DCMS Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel and meetings with outside interest groups,
 newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives

1 Jan 012 – 31 Mar 012

  

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

QUARTERLY INFORMATION 

GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140

Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP 	
Date gift given	To  	Gift	Value  	
Nil				
Minister for Sport & the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP	
Date gift given	To  	Gift	Value  	
Nil				
Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS)	
Date gift given	To  	Gift	Value  	
Nil				
Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose MP 	
Date gift given	To  	Gift	Value  	
Nil				

GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140 

Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	
Date gift received	From  	Gift	Value 	Outcome  	
Nil					
Minister for Sport & the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP 	
Date gift received	From  	Gift	Value 	Outcome  	
Nil					
Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS)	
Date gift received	From  	Gift	Value 	Outcome  	
Nil					
Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose MP	
Date gift received	From  	Gift	Value 	Outcome  	
Nil					

HOSPITALITY

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State  	
Date	Name of Organisation 	Type of Hospitality Received  (include an asterisk against the entry if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend) *	
23 Jan 012	Richard Desmond – Channel 5	Lunch	
30 Jan 012	Carphone Warehouse	Drinks	
12 Feb 012	BAFTA	Dinner and Ticket	
21 Feb 012	British Film Institute	Ticket	
29 Feb 012	The Sun	Lunch 	
04 Mar 012	The FA Group	Tickets	
16 Mar 012	Docklands Sinfonia	Tickets*	
HUGH ROBERTSON MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics	
Date	Name of Organisation 	Type of Hospitality Received  	
9 Jan 012	BT 	Reception and entertainment*	
12 Jan 012	Glasgow 2014 & London 2012	Reception	
25 Jan 012	British Ski & Snowboard	Dinner	
31 Jan 012	Channel 4	Reception	
6 Feb 012	Laureus	Sports Awards	
20 Feb 012	Association of National Olympic Committees	Dinner	
22 Feb 012	British Telecom	Dinner	
29 Feb 012	Football Association	Ticket 	
6 Mar 012	LGA	Overnight accommodation	
7-8 Mar 012	Olympic Park Legacy Co.	Overnight accommodation 	
27 Mar 012	LOCOG	Dinner 	
28 Mar 012	International Olympic Committee 	Dinner	
John Penrose MP, Minister for Tourism & Heritage 	
Date	Name of Organisation 	Type of Hospitality Received  	
23 Jan 012	Bomber Command	Reception	
29 Feb 012	People 1st	Drinks reception	
1 Mar 012	Bank of America/Merrill Lynch	Lunch	
7 Mar 012	Sunday Times	Lunch	
15 Mar 012	Ladbrokes	Lunch	
Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (DCMS)	
Date	Name of Organisation 	Type of Hospitality Received  (include an asterisk against the entry if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend)	
6 Jan 012	Donmar Warehouse	Theatre tickets*	
9 Jan 012	Netflix	Cocktail evening	
12 Jan 012	Institute of Practitioners in Advertising	President’s reception	
13 Jan 012	National Theatre	Tickets	
17 Jan 012	Advertising Stakeholders	Lunch	
18 Jan 012	Deloitte	Media & Telecoms 2012 Dinner	
27 Jan 012	CTF Partners	Lunch	
27 Jan 012	Winfield House	Exhibition	
27 Jan 012	Duchess Theatre	Tickets*	
31 Jan 012	Kandahar Group	British Museum Exhibition ticket and reception	
6 Feb 012 	Barclays Capital	Lunch	
7 Feb 012	Blackstone Group	Lunch	
7 Feb 012	Soho Theatre	Theatre ticket & dinner	
9 Feb 012	Author’s Licensing & Collecting Society	Lunch	
11 Feb 012	BAFTA/Chanel	Dinner	
12 Feb 012	British Film Institute	Film awards/Reception/Dinner *	
15 Feb 012	Donmar Warehouse	Theatre tickets/Dinner*	
17 Feb 012	British Fashion Council	London Fashion Week launch event	
17 Feb 012	Bush Theatre	Theatre Tickets *	
18 Feb 012	David Hockney	Preview invitation *	
20 Feb 012	Burberry Prorsum	Ticket	
21 Feb 012	Universal	Brit Awards & Dinner *	
25 Feb 012	English National Opera	Tickets *	
28 Feb 012	Film Policy Review	Drinks/Dinner	
29 Feb 012	Contemporary Art Society	Auction/Dinner	
1 Mar 012	Daily Telegraph	Lunch	
7 Mar 012	IKON	Lunch	
14 Mar 012	Digital Radio UK	Lunch	
19 Mar 012	Digital Radio UK	Lunch	
20 Mar 012	Professional Publishers Association	Lunch	
22 Mar 012	NSPCC	Dinner	
28 Mar 012	London Music Masters	Tickets*	
29 Mar 012	Channel 4 & ITV	Lunch	
29 Mar 012	Soho Theatre	Tickets*	

