19 January Quanta Computer UK/Taiwan business
19 January Financial Supervisory Commission (Taiwan) UK/Taiwan business
19January Industrial Technoloy Research Institute and the Trade Development council (Taiwan)
Discussion of UK/Taiwan business
27 January Clifford Friend, Cranfield University Education and training within the General Aviation Sector
30 January Martin Townsend, Sunday Express Political
19 February Heathrow Airport Discussion on Airspace and local community issues.
27 February Fexco (Dublin) UK investment
27 February Accenture and FinTech Innovation Lab companies (Dublin)
Fintech sector