CABINET OFFICE January March 2015 Minister for the Cabinet … · 2015-10-14 · 1 CABINET OFFICE January – March 2015 GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster

1

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

2

GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140


Date gift received

From Gift Value Outcome

Nil Return


Date gift given

From Gift Value Outcome

Nil Return


Date gift given

From Gift Value

Nil Return


Date gift given

From Gift Value

Nil Return


Date gift given

From Gift Value

Nil Return

Parliamentary Secretary, Jo Johnson MP

Date gift given

From Gift Value


Date gift given

From Gift Value

Nil Return

3

HOSPITALITY1


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


Date Name of Organisation Type of Hospitality

24 March Indian High Commission Lunch



Nil Return



7 January Real Estate Investment Trusts Breakfast

13 January

London Stansted Cambridge Consortium

Lunch

25 March LEP Network Dinner



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.

4



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

5

OVERSEAS TRAVEL


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




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




Nil Return

Minister of state for Cities and the Constitution, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP Date(s) of trip


Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled


6

travel is used

Nil Return

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Rob Wilson MP Date(s) of trip




Nil Return


Date(s) of trip

Destination Purpose of trip

‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’



15-16 January

Paris Franco-British Colloque

Eurostar N/A £246

Minister without Portfolio, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Date(s) of trip




15 – 19 January

Taiwan UK Trade and Industry £4,262.75

27-28 February

Dublin British Irish Chamber of Commerce

£170.19

7

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS2


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.

8

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


Date 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

9

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


Date of Meeting


Nil Return


Date 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


Date 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

10

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

11

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

12

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


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

13

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


Date 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

Documents

CABINET OFFICE January March 2015 Minister for the Cabinet … · 2015-10-14 · 1 CABINET OFFICE January – March 2015 GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster