## Department For Business, Innovation And Skills 01 Janaury 2014 - 31 March 2014

GIFTS RECEIVED 1 BY SPECIAL ADVISERS Date gift received 
From   
Description of Gift 
Giles Wilkes 
31 March 
Cicero 
Bottle of champagne 
Emily Walch 
18 January 
Godolphin Stables 
Cap and Raincoat 
18 January 
The Meydan Hotel 
Two horseshoes and two lighters 
28 January 
Sky 
Two DVDs 
Retained by Special Adviser 
03 February 
Channel 4 
DVD 
Retained by Special Adviser  
James Wild 
Nil return 


Name of organisation  
Type of hospitality received 
HOSPITALITY RECEIVED2 BY SPECIAL ADVISERS 
 
Date of hospitality 
Giles Wilkes 
06 January 
Royal Bank of Scotland 
Lunch 
08 January 
The Times, Channel 4 
Lunch  
27 January 
Federation of Small Businesses 
30 January 
Bloomberg 
Lunch  
*04 March 
Parliamentary Space Committee, Airbus Defence & Space 
06 March 
British Bankers Association 
25 March 
Cicero 
Dinner 
28 March 
The Financial Times 
Lunch  
Emily Walch 
07 January 
Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television 
15 January 
The Sun 
Dinner 
16 January 
The Telegraph 
Lunch 
18 January 
Jumeirah Emirates Towers 
30 January 
ITN 
Lunch 
Outcome 
Retained by the Special Adviser  
Held by the department Held by the department 
Dinner Tickets to a film screening Breakfast Lunch Hotel room upgrade 
| 03 February                                         | Warner Brothers        | Lunch                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 04 February                                         | The Sun                | Dinner                    |
| 05 February                                         | Facebook               | Dinner                    |
| 06 February                                         | The Times              | Dinner                    |
| 10 February                                         | GlaxoSmithKline        | Dinner                    |
| 12 February                                         | Richard Desmond, Paul  |                           |
| Ashford, Hugh Whittow,                              |                        |                           |
| Express Newspapers                                  |                        |                           |
| 19 February                                         | BPI - The British      |                           |
| Recorded Music Industry                             |                        |                           |
| 03 March                                            | Which?                 | Lunch                     |
| 03 March                                            | Paul Waugh, Politics   |                           |
| Home                                                |                        |                           |
| 05 March                                            | Daily Mail, Financial  |                           |
| Times, Bloomberg & Sky                              |                        |                           |
| 06 March                                            | Mansion House          | Dinner                    |
| 08 March                                            | Daily Mail             | Lunch                     |
| 10 March                                            | Sky                    | Lunch                     |
| 11 March                                            | The Observer           | Dinner                    |
| 13 March                                            | The Telegraph          | Lunch                     |
| 14 March                                            | Association of British |                           |
| Insurers                                            |                        |                           |
| 21 March                                            | Institute of Directors | Lunch                     |
| James Wild                                          |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| 28 January                                          | ADS                    |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| 19 February                                         | BPI - The British      |                           |
| Recorded Music Industry                             |                        |                           |
| 05 March                                            | Coca Cola              | Dinner                    |
| 06 March                                            | City of London         |                           |
| Corporation                                         |                        |                           |
| 08 March                                            | Portsmouth FC          | Boardroom match tickets   |
| 09 March                                            | RBS                    | Ticket to the Six Nations |
| Name                                                | Purpose of Meeting     |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| SPECIAL ADVISERS' MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER |                        |                           |
| MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES    |                        |                           |
| 3                                                   |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| Month of                                            |                        |                           |
| Meeting                                             |                        |                           |
| Giles Wilkes                                        |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| Nil return                                          |                        |                           |
| Emily Walch                                         |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| Nil return                                          |                        |                           |
| James Wild                                          |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| Nil return                                          |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
|                                                     |                        |                           |
| Lunch                                               |                        |                           |
| Ticket to the Brit Awards                           |                        |                           |
| Dinner                                              |                        |                           |
| Dinner                                              |                        |                           |
| Lunch                                               |                        |                           |
| Dinner                                              |                        |                           |
| Ticket to the Brit Awards                           |                        |                           |
| Dinner                                              |                        |                           |

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1 Staff must record the acceptance of any gift with a value of £10 or more. A gift from a firm or individual which has a retail value of £50 or more is either surrendered to the HR Consultants team or kept and a payment of the value of the gift minus £50 is made to the Department. If the value is less than £50 the gift may be kept, shared with colleagues or displayed in the office with the consent of the Director or their Deputy. The level at which a gift may be retained from foreign governments, government organisations or international organisations is a retail value of £75. 

 
2 Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; 'diplomatic' 
functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. Staff should record all other hospitality received apart from minor incidental refreshments*. * indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend.*   
 
3 Does not include details of meetings where special advisers attended alongside their Ministers