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Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: October to December 2018

Published: 15 April 2019
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 adviser	Date gift received	From	Brief description of gift	Value	Outcome
Katy Bowman	10/12/2018	Qatari Embassy	Christmas Hamper	£75.00	Raffled to raise funds (£127.00) for Life Care Edinburgh

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
Ewan Crawford	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	07/10/2018	Dinner at the Blythswood Hotel	Invitation
Callum McCaig	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	07/10/2018	Dinner at the Blythswood Hotel	Invitation
John McFarlane	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	07/10/2018	Dinner at the Blythswood Hotel	Invitation
Callum McCaig	Noble & Co	£15-£30	07/11/2018	Lunch at 20 Princes Street	Invitation
Callum McCaig	Scottish Daily Mail	Under £15	13/11/2018	Lunch at Scottish Parliament	Invitation
Stewart Maxwell	FSB	Over £30	15/11/2018	FSB Annual Dinner	Invitation
Katy Bowman	University of Glasgow	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Jeanette Campbell	Centrica	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Ewan Crawford	University of Glasgow	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Leanne Dobson	James Hutton Institute	Over £30	22/11/2018	RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards	Invitation
Kate Higgins	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Ross Ingebrigtsen	University of Glasgow	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Liz Lloyd	Edinburgh Airport	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Callum McCaig	BP	Over £30	22/11/2018	Dinner at Royal Society	Invitation
Stuart Nicolson	BT Openreach	Over £30	22/11/2018	The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards	Invitation
Katy Bowman	Scottish Ballet	Over £30	15/12/2018	2 x Scottish ballet tickets ‘Cinderella’ Christmas performance	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	26/10/2018	Alan Muir, Scottish Sun	General catch-up
Katy Bowman	13/11/2018	Tony Hall, BBC	Ministerial support
David Hutchison	13/11/2018	Tony Hall, BBC	Ministerial support
Liz Lloyd	28/11/2018	Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine	General catch-up

Expenses

Special adviser	iExpenses	Accommodation	Travel
Katy Bowman	£0.00	£75.00	£537.86
Jeanette Campbell	£53.25	£0.00	£38.60
Ewan Crawford	£33.10	£831.39	£1,490.63
Leanne Dobson	£0.00	£0.00	£168.50
Kathryn Higgins	£59.70	£0.00	£769.82
David Hutchison	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Ross Ingebrigtsen	£9.90	£130.00	£436.82
Liz Lloyd	£10.75	£75.00	£1,520.27
John MacInnes	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Stewart Maxwell	£67.28	£163.84	£0.00
Colin McAllister	£0.00	£0.00	£8.02
Callum McCaig	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
John McFarlane	£44.85	£0.00	£0.00
Stuart Nicolson	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot
Telephone: 0300 244 4000

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