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Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: April-June 2019

Published: 21 January 2020
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Information about gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, special advisers' meetings with newspaper and media proprietors, editors and senior executives, and expenses.

Gifts

None.

Hospitality

Name of Special Adviser	Name of organisation	Value i.e. (£15-£30) (Over £30)	Date of Hospitality	Description	Circumstances in which the gift/hospitality was offered
Katy Bowman	Scottish Ballet	Over £30	2 May 2019	Scottish Ballet performance of ‘Spring’	Invitation
Ewan Crawford	Aberdeen Standard Investments	Over £30	10 May 2019	Princes Trust Financial and Business Lunch	Invitation
Kate Higgins	ASDA	Over £30	23 May 2019	Food and Drink awards	Invitation
Callum McCaig	RBS	Over £30	6 June 2019	Dinner at Dishoom, Edinburgh	Invitation
Jeanette Campbell	Scottish Power Renewables	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
Kate Higgins	DRAX	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
Liz Lloyd	Green Investment Group	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
Callum McCaig	Muirhall Energy	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
John McFarlane	Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
Stuart Nicolson	Scottish Water	Over £30	20 June 2019	Holyrood Garden Party	Invitation
Liz Lloyd	Virgin Money	Over £30	24 June 2019	Royal Regiment of Scotland Charity Ball	Invitation

Meetings with newspaper and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives

Special Adviser	Date	Name of Senior Media Figure	Purpose of meeting
Stuart Nicolson	14 June 2019	Alan Muir, Editor of the Scottish Sun	General catch-up

Expenses

Special Adviser	iExpenses	Accommodation	Travel
Katy Bowman	£10.00	£0.00	£33.69
Jeanette Campbell	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Ewan Crawford	£8.70	£0.00	£739.53
Leanne Dobson	£23.00	£0.00	£7.65
Kathryn Higgins	£10.90	£0.00	£50.03
David Hutchison	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Ross Ingebrigtsen	£54.18	£0.00	£0.00
Liz Lloyd	£0.00	£478.86	£1573.10
John MacInnes	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Stewart Maxwell	£124.50	£0.00	£193.65
Colin McAllister	£0.00	£73.92	£48.59
Callum McCaig	£0.00	£0.00	£6.48
John McFarlane	£26.23	£0.00	£0.00
Stuart Nicolson	£0.00	£0.00	£7.65

These expenses are primarily incurred by Special Advisers in supporting the First Minister and Scottish Ministers at events in other parts of the United Kingdom, including intergovernmental negotiations and on foreign visits to Europe taking forward the Scottish Government’s programme.

Due to the way in which the different type of expenses are held i-expenses are recorded by payment date, accommodation by invoice date and travel costs by travel date.

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

Telephone: 0300 244 4000

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