DCMS Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel and meetings with external organisations, Newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives 
1 October - 31 December 2013 

                                                                                             

## Department For Culture, Media And Sport Quarterly Information

 GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140 
Secretary of State, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value   
Nil 


Minister for Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities, Helen Grant MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value   
Nil 


Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey 
MP 
Date gift given 
To   
Gift 
Value   
Nil 


From   
Gift 
Value  
Outcome GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140 
 
Secretary of State, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP 
Date gift 
received 
Nil 


From   
Gift 
Value  
Outcome   
Minister for Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities, Helen Grant MP 
Date gift received 
Nil 


From   
Gift 
Value  
Outcome   
Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey 
MP  
Date gift received 
Nil 

 

## Hospitality1

 
Secretary of State, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP Date 
Name of Organisation  
Type of Hospitality Received   
10 Oct  
The Old Vic Theatre  
Tickets* to Much Ado About Nothing 
24 Oct 
Sir John Saone's Museum 
Private View of 'Alan Sorrell: A life reconstructed' 
2 Nov 
National Theatre 
Tickets* to the National Theatre: 
50 Years On Stage   
11 Nov 
City of London Corporation Tickets* to the Lord Mayor's 
Banquet 
23 Nov 
Rugby League World Cup 
Tickets* Rugby League World Cup semi-finals 
28 Nov  
Victoria & Albert Museum 
Private View of Chinese Masterpiece exhibition  
18 Dec 
BBC, Tony Hall 
Tickets* to preview screening of Dr Who Christmas special 
Minister for Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities, Helen Grant MP Date 
Name of Organisation  
Type of Hospitality Received   
14 Oct 
Boxing Writers  
Dinner 
15 Oct 
Football Association 
England v Poland friendly* 
26 Oct 
Football Association 
Anniversary Gala Dinner 
30 Nov 
Rugby League 
Tickets to Rugby League World Cup Final* 
Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP 
Date 
Name of Organisation  
Type of Hospitality Received   
24 Oct 
Qatar Investment Authority  Lunch 
30 Oct 
L Manze Pie & Mash 
Visit to recently listed building, lunch provided  
1 Nov 
National Theatre 
Ticket to 50 Years on Stage Special Preview 
5 Nov 
National Theatre  
Ticket to "A Drowned Man" 
Performance  
7 Nov 
The Spectator  
Parliamentarian of the Year Awards  
7 Nov 
Weiner Library  
80th Anniversary Reception 
7 Nov 
Louis Vuitton  
New Townhouse tour at 

                                                          
 
1 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. *indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend. 


Selfridges and dinner Drinks and Lunch 
12 Nov 
Historic Houses 
Association 
13 Nov 
UK, Russia Year of Culture Dinner 
15 Nov 
Leighton House Museum  
Opening of Ferozkoh: Tradition & Continuity in Afghan Art Exhibition  
18 Nov 
Barbican   
Maxim Vengerov and the Polish Chamber Orchestra: Programme of Mozart and Tchaikovsky  
3 Dec  
TATE 
Paul Klee Exhibition 
4 Dec 
English Heritage 
Dinner 
9 Dec 
Qatar UK 2013 Enchanted Evening Fashion Show and drinks 
10 Dec 
GQ Magazine 
Lunch  
15 Dec 
BBC Worldwide 
Tickets* to premiere of Walking with Dinosaurs 
17 Dec  
EE 
Lunch 
19 Dec 
King's Place 
Tickets* to Bach's Christmas Oratorio 
23 Dec 
English National Ballet 
Tickets* to The Nutcracker 
 

## Overseas Travel

Date(s) of trip 
Destination   
Purpose of trip 
Secretary of State, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP  
14-18 Oct 
USA: Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco 
To discuss internet safety issues and visit creative industries 
1-4 Dec  
China: Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu 
Member of Prime 
Minister's 
delegation 
15-17 Dec 
Russia: Moscow and St Petersburg 
To discuss UK- Russia Year of Culture and human rights issues 
Minister for Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities, Helen Grant MP 
NIL 


Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP 
1-3rd Oct 
Lithuania: Vilnius 
EU Education, Youth,  Culture and Sport Council 
16 Oct-23rd October  
South Korea, Indonesia & Qatar: Seoul, Nusa Dua & Doha  
Speaking at the Seoul Cyberspace Conference and engaging with telecoms, culture and creative industry stakeholders Head of the UK Delegation to 
Number of officials accompanying Minister, where nonscheduled travel is used    
'No 32 
(The Royal) 
Squadron' or 'other RAF' or 'Charter' 
or 'Eurostar'   
Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only *indicates if 
accompanied by spouse/partner or 
other family member or friend 
 
