Geoffrey Filkin

Lord David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin (born 1944) was created Baron Filkin in July 1999 and has been a minister at the UK Home Office, the Department for Education & Skills and the Department for Constitutional Affairs, and a government whip in the House of Lords.

Prior to that he was a policy analyst and writer, contributing to the development of Labour’s policies for local and regional government.

Register of Interests

Non-parliamentary consultant

• Adviser, National Car Parks plc (http://www.ncp.co.uk/) - Private car park operator

Remunerated directorships

• Non-executive Director, Accord plc
• Non-executive Director (Home Affairs), Serco (http://www.serco.com/) - Service company. Approved by ACOBA subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not be personally involved in lobbying Ministers or officials on behalf of Serco"

Regular remunerated employment

• Adviser, Capgemini

Landholdings

• Director, Sprucespace Property Company Ltd. This company owns the freehold of three houses in Warwick Square, Pimlico. Leasehold interest held in one flat in one of these houses
• Home in St Albans, Herts

Trusteeships of cultural bodies

• Trustee, Parliament Choir which is an all-party parliamentary group, a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity
• Trustee, Southbank Sinfonia

Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions

• Chairman, Public Sector Reform Group

Office-holder in voluntary organisations

• Chairman,
• St Albans Cathedral Music Trust

Resources

• Serco, "Lord Geoffrey Filkin, non-executive director," accessed 25 November 2008.
• UK Parliament, Register of Lords' Interests, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.

Register of interests

• Lord Filkin, UK Parliament.