OVERSEAS TRAVEL

Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
	
Date(s) of trip	Destination  	Purpose of trip	‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’  	Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used   	Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only
*indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend	
14/15 Feb 012	Vatican City	Cultural Delegation			£336 	
24/25 Feb 012	Los Angeles/ USA	GREAT Campaign			£3519 	
09/11 Mar 012	Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil	GREAT Campaign			£1992	
Minister for Sport and the Olympics – Hugh Robertson	
1-2 Feb 012	Lausanne	IIOC - illegal betting in Sport 		
	£437	
7-8 Mar	Marseilles/France	Olympic Legacy for London			£246
	
14-18 Mar 012	Melbourne/Australia	GREAT Campaign			£4,506	
Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries – Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS)	
27 Feb 012	Copenhagen	Digital Single Market			£248	
4-6 Mar 012	Israel	New Media Delegation			£617	
Minister for Tourism and Heritage – John Penrose MP	
Nil						

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING  MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES) 
Secretary of State - Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP	
Date of Meeting 	Name of Organisation	Purpose of Meeting      	
Jan 012	Premier League	To discuss football governance	
Jan 012	FA Group	To discuss football governance	
Jan 012	LOCOG	To discuss Cultural Olympiad	
Jan 012	LOCOG	General discussion	
Jan 012	Creative Industries	Roundtable	
Jan 012	National Museums Directors Conference 	General discussion - Museums 	
Jan 012	BT	To discuss broadband	
Jan 012	Channel 4	General discussion and reception	
Feb 012	Whitbread Plc	20.12% sign up campaign	
Feb 012	LOCOG	To discuss Cultural Olympiad	
Feb 012	BBC – Mark Thompson, John Tate, Tim Davie	To discuss DAB	
Feb 012	Intercontinental Group	20.12% sign up campaign	
Feb 012	Tony Gallagher - Telegraph	General discussion/catch up	
Feb 012	Olympic Delivery Authority	General discussion	
Feb 012	LOCOG	To discuss Games operations 	
Feb 012	LOCOG	General discussion	
Feb 012	Three and Hutchinson Whampoa	General discussion	
Feb 012	FA Group	To discuss football governance	
Feb 012	Committee of Advertising Practice	To discuss Press, Media Regulation	
Feb 012	British Olympic Authority	General discussion	
Feb 012	LOCOG	To discuss Cultural Olympiad 	
Feb 012	BBC Trust	To discuss local TV	
Mar 012	Google	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	LOCOG	To discuss Cultural Olympiad	
Mar 012	Amazon	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Virgin	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Wikipedia	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Press Complaints Commission	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	LOCOG	To discuss Cultural Olympiad	
Mar 012	News International	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	BSkyB	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Google	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Arqiva	To discuss Comms Green Paper	
Mar 012	Transport for London	To discuss London 2012 transport	
Mar 012	Lord Fellowes 	General discussion	
Mar 012	Union of Shop, distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)	To discuss proposed restrictions on Sunday trading during 2012 Games 	
			