£11,233 
Scheduled Flight  
 
£10,721 
Charter flights 
 
£1380 
Scheduled Flight 
 
£667 
Scheduled Flight 
 
£4,458 
Scheduled Flight 
the Internet Governance 
Forum in Indonesia Attending events as part of the UK- Qatar Year of Culture 
8th-10th  Dec 
Qatar: Doha 
Attending events as part of the UK- Qatar Year of Culture 
 
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## Meetings With External Organisations2 (Including Meetings With Newspaper And Other Media Proprietors, Editors And Senior Executives)

 
 
Secretary of State, Rt Hon Maria Miller MP Date of Meeting  
Name of Organisation 
Purpose of Meeting       
22 Oct 
Professor Mary Beard  
To discuss women in business To discuss gender equality 
24 Oct 
Chartered Management 
Institute 
24 Oct Gallilpoli Association 
To discuss First World War centenary commemorations  
29 Oct 
Stonewall 
To discuss same sex marriage implementation  
29 Oct  
Sainsbury's  
To discuss school sport  
29 Oct  
Heatherwick Studios 
To discuss The Garden Bridge Project 
30 Oct 
MOBO Awards 
To discuss women in business  
5 Nov 
NSPCC 
To discuss child internet safety 
11 Nov 
UN Women 
 To discuss international women's policy 
13 Nov 
S4C 
To discuss broadcasting issues 
19 Nov 
BPI, MPA, Virgin Media, Talk Talk, BT and BSkyB 
To discuss Voluntary Content Access Programme 
28 Nov 
Internet Watch Foundation 
To discuss internet safety To discuss match fixing 
10 Dec  
British Horseracing Authority England & Wales Cricket Board Football Association 
Football League Gambling Commission Premier League The Rugby League Rugby Football Union Lawn Tennis Association    
To discuss BBC  
10 Dec 
Tony Hall (BBC), Lord Pattern (BBC Trust) Tim Davie (BBC Worldwide) 
To discuss Russia visit 
10 Dec 
Kaleidoscope Trust METRO centre Amnesty International UK 

                                                          

ILGA Europe Gay & Lesbian Foundation  
Stonewall Equal Rights Trust  
11 Dec  
What's Next? 
To discuss arts  
12 Dec 
The Magna Carta Trust 
To discuss the 800th anniversary 
of the Magna Carta 

