Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: January-March 2025
- Published
- 24 June 2025
- 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 (£15-£30 or £30>) |
Date of Hospitality |
Description |
|
David Hutchison |
Sky |
£30> |
19 Feb 2025 |
Food at The Spence in Edinburgh |
|
Ross Ingebrigtsen |
Global Radio |
£30> |
11 March 2025 |
Live recording of the News Agents podcast |
|
|
NatWest |
£30> |
1 Feb 2025 |
Lunch and Six Nations Ticket |
|
Emily Mackintosh |
RBS |
£30> |
1 Feb 2025 |
Six Nations Ticket Scotland v Italy |
|
|
Vodafone |
£30> |
9 Feb 2025 |
Six Nations Ticket Scotland v Ireland |
|
|
Openreach |
£30> |
28 March 2025 |
Glenn Campbell Brain Power Gala Dinner |
|
|
Global Radio |
£30> |
11 March 2025 |
Live recording of the News Agents podcast |
|
Kate Higgins |
Vodafone |
£30> |
9 Feb 2025 |
Six Nations Ticket Scotland v Ireland |
|
Erin McKee |
University of Glasgow |
£30> |
13 January 2025 |
Dinner with University, NHS, industry representatives and ministers. |
|
|
Universities Scotland |
£15-£30 |
31 January 2025 |
Lunch provided for meeting with public affairs reps from Scotland’s universities |
|
Ian Muirhead |
NFUS |
£30> |
7 Feb 2025 |
Invitation to NFUS AGM dinner and conference – evening meal and lunch provided. |
Media Meetings
|
Special Adviser
|
Date |
Name of Senior Media Figure |
Purpose of Meeting |
|
Ross Ingebrigtsen |
22 Jan 2025 |
Laura Webster John Ferguson |
Catch Up |
|
Sean McGivern |
22 Jan 2025 |
Laura Webster John Ferguson |
Catch Up |
|
Olaf Stando |
16 Jan 2025 |
Laura Webster |
Catch Up |
Expenses
|
Special Adviser |
iExpenses |
Accommodation |
Travel |
|
Colin McAllister |
- |
£167.00 |
£367.60 |
|
Ross Ingebrigtsen |
£186.75 |
- |
£38.60 |
|
Emily Mackintosh |
£76.95 |
- |
£545.82 |
|
Kate Higgins |
£42.39 |
- |
- |
|
Sean McGivern |
£17.50 |
- |
£27.10 |
|
Jack Middleton |
£31.18 |
£288.26 |
- |
|
Olaf Stando |
£176.89 |
£50.98 |
£135.7 |
|
Stephen Noon |
£44.65 |
- |
- |
|
Marco Biagi |
£235 |
- |
- |
|
Ian Muirhead |
- |
£366.00 |
£790.93 |
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.