Minister for Tourism & Heritage – John Penrose MP	
Date of Meeting 	Name of Organisation	Purpose of Meeting      	
Jan 012	Association of British Bookmakers; British Horseracing Authority 	To discuss betting levy	
Jan 012	Postcode Lottery	To discuss Postcode lottery	
Jan 012	Lincs Police; British Transport Police; Kent Police	Metal Theft Working Group	
Jan 012	UK Music	Introductory meeting	
Jan 012	Tourism Alliance	Breakfast meeting	
Jan 012	Gambling Commission; Gala Coral	To discuss problem gambling	
Jan 012	Classic British Hotels	To discuss 20.12% campaign	
Jan 012	Millennium and Copthorne Hotels	To discuss 20.12% campaign 	
Jan 012	Music Education Monitoring Group	To discuss National Plan for Music Education	
Jan 012	Travel Lodge	To discuss 20.12% campaign	
Jan 012	Trainline	To discuss domestic tourism	
Jan 012	British Hospitality Association	To discuss 2012 Tourism Summit	
Feb 012	Jurys Inns	To discuss 20.12% campaign	
Feb 012	Camelot	To discuss wireless hubs	
Feb 012	Radisson Edwardian Hotels	To discuss 20.12% campaign	
Feb 012	British Horseracing Association	To discuss the levy	
Feb 012	Association of British Bookmakers 	To discuss the levy	
Feb 012	QAAD
Evangelical Alliance
Salvation Army
Methodist Church
Church of England
CARE	To discuss problem Gambling	
Feb 012	Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)	Catch up	
Feb 012	Matheson & Co	To discuss tourism links with East Asia	
Feb 012	Greenwich Foundation	Introductory meeting	
Feb 012	Intercontinental Hotel Group	To discuss 20.12% campaign	
Feb 012	Bet Fair, Remote Gambling Association 	To discuss New Levy proposals	
Mar 012	British Horseracing Authority/Association of  British Bookmakers	To discuss the Levy	
Mar 012	The British Holiday & Home Parks Association 	To discuss VAT on Caravans	
Minister for Sport and the Olympics – Hugh Robertson MP	
Date of Meeting 	Name of Organisation	Purpose of Meeting      	
Jan 012	NBC News 	To discuss 2012 Olympics	
Jan 012	Daily Mail	2012 Olympic Press Catch-up	
Jan 012	UK Anti-Doping Agency	General discussion	
Jan 012	Football League	To discuss football governance	
Jan 012	Women’s Sport & Fitness Foundation (WSFF)	To discuss Future of Women’s Sport	
Jan 012	Premier League	To discuss football governance	
Jan 012	Telegraph
Mirror	2012 Olympic Press Catch-up	
Jan 012	Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport & Physical Activity	Introductory meeting with new Chair	
Jan 012	FA Group	To discuss football governance	
Jan 012	Nations and Regions for LOCOG	To discuss 2012 Olympic Games	
Jan 012	Football Foundation	General discussion	
Jan 012	FIFA 	General discussion	
Jan 012	Independent On Sunday	Catch up	
Jan 012	Premiership Rugby	General discussion	
Jan 012	Mail; Independent	2012 Olympics press catch up	
Jan 012	British Olympic Association	Regular catch up	
Jan 012	Chelsea FC	General discussion	
Jan 012	John Paul II Foundation for Sport	Catch up	
Feb 012	International Basketball Federation	To discuss basketball	
Feb 012	Daily Telegraph	2012 Olympic press catch up	
Feb 012	BBC	Catch up	
Feb 012	Football Foundation	Catch up	
Feb 012	The FA Group	To discuss football governance	
Feb 012	Mail on Sunday	2012 Olympic press catch up	
Feb 012	Telegraph	2012 Olympic press catch up	
Mar 012	BBC	Catch up	
Mar 012	Performance directors for: Canoeing, Sailing, Equestrian, Hockey, Rowing	Performance Directors Forum	
Mar 012	Rugby Football Union	To discuss RFU governance	
Mar 012	Football Association	Introductory meeting 	
Mar 012	British Olympic Association	General discussion	
Mar 012	Rugby Football Union	To discuss governance issues	
Mar 012	British Olympic Association 	Catch up	
Mar 012	Football Foundation	General discussion	
Mar 012	Dow Chemical	To discuss London 2012)	
Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries – Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS)	
