David Willetts
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David Lindsay Willetts (born 9 March 1956) is the Minister of State (Universities and Science) at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. [1] He was a director of the right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange from November 2001 until June 2002 and its sister organisation CChange until August 2006.
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Financial interests and donations
According to the MP's Register of Financial Interests Willets received the following donations and financial payments:
2010
- Name of donor: Sir Michael Bishop
- Address of donor: private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £35,000—to support the work of my office as Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, to pay annual salary of research assistant.
- Date of receipt: 23 February 2010
- Date of acceptance: 23 February 2010
- Donor status: individual (Registered 17 March 2010)
- Name of donor: Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,662 in connection with research into the ‘Early Years Entitlement’ programme, made in relation to my previous capacity as front-bench spokesman Date of receipt: 30 April 2010
- Date of acceptance: 10 May 2010 Donor status: company No BR000746 (Registered 27 May 2010)
2009
- Willets was a senior Adviser to Punter Southall, a firm of actuaries, advising on pension issues (Resigned on 31 December 2009). (Earnings £75,001-£80,000) Payment of £30,000 for six month period July-December 2009. (Registered 23 November 2009)
He received a payment of £12,000 in respect of directorship of Cawood, a company owned by Sensortec Ltd. (Resigned on December 31 2009). (Registered 2 February 2010)
- Gleneagles Pensions and Savings Industry Summit 18-20 September 2009: I received an honorarium of £4,000, air travel to Edinburgh and return of £379.60, and accommodation at Gleneagles Hotel for myself and my wife, payment received on 14 December 2009. (Registered 2 February 2010)
2002
- '13-15 January 2000, Willets attended the Franco-British Colloque at Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire, sponsored by BP Amoco. (Registered 20 January 2000)'[2]
Affiliations
- Henry Jackson Society - Signatory of Statement of Principles
- Ditchley Foundation - Governor
- Institute for Fiscal Studies - Council member
- Franco-British Colloque
Notes
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ House of Commons Register of Members Interests David Willetts, accessed January 2007.
