Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Christopher Irwin
EU Transparency Register
89478981404-95 First registered on 20 Mar 2009
Goals / Remit
Transport policy analysis & Promotion of the interests of users and potential users of public (collective) transport.
Main EU files targeted
DG MOVE policy initiatives; DG Research & Innovation activity in relation especially to transport aspects of Horizon 2020
Address
Head Office
Bourton House, Bourton Road,
Bourton
Devizes SN10 2LQ
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Christopher Irwin (Vice President)
Person with legal responsibility
Christopher Irwin (European Transport Policy Consultant)
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Self-employed consultants
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Networking
Affiliation
Board Member of the European Passengers' Federation, a network of more than 30 public transport users' organisations currently drawn from nineteen European states.
European policy adviser to Transport Focus, the statutory independent transport users' watchdog in Great Britain, focused on getting the best deal for passengers and for users of the strategic road network.
Director of TravelWatch SouthWest, a community interest company that promotes the interests of public transport users in the South West of England.
Member of the European Rail Research Advisory CouncilMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
Reimbursement of certain specific and actual travel and subsistence expenses received from EU institutions - principally in relation to membership of the Horizon 2020 Transport Advisory Group but also for speaking at workshops and conferences convened by European Commission, Economic & Social Committee and European Parliament.
Christopher Irwin was appointed Head of the UK delegation to the Franco-British Intergovernmental Commission on the Fixed Link by the UK Secretary of State for Transport for a three year period from 17th September 2012 on the advice of the Office of Rail Regulation. The IGC is the body created under the Treaty of Canterbury to supervise the construction and operation of the Channel Tunnel. It is the Safety Authority and the Independent Rail Regulator for the Fixed Link. It is expected that these tasks absorb around 70 working days a year, for which he is employed by the ORR at a gross daily rate of £600.Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount European Passengers' Federation 0€ - 9,999€ Passenger Focus 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Transport Advisory Group
Land Security Expert Group
SERAC Rail Market Monitoring Working GroupACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Promotion of passengers' rights in all modes of public transport and championing the case for putting users at the heart of transport policy making.
Contribution to work of ERRAC on research and innovation strategy and member of ERRAC Strategic Board.
Contribution to SPIDER research project.
Contribution to Grona Taget project.
Contribution to SHIFTmobility project
Contribution to LivingRAIL project
Contribution of Regions of Connected Knowledge project
Meetings
Meetings
None declared