Date of Meeting	Name of organisation	Purpose of meeting	
Jan 012	The Reading Agency
Bird, Booktrust 
National Literacy Trust
Canongate Publishers and World Book Night
Cause4 	Library/Literacy Charities meeting	
Jan 012	Galaxy National Book Award	Introductory meeting	
Jan 012	Community Media Association	Catch up 	
Jan 012	Arts Council England 
TSB 
National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts (NEST)
Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 
Creative England 
British Film Institute 
Tech City 
UKTI 
Skillset 
	Digital and Creative Funders roundtable	
Jan 012	Animation UK/Blue Zoo	To discuss Animation UK report	
Jan 012	Sony Music	Introductory meeting with New Chair	
Jan 012	Sue Charteris 	Introductory meeting	
Jan 012	Janice Blackburn	General discussion	
Jan 012	BFI	Catch up	
Jan 012	Everything Everywhere	To discuss mobile infrastructure project	
Jan 012	Three	To discuss mobile infrastructure project	
Jan 012	02	To discuss mobile infrastructure project	
Jan 012	Deezer UK	General discussion	
Jan 012	Mobile Network Operators; Internet Service Providers	To discuss self- regulatory agreement on traffic management	
Jan 012	Content Providers	To discuss self-regulatory agreement on traffic management	
Jan 012	Vodafone	To discuss Mobile Infrastructure, Spectrum and Femto Cells	
Jan 012	Phil Redmond	General catch up	
Jan 012	London Music Masters	To discuss the Bridge Project	
Jan 012	Stuart Purviss, (former ITN CEO & Ofcom partner)	To discuss DAB Memorandum of Understanding	
Jan 012	Music Education Monitoring Group:
	General discussion	
Jan 012	BT	To discuss Digital Region	
Jan 012	Talktalk	Catch up 	
Jan 012	BFI	To discuss responses to the FPR	
Jan 012	ICO	Catch up	
Jan 012	BT	Catch up	
Jan 012	BT	To discuss the digital region	
Jan 012	Wedgewood Museum Trust	To discuss the future of Wedgewood Museum	
Jan 012	World Book Night 
Cause4 
TRA 
Booktrust 
National Literacy Trust (NLT) 	To discuss the National Library 
Challenge	
Jan 012	Internet Watch Foundation  
(IWF)	Introductory meeting	
Feb 012	Booktrust	General discussion	
Feb 012	Medicinema	General discussion	
Feb 012	National Apprenticeships Service 	To discuss creative & digital apprenticeships 	
Feb 012	Hutchinson Whampoa: 3UK	To discuss Ofcom’s spectrum auction consultation	
Feb 012	BBC – Mark Thompson, John Tate, Tim Davie	To discuss DAB	
Feb 012	Artsandbusiness	Catch up	
Feb 012	Animation UK	Introductory meeting	
Feb 012	Intellectual Property Office; Ofcom; BPI; Publishers Association; MPAA; Premier League; BT; Virgin Media; TalkTalk; Sky; Google; Internet Advertising Bureau; FACT
	Online Copyright Infringement Roundtable	
Feb 012	Daily Telegraph	General discussion	
Feb 012	Nikkei	Handover of formal invitation	
Feb 012	LCA, Microsoft, yahoo, google, bpi, premier league, mpaa, Ofcom, IPO, & Publishers Association	To discuss search engines, rights holders 	
Feb 012	Heritage Foundation 	General discussion	
Feb 012	Rights Holders Groups	Roundtable on creative industries	
Mar 012	National Youth Theatre	General discussion	
Mar 012	CIPFA	To discuss library stats	
Mar 012	Attitude is Everything; GAMA; Shape; Action on Hearing Loss	General discussion	
Mar 012	Google; Apple; Microsoft; Miozilla	To discuss ePrivacy	
Mar 012	Sky	General discussion	
Mar 012	Hooper Communications	To discuss Digital Copyright Exchange	
Mar 012	Live Nation	Introductory meeting	
Mar 012	Creative England	Catch up	
Mar 012	Creative and Cultural Skills	To discuss forward strategy	
Mar 012	Shine Group	To discuss MacTaggart speech	
Mar 012	Allen & Co	Introductory meeting	
Mar 012	Alison Wedgwood	To discuss the future of Wedgewood Museum	
Mar 012	Painting & Patronage	To discuss “promoting UK and Middle East Cultural relations”	
Mar 012	Sony Pictures	General discussion	
Mar 012	BFI	General discussion	
Mar 012	UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE)	Introductory meeting