Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: October-December 2023
- Published
- 24 April 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
None.
Hospitality
|
Name of Special Advisor |
Name of organisation |
Value i.e.(£15-£30)(Over £30) |
Date of Hospitality |
Description |
|
Colin McAllister |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
David Hutchison |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Ross Ingebrigtsen |
University of Glasgow |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Jeanette Campbell |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Kate Higgins |
Scottish Fishermen’s Federation |
>£30 |
26/10/2023 |
Annual Dinner |
|
|
Watson Seeds |
>£30 |
08/11/2023 |
Watson Seeds Dinner |
|
|
Chefs Federation |
>£30 |
20/11/2023 |
Chefs Federation Dinner |
|
Ewan Crawford |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Callum McCaig |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Leanne Dobson |
Scottish Power |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Jennie Gollan |
British Heart Foundation |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Emily Mackintosh |
True North |
>£30 |
20/10/2023 |
Charity Press Lunch |
|
|
Association of British Insurers |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Gavin Corbett |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Harry Huyton |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
>£30 |
22/11/2023 |
Nature Scotland Awards |
|
|
SSE |
>£30 |
30/11/2023 |
Green Energy Awards |
|
Sean McGivern |
University of Glasgow |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Tom Thomson |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Emilie-Louise Purdie |
Nil |
|
|
|
|
Jack Middleton |
Openreach |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Scottish Politician of the Year Awards |
|
Kevin Pringle
|
Newsbrands Scotland |
<£30 |
03/10/2023 |
Guest at Newsbrands Scotland reception |
|
|
RBS |
>£30 |
16/10/2023 |
Guest at RBS dinner |
|
|
British-Irish Council |
>£30 |
23/11/2023 |
Dinner |
|
|
Daily Telegraph |
>£30 |
28/11/2023 |
Dinner |
|
|
Scottish Government |
>£30 |
14/12/2023 |
Guest at media reception |
Media Meetings
|
Special Adviser |
Date |
Name of Senior Media Figure |
Purpose of Meeting |
|
Kevin Pringle |
27/10/2023 |
Chris Musson, Associate Editor of the Scottish Sun |
Catch up |
|
|
07/12/2023 |
Andy Harries, Editor of the Scottish Daily Mail |
Catch up |
|
|
21/12/2023 |
Daniel Maxwell, BBC Scotland, Senior News Editor (politics) |
Catch up |
Expenses
|
Special Adviser |
iExpenses |
Accommodation |
Travel |
|
Colin McAllister |
£405.66 |
£172.35 |
£1,768.26 |
|
David Hutchison |
£16.47 |
|
|
|
Emily Mackintosh |
£518.19 |
|
£2,212.80 |
|
Ewan Crawford |
£29.80 |
|
|
|
Jack Middleton |
£186.05 |
|
|
|
Jeanette Campbell |
£45.90 |
|
|
|
Jennie Gollan |
|
£89.95 |
|
|
Kate Higgins |
£892.82 |
£69.00 |
£524.94 |
|
Kevin Pringle |
£78.40 |
|
£417.37 |
|
Leanne Dobson |
£125.60 |
|
£3,254.51 |
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.
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