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Special advisers' gifts, hospitality, media meetings and expenses: July-September 2025

Published: 12 December 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.

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Special advisers: gifts and hospitality

Gifts

None.

Hospitality

Name of Special Advisor

Name of organisation

Value (£15-£30 or £30>)

Date of Hospitality

Description

Ross Ingebrigtsen

The Scottish Sun

£30>

15 Sept

Lunch

Media Meetings

None.

Expenses

Special Adviser	iExpenses	Accommodation	Travel
Colin McAllister	-	£311.91	£6,473.24
Ross Ingebrigtsen	£118.80	-	-
Emily Mackintosh		£279.20	£98.60
Kate Higgins	£197.03	-	£312.02
Sean McGivern	-	-	-
Olaf Stando	£335.06	£756.00	£960.89
Ian Muirhead	-	-	£505.74
Jeanette Campbell	-	£366.00	£248.50
David Hutchison	-	-	£246.29
Jack Middleton	-	£822.52	£1,941.76
Stephen Noon	-	-	£66.20

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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