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Special advisers' gifts, hospitality and media meetings: January-March 2019

Published: 21 January 2020
Directorate: People Directorate
Part of: 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.

Special advisers: gifts and hospitality

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
Calum McCaig	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	2 February 2019	Scotland – Italy 6 nations match	Invitation
Ross Ingebrigtsen	Royal Bank of Scotland	Over £30	9 February 2019	Scotland – Ireland 6 Nations match	Invitation
Kate Higgins	Confor	Over £30	26 February 2019	Confor Annual Dinner and Awards Night	Invitation
Stewart Maxwell	Total	Over £30	8 March 2019	Scottish Oil Club Annual Dinner	Invitation
Ross Ingebrigtsen	Edinburgh Airport	Over £30	9 March 2019	Scotland – Wales 6 Nations match	Invitation
Kate Higgins	Forestry Commission	Over £30	13 March 2019	Forestry Commissioners Dinner	Invitation
Jeanette Campbell	People’s Postcode Lottery	Over £30	14 March 2019	People’s Postcode Lottery Gala	Invitation

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

None.

Expenses

Special Adviser	iExpenses	Accommodation	Travel
Katy Bowman	£268.33	£751.13	£3,405.84
Jeanette Campbell	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Ewan Crawford	£0.00	£354.26	£811.20
Leanne Dobson	£31.23	£0.00	£0.00
Kate Higgins	£128.25	£523.48	£638.51
David Hutchison	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Ross Ingebrigtsen	£46.35	£0.00	£666.99
Liz Lloyd	£10.75	£184.02	£1,880.63
John MacInnes	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Stewart Maxwell	£205.17	£107.87	£0.00
Colin McAllister	£0.00	£0.00	£9.17
Callum McCaig	£48.60	£0.00	£0.00
John McFarlane	£77.36	£0.00	£0.00
Stuart Nicolson	£488.05	£751.13	£2900.06

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 and the United States of America 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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