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.

Sponsorships

According to the MP's Register of Financial Interests Williets received the following donations:

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)

2002

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
  2. House of Commons Register of Members Interests David Willetts, accessed January 2007.