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Publication - Transparency data

Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: January-March 2024

Published
1 July 2024
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 

Name of Special Advisor

Date Gift Received

From

Brief Description of the Gift

Value (£15-£30 or £30>)

Kate Higgins

18/03/24

Lago Sofia

Book on Chilean churches

£15-£30

Hospitality

Name of Special Advisor

Name of organisation

Value (£15-£30) (Over £30)

Date of Hospitality

Description

Colin McAllister

Nil

-

-

-

Callum McCaig

Nat West

>£30

10/02/24

Lunch and ticket to Six Nations

 

Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB)

£15-£30

12/02/24

Lunch

Kevin Pringle

Financial Times

>£30

05/02/24

Dinner

David Hutchison

Nil

-

-

-

Jeanette Campbell

Nil

-

-

-

Ewan Crawford

Nil

-

-

-

Ross Ingebrigtsen

Nil

-

-

-

Emily Mackintosh

Charlotte Street Partners

£15-£30

26/02/24

Lunch

 

Scottish Gas

>£30

24/02/24

Ticket to Six Nations

Kate Higgins

NFUS Annual dinner

>£30

08/02/24

NFUS AGM and Annual dinner

 

Scotland Food and Drink

>£30

05/03/24

Showcasing Scotland tasting event

 

British Embassy, Santiago, Chile

£15-£30

11/03/24

Lunch

 

Ventisqueros, Chile

£15-£30

15/03/24

Reception

 

Senda Darwin ecological station, Chile

£15-£30

15/03/24

Lunch

 

Lago Sofia, Chile

>£30

18/03/24

Lunch reception

 

British Embassy, Santiago, Chile

£15-£30

21/03/24

Scottish reception

Leanne Dobson

Nil

-

-

-

Jennie Gollan

Nil

-

-

-

Harry Huyton

Nil

-

-

-

Sean McGivern

Nil

-

-

-

Tom Thomson

Trespass

>£30

26/02/24

Tour of factory facilities and Evening Dinner

Emilie-Louise Purdie

Nil

-

-

-

Jack Middleton

Nil

-

-

-

Gavin Corbett

Nil

-

-

-

Media Meetings

Special Adviser

 

Date

Name of Senior Media Figure

Purpose of Meeting

Kevin Pringle

17/01/24

Mandy Rhodes, Editor, Holyrood Magazine

Catch Up/Media Discussion

 

19/01/24

Laura Webster, Editor, The National

Catch Up/Media Discussion

 

06/02/24

Lorna Hughes and John Ferguson, Editor and Political Editor, The Sunday Mail

Catch Up/Media Discussion

 

06/03/24

Catherine Salmond, Editor, The Herald

Catch Up/Media Discussion

 

13/03/24

James Cook, Scotland Editor, BBC News

Catch Up/Media Discussion

Jack Middleton

26/03/24

Callum Baird, Newsquest/The Herald

Catch up

Expenses

Special Adviser

iExpenses

Accommodation

Travel

 

Colin McAllister

-

-

£48.50

Ross Ingebrigtsen

£23.50

-

-

Emily Mackintosh

-

£610.39

£473.29

Kate Higgins

£5441.25

£688.75

£207.80

Leanne Dobson

£125.60

-

-

Emilie-Louise Purdie

-

-

£223.00

Jack Middleton

£43.29

£306.00

£360.62

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 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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