Ed Vaizey was the most met minister in 2010
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has been kept busy by external groups, with 148 reported meetings with outside interests during May to December 2010. This makes him the minister with the most reported ministerial meetings with outside interests in 2010.
Coming in second was David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, with 120 reported meetings, and in third place was Cheryl Gillan, Secretary of State for Wales, with 91 reported meetings with outside interests in 2010.
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has the most reported ministerial meetings with outside interests in 2010.
Photo by DCMS, some rights reserved.
According to department reports, Ed Vaizey met most often with Warner Bros, and with BPI (British Recorded Music Industry), formerly known as the British Phonographic Industry.
Warners Bros and BPI were each in 7 reported meetings with Ed Vaizey during May to December 2010.
Who’s Lobbying has analysed data from newly released ministerial meeting reports covering over 1,600 meetings from October to December 2010. We’ve combined this with analysis of data from previous reports covering May to September 2010.
Ed Vaizey’s ministerial responsibilities cover two departments, BIS and DCMS. Both departments report ministerial meetings with Ed Vaizey, so there’s a chance meetings have been double counted. Departments don’t provide exact dates for meetings, which makes it difficult to check for duplicates. It’s possible that 7 or more meetings are duplicates out of the 148 reported.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is the department that reported the most ministerial meetings. BIS ministers have reported a total of 493 meetings with over 1,200 outside interests from May to December 2010.
Across the coalition government, the five organisations UK ministers reported the most meetings with in 2010 are:
- Confederation of British Industry 75 meetings
- Trades Union Congress 45 meetings
- Barclays 28 meetings
- British Chambers of Commerce 25 meetings
- Local Government Association 24 meetings
Departments are publishing their ministerial meeting reports quarterly, with a 3 month delay after each quarter.
While we have to wait 3 months for meeting reports, some departments publish almost daily updates to their photo stream on flickr.
Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to BRE chief executive Peter Bonfield on 16 December 2010. The Prime Minister’s ministerial meetings Oct-Dec 2010 report did not mention this meeting.
Photo by The Prime Minister’s Office, some rights reserved.
A photo in the Prime Minister’s Office flickr stream shows David Cameron met BRE chief executive Peter Bonfield in December 2010. However the Prime Minister’s Office meeting report for October to December 2010 does not mention the PM’s meeting with BRE.
We wonder how many other meetings or discussions are not included in the ministerial disclosures released by departments. You can browse all the meetings that have been reported on the Who’s Lobbying website.
