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Consultation on the incidental exception and APPG secretariats March 2022

Category: Consultations - Published on: Thursday 21st April 2022

Registrar’s conclusions – 21 April 2022     From 3 March 2022 to 1 April 2022 the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists consulted on: The incidental exception All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) secretariats Responses to the consultation can be found here.   The Registrar has considered the responses in the context of his duties under the Act and has reached […]


Record of Registrar’s external communications in 2021

Category: Publications - Published on: Thursday 3rd February 2022

This is a record of external communications made by the Registrar, Harry Rich, during 2021. We do not publish information about correspondence with whistleblowers who wish to protect their anonymity nor privileged legal communications. The data is updated monthly.


Consultation responses and conclusions

Category: Consultations - Published on: Thursday 13th May 2021

The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists consulted on guidance, codes of conduct and compliance in February and March 2021.  You can view the responses received to the consultation and the Registrar’s conclusions in light of those responses, in the following downloadable documents. The Registrar will publish updated guidance in due course and current guidance remains in […]


Guidance update

Category: News - Published on: Friday 21st February 2025

The Registrar updated the guidance today.


Summary of investigation – Global Counsel Limited (“GCL”)

Category: Investigation summaries - Published on: Friday 21st February 2025

October 2024 – February 2025 Organisation or person investigated Global Counsel Limited (“GCL”) Matter(s) investigated Whether GCL submitted an inaccurate Quarterly Information Return (“QIR”) to the Registrar. Registrar’s decision GCL did not submit inaccurate QIRs in relation to the matter under investigation. Summary of rationale for decision Based on substantive and unequivocal written information provided, GCL […]


Summary of investigation – Collider Health Limited and Business for Health CIC

Category: Investigation summaries - Published on: Tuesday 11th February 2025

January – February 2025 Organisation or person investigated Collider Health Limited (“Collider Health”) and Business for Health CIC (“B4H”) Matter(s) investigated Whether Collider Health and/or B4Hh conducted unregistered consultant lobbying Registrar’s decision Based on information and assurances provided, Collider Health and B4H have not conducted unregistered consultant lobbying in relation to the matter under investigation. […]


Record of Registrar’s external communications in 2025

Category: Publications - Published on: Tuesday 4th February 2025

This is a record of external communications made by the Registrar, Harry Rich, during 2025. We do not publish information about correspondence with whistleblowers who wish to protect their anonymity nor privileged legal communications or communications that would prejudice the conduct of a formal enquiry by the Registrar. The data is updated monthly. Last updated February 2025


Quarter Four(October-December 2024)Returns Data

Category: News - Published on: Wednesday 22nd January 2025

There is an ongoing issue with report for the October-December 2024 quarter that we are working onresolving. Whilst we work on resolving this issue an accurate report can be downloaded below.


Memorandum of Understanding 

Category: Corporate documents - Published on: Tuesday 21st January 2025

between the Cabinet Office and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists 1. Introduction 2. Guiding principles 3. Role of the Registrar 4. Finance and accountability arrangements 5. Governance and responsibilities 6. Dispute resolution 7.  Shared services provision 8.  Review and forward planning Annex A – Budget approval and financial reporting process Annex B – Financial framework […]


Quarter Three (July-September 2024)Returns Data

Category: News - Published on: Tuesday 15th October 2024

There is an ongoing issue with report for the July-September 2024 quarter that we are working on resolving. Whilst we work on resolving this issue an accurate report can be downloaded below.


Quarter Two (April-June 2024)Returns Data

Category: News - Published on: Wednesday 9th October 2024

There is an ongoing issue with report for the April-June 2024 quarter that we are working on resolving. Whilst we work on resolving this issue an accurate report can be downloaded below.


Summary of investigation – Arden Strategies Limited

Category: Investigation summaries - Published on: Thursday 15th August 2024

July to August 2024 Organisation or person investigated Arden Strategies Limited (“Arden”) Matter(s) investigated Whether Arden conducted unregistered consultant lobbying prior to registration Registrar’s decision Based on information and assurances received Arden did not conduct unregistered consultant lobbying, prