All gifts and hospitality
This table contains gifts and hospitality items for all past and current staff. To view items for just one person, click on their name and then select 'View gifts and hospitality' from their person page.
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| Recipient | Role type | Date gifted | Details | Donor / Provider | Estimated value | Reason for acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jules Pipe CBE | Deputy Mayor | 12 May 2025 | Speaking at lunch hosted by Business London | Business London | £207 | Speaker and networking with industry stakeholders |
| Shonagh Manson | Assistant Director | 11 May 2025 | To present to the international conference of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners on culture and planning and what London has achieved - with focus on 1) How culture contributes to delivering new places and the 2) Olympic Legacy in London (East Bank). Goal to promote London and the Mayor on the international stage, and learn from hearing about and meeting those involved in major new developments (including whole new places) in Hong Kong/China. Shonagh meet with Hong Kong city government officials, who are also members of the World City Culture Forum, to look at opportunities for collaboration | Hong Kong Institute of Planners | £1,390.92 | Stakeholder engagement/representative of the GLA |
| Jules Pipe CBE | Deputy Mayor | 11 May 2025 | Attended lunch hosted by London Property Alliance and Opportunity London | London Property Alliance/Opportunity London | £154 | Networking with industry stakeholders |
| Jules Pipe CBE | Deputy Mayor | 10 May 2025 | Business London Landing dinner sponsored by Arcadis | Arcadis | £341 | Speaker and networking with industry stakeholders |
| Sadiq Khan | Mayor | 09 May 2025 | 1 x ticket to London Lions v. Newcastle Eagles | London Lions | £79 | Stakeholder engagement |
| Mete Coban MBE | Deputy Mayor | 09 May 2025 | One ticket to the London Lions basketball game and one official London Lions basketball jacket. | London Lions Basketball Team | Ticket: £79 Jacket: £150 | Accompanying the Mayor of London on a work visit to watch the London Lions basketball game. The jacket was an unsolicited gift which was impolite to refuse. |
| Alex Wilson | Assembly Member | 09 May 2025 | Lunch at East India Club | Anil Bhatti | Approx £60 (estimated) | Lunchtime meeting to discuss political strategy |
| Nadeem Javaid MBE | Director | 09 May 2025 | 1 x ticket to London Lions Basket Ball game at the Copper Box Arena | London Lions Basket Ball Club | £79 | Accompanying the Mayor on a visit |
| Alex Wilson | Assembly Member | 08 May 2025 | 2 x tickets for VE Day Concert | DCMS / BBC | Value unknown | Invited to attend as AM |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 08 May 2025 | Substack Dinner | Substack | £409 | Stakeholder engagement/representative of the GLA |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 07 May 2025 | Dinner in celebration of National Gallery's Bicentenary | National Gallery | £150 | Stakeholder engagement/representative of the GLA |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 02 May 2025 | Two tickets to Romeo and Juliet | Globe Theatre | £80 per ticket, £160 in total | Stakeholder engagement/representative of the GLA |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 01 May 2025 | Two tickets to the official opening of Soho Theatre | Soho Theatre | No commercial value | Stakeholder engagement/representative of the GLA |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 30 April 2025 | Flights, accommodation and associated expenses - 26.04.25 – 30.04.25 | Abu Dhabi Culture Summit | £4751.21 | Invited to moderate a panel discussion on London's East Bank and moderate a panel discussion on policy solutions in culture and the creative industries. |
| Simon Grinter | Head of Service | 29 April 2025 | Ticket to British Council of Offices awards lunch (London and South East region). | Fletcher Priest Architects | c. £250.00 | The City Hall refurbishment project has been shortlisted in a category. I have been invited by the architects to represent the GLA by joining them and some of the wider design team on a table they are sponsoring. |
| Alex Wilson | Assembly Member | 29 April 2025 | Return train ticket to Hull - travel to Local Elections TV Debate | Channel 4 | £153.60 | Participation in TV Debate |
| James Small-Edwards | Assembly Member | 28 April 2025 | Westminster Dinner | BusinessLDN | £99 | Stakeholder Engagement. |
| Tom Copley | Deputy Mayor | 28 April 2025 | BusinessLDN Westminster dinner | BusinessLDN | Approx. £99 | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Unmesh Desai | Assembly Member | 17 April 2025 | Parliamentary Delegation to Kurdistan - 12th April to 17th April 2025. | Centre for Turkey Studies and Development Ltd | £2,452.00 | Fact-finding trip to Kurdistan |
| Justine Simons OBE | Deputy Mayor | 11 April 2025 | Flights, accommodation and airport transfers to New York to deliver a keynote on the evolution of London as a global cultural capital and the Mayor’s flagship programmes - 07.04.25 – 11.04.25. | Bloomberg Philanthropies | Approximately £6,000 | Invited to deliver a keynote on the evolution of London as a global cultural capital and the Mayor’s flagship programmes for Bloomberg Philanthropies. |