## Minister For Minister For Sport, Tourism And Equalities, Helen Grant Mp

| Date of Meeting                | Name of Organisation            | Purpose of Meeting             |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 Oct                          | Rugby Football League           | Meeting to discuss forthcoming |
| Rugby League World Cup         |                                 |                                |
| 3 Oct                          | Skegness hoteliers              | Roundtable to discuss local    |
| tourism                        |                                 |                                |
| LGBT Roundtable                | 10 Oct                          | Stonewall                      |
| Lesbian & Gay Foundation       |                                 |                                |
| LGB&T Consortium (of           |                                 |                                |
| Voluntary Organisations)       |                                 |                                |
| National Union of Students     |                                 |                                |
| Employers Network for Equality |                                 |                                |
| and Inclusion                  |                                 |                                |
| PACE Health                    |                                 |                                |
| METRO Centre                   |                                 |                                |
| Broken Rainbow                 |                                 |                                |
| Bi UK                          |                                 |                                |
| LGBT Roundtable                | 15 Oct                          | a:gender                       |
| LGB&T Consortium (of           |                                 |                                |
| Voluntary Organisations)       |                                 |                                |
| Gendered Intelligence          |                                 |                                |
| Press for Change               |                                 |                                |
| Trans Media Watch              |                                 |                                |
| GIRES                          |                                 |                                |
| West London Mental Health      |                                 |                                |
| NHS Trust                      |                                 |                                |
| Mermaids UK                    |                                 |                                |
| Unique TG Network              |                                 |                                |
| Roundtable to discuss women's  |                                 |                                |
| representation in government   |                                 |                                |
| 15 Oct                         | Advance                         |                                |
| Asylum Aid                     |                                 |                                |
| Coventry Women's Voices        |                                 |                                |
| End Violence Against and       |                                 |                                |
| Women                          |                                 |                                |
| Fawcett                        |                                 |                                |
| National Alliance of Women's   |                                 |                                |
Organisations 
Northern Ireland Women's 
European Platform Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland Trade Union Congress Unison Wales Assembly of Women Women's Resource Centre   
17 Oct  
England Hockey  
Introductory Meeting to discuss England Hockey 
17 Oct  
British Cycling 
Introductory Meeting to discuss British Cycling  
23 Oct 
Horse Racing Betting Levy Board  
Introductory Meeting to dicuss Horse Racing  
23 Oct 
Tourism Alliance  
Introductory Meeting to discuss Tourism  
24 Oct 
National Football League Commission 
Introductory Meeting to discuss football  
24 Oct 
National Casino Forum 
Introductory Meeting to discuss casinos and gambling 
24 Oct 
Gallipoli Association 
Introductory Meeting to discuss WW1  
31 Oct 
British Hospitality Association 
Introductory Meeting to discuss tourism Joint Introductory Meeting 
11 Nov 
Rugby Football Union 
England Rugby 2015 
11 Nov 
British Olympic Association 
Introductory Meeting to discuss the British Olympic Association 
20 Nov 
British Horseracing Authority  
Introductory Meeting to discuss Horseracing  
20 Nov  
Tour de France 
Introductory Meeting with Board 
21 Nov 
England Cricket Board 
Introductory Meeting with board  
21 Nov 
Camelot 
Introductory Meeting to discuss Camelot  
25 Nov 
UEFA 
Discussing forthcoming football highlights 
25 Nov 
Women's Business Council 
Domestic Violence in the Work place 
28 Nov 
Premier League 
Introductory Meeting to discuss their work  
| 2 Dec                                                                      | Gibraltar Betting and Gaming    |
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| Association                                                                |                                 |
| To discuss recent gambling                                                 |                                 |
| legislation                                                                |                                 |
| 2 Dec                                                                      | Football Association            |
| Football Association work                                                  |                                 |
| 4 Dec                                                                      | Youth Sport Trust               |
| the trust                                                                  |                                 |
| 4 Dec                                                                      | Association of British          |
| Bookmakers                                                                 |                                 |
| Introductory Meeting to discuss                                            |                                 |
| gambling                                                                   |                                 |
| 9 Dec                                                                      | Commonwealth Games              |
| England                                                                    |                                 |
| Introductory Meeting to discuss                                            |                                 |
| Commonwealth Games England                                                 |                                 |
| Roundtable to discuss match                                                |                                 |
| fixing                                                                     |                                 |
| 10 Dec                                                                     | British Horseracing Authority   |
| England & Wales Cricket Board                                              |                                 |
| Football Association                                                       |                                 |
| Football League                                                            |                                 |
| Gambling Commission                                                        |                                 |
| Premier League                                                             |                                 |
| The Rugby League                                                           |                                 |
| Rugby Football Union                                                       |                                 |
| Lawn Tennis Association                                                    |                                 |
| 17 Dec                                                                     | Responsible Gambling Trust      |
| gambling                                                                   |                                 |
| 18 Dec                                                                     | Remote Gambling Association     |
| gambling                                                                   |                                 |
| Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP |                                 |
|                                                                            |                                 |
| Date of Meeting                                                            | Name of Organisation            |
