MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Somaliland Foreign Ministry
Address of donor: Hargeisa, Somaliland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous costs, value £5,150
Destination of visit: Somalia (Somaliland)
Dates of visit: 25 January 2024 to 28 January 2024
Purpose of visit: Visit to discuss politics and geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, including meetings with ministers and officials.
(Registered 12 February 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Carlton Club
Address of donor: 69 St James's Street, London SW1A 1PJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership for life (value provided is that in 2024), value £760
Date received: 30 September 2016
Date accepted: 30 September 2016
Donor status: company, registration 00573221
(Registered 25 March 2019; updated 24 January 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: St. Philips Care Limited
Address of donor: Bridge House, 57 High Street, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton WV11 1ST
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 2 February 2024
Date accepted: 2 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 03298131
(Registered 22 February 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Remuneration: £50,000 a year paid quarterly
From: 21 February 2023.
Hours: 80 hrs a year
Additional information: I provide general strategic advice on international business expansion and chairing regular advisory board meetings.
(Registered 15 March 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Adviser
From: 21 February 2023.
Payer: RTC Education Ltd (A provider of undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes to UK and international students.), 153 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 5BD
ACOBA consulted: Yes
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Payment: £25,000 as a one-off bonus
Received on: 29 September 2023. Hours: no additional hours.
(Registered 19 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Advisory Board at Lanistar Ltd. I will provide guidance, attend meetings and contribute ideas to the company for which I will receive shares which are currently under the registerable threshold. I consulted ACoBA about this appointment.
Date interest arose: 23 October 2023
(Registered 23 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Name of company or organisation: Gratton Lansdowne
Nature of business: A company set up to manage my financial affairs and investments.
Interest held: from 25 October 2021
(Registered 19 November 2021)
Written Question
Thursday 21st March 2024
Asked by:
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve support for ex-footballers with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Answered by Stuart Andrew
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount. I welcome work by the football industry to protect players from harm and provide practical support to former players who develop neurodegenerative conditions. One example of this is the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Football Brain Health Fund, supported by the Premier League and announced in September 2023, which aims to assist former players and their families who have been impacted by dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions.
The Government continues to take the issue of head injuries very seriously. In December 2021 DCMS published its Command Paper report on concussion in sport; outlining the steps the government is undertaking to help reduce risks associated with head injuries by improving understanding, awareness, prevention and treatment of concussion in sport. As part of this, in April 2023 the Government announced the first UK concussion guidelines for grassroots sport, in conjunction with the Sport and Recreation Alliance. This guidance is intended to be a helpful tool in reducing the risks associated with concussion and marks an important step in making sport safer for thousands of people who enjoy sport at a grassroots level, as well as an aid to professional sports.
Further research on the links between health, dementia and contact sport is needed to better understand the issue. To that end, DCMS established a Sports Concussion Research Forum in July 2022 to identify key research questions that need answering in this important area.
The government remains committed to working with sports to build on the positive work that is already taking place to mitigate the causes and effects of concussion in sport.
Written Question
Thursday 21st March 2024
Asked by:
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Question
to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to impose a legal cap on service charges for social housing.
Answered by Jacob Young
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Government does not regulate levels of service charges in social housing. Our policy statement on social housing rents states that Registered Providers of social housing are expected to set reasonable and transparent service charges for tenants that reflect the service being provided. Levels of service charge may vary for each property based on a range of factors, including the cost of repairs, maintenance and management of the building.
The Government’s policy statement on rents also states that Registered Providers of social housing should endeavour to keep any service charge increases for tenants within the limit on annual permitted rent increases (7.7% in 2024-25).