UK Ministers' Meetings, Gifts, Hospitality and Overseas Travel Records

The UK Government publishes records of ministerial meetings with external organisations, gifts given and received valued over £140, overseas travel, and hospitality received. The dataset is provided by HM Treasury under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-07-08. Data is available in CSV and PDF formats.

Use Cases

• Track potential lobbying influence based on records of ministerial meetings with external organisations.
• Analyze patterns in gift-giving and receiving based on the £140 reporting threshold.
• Monitor government expenditure and travel patterns based on records of ministerial overseas travel.
• Assess compliance with transparency standards based on the published categories of hospitality received.

Strengths

• Data is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting reuse.
• Records are structured around a clear £140 threshold for gifts.
• Covers four distinct categories of ministerial activity: meetings, gifts, travel, and hospitality.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated 2026-07-08.

Provenance

Source

HM Treasury

Collection Method

Government publication as part of a transparency commitment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:17.887334

Geography

United Kingdom