| 7 Oct                                                                      | Mediatique                      |
| 8 Oct                                                                      | Cultural Learning Alliance,     |
| 9 Oct                                                                      | Youth Music                     |
| Update on Youth Music's current                                            |                                 |
| programme of work                                                          |                                 |
| Roundtable to discuss Online                                               |                                 |
| Video age ratings                                                          |                                 |
| 9 Oct                                                                      | UK Music, Google,               |
| Eagle Rock,                                                                |                                 |
| BBC Worldwide,                                                             |                                 |
| BPI,                                                                       |                                 |
| BBFC,                                                                      |                                 |
| British Video Association,                                                 |                                 |
| VEVO, Sony, Universal Pictures,                                            |                                 |
| The Orchard                                                                |                                 |
| 9 Oct                                                                      |                                 |
| Broadband and Regulation,                                                  |                                 |
| Nuisance Calls                                                             |                                 |
| 9 Oct                                                                      | GSMA Association                |
| Market Reform.                                                             |                                 |
| 10 Oct                                                                     | UKIE                            |
| UK Screen Association                                                      |                                 |
| To discuss classifications  within                                         |                                 |
| creative industries                                                        |                                 |
E-Skills Intellect 
BCS Cisco Systems Oracle HP Nesta Facebook Advertising Association Brighton Fuse 
To discuss Telecommunications and Broadcasting Services 
10 Oct 
Taiwanese Communications Commission, 
14 Oct 
Arqiva 
To discuss spectrum, MIP and digital radio To discuss passengers mobile connection 
15 Oct  
ROSCOS, Network Rail, FirstGroup, Association of Train Operating Companies, Go-Ahead, SERCO, Virgin Trains, Abellio, National Rail Enquiries, Keolis UK 
25 Oct 
Film London 
To discuss Film London 
25 Oct  
Creative England  
To discuss Pilot Apprentices Programmes 
1 Nov 
Harwell Science & Innovation Campus  
Briefing on restructuring of Harwell Science and Innovation 
Campus joint venture 
1 Nov 
Historical Royal Palaces 
Annual Review Meeting  
1 Nov 
Digital Theatre  
Information gathering on Digital Theatre and platform for schools To discuss newspapers 
5 Nov 
National Union of Journalists Parliamentary Group 
To discuss free schools 
5 Nov 
West London Free School Academy Trust 
5 Nov 
Professor David Khalili 
Introductory meeting 
6 Nov  
Children's Laureate  
To discuss creative industries  
8 Nov 
Angad Paul, Film Producer 
To discuss design and film in UK 
12 Nov 
BBC (Tim Davie) 
To discuss digital radio Creative Industries Sector Advisory Group  
12 Nov 
BBC (Tim Davie), UKIE, British Contract furnishing Association, Animation UK, Pact, Publishers Association, Crafts Council, Creative England, UK Music, 
ACE, IPA, Creative England  
To discuss Looted Art 
13 Nov 
Commission of Looted Art in 
Europe and Head of Mission at the German Embassy 
14 Nov 
Arts Council England, Southbank Centre,  
To discuss the Kinshasa Philharmonic Orchestra To discuss Heritage Matters 
14 Nov 
National Trust Heritage Lottery Fund  
Cultural education roundtable 
18 Nov 
ACE, English Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, BBC, British 
Library, National Museum 
Directors' Council, BFI, Classic 
FM, Digital Theatre  
To discuss video games 
19 Nov 
Mayor of Fukuoka City, Neues Co. Ltd   
19 Nov 
BPI, MPA, Virgin Media, Talk Talk, BT and BSkyB 
To discuss Voluntary Content Access Programme 
20 Nov 
BBC  
To discuss natural history content Discuss Farrell Review 
22 Nov 
Farrell Review 
22 Nov 
British Fashion Council  
To discuss BFC remit To discuss architecture 
25 Nov  
Meeting with "Homes & 
Communities" agency  
27 Nov 
Bloom FM 
Introductory meeting to discuss the company  
27 Nov 
Deaf Access to Communication 
To discuss Video Relay Services 
28 Nov 
Saffery Champness 
To discuss film policy 
28 Nov 
Internet Watch Foundation 
To discuss internet safety 
29 Nov 
The LEP Network 
To discuss creative industries, 
cultural organisations and tourism sector 
29 Nov 
Which? 
To discuss nuisance calls 
2 Dec  
EE  
To discuss the Super connected Cities Voucher Scheme  
2 Dec 
Trevor Philips 
To update on Trevor's current 
work 
2 Dec 
Express Group  
To discuss advertising sales 
3 Dec 
Society of Chief Librarians 
To discuss libraries 
4 Dec 
Nesta 
Regular update on NESTA's work To discuss creative industries 
4 Dec 
Connected Digital Economy Catapult 
To discuss China International Film Festival 
6 Dec 
China International Film Festival, Beijing Film Academy, Youku Tudou Group, Beijing Air Media Group, Nouvelles D'Europe 
| 10 Dec                         | Digital Radio UK - Ford Ennuls     | To discuss digital radio        |
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| To discuss digital radio       | 10 Dec                             | Folder Media Gregory Watson,;   |
| Global Radio, Will Harding;    |                                    |                                 |
| Arqiva Paul Eston, Bauer Media |                                    |                                 |
| Dee Ford and grea Allan        |                                    |                                 |
| 10 Dec                         | UTV - Scott Taunton, Jimmy         |                                 |
| Bickland                       |                                    |                                 |
| To discuss digital radio       |                                    |                                 |
| switchover                     |                                    |                                 |
|                                |                                    |                                 |
| 11 Dec                         | National Theatre                   | Update on the National Theatre  |
| 11 Dec                         | SMMT Make Hawes                    | To discuss digital radio        |
| switchover                     |                                    |                                 |
| 12 Dec                         | Liverpool Vision                   | To discuss Liverpool            |
| International Festival         |                                    |                                 |
| 12 Dec                         | Vodafone, O2, Three, EE,           |                                 |
| Arqiva, BT                     |                                    |                                 |
| To discuss the Mobile          |                                    |                                 |
| Infrastructure Project         |                                    |                                 |
| 18 Dec                         | Family Online Safety Institute     | To discuss internet safety      |
| 18 Dec                         | BT - Bill Murphy                   | To discuss broadband roll-out   |
| 19 Dec                         | Film Policy Review                 | To discuss the Film Policy      |
| Review                         |                                    |                                 |
| 19 Dec                         | Chelsea and Westminster            |                                 |
| Hospital Charity               |                                    |                                 |
| To discuss Chelsea and         |                                    |                                 |
| Westminster Hospital project   |                                    |                                 |
| 20 Dec                         | The Sorrell Foundation             | To discuss National Art &Design |
| Saturday Club                  |                                    |                                 |
|                                |                                    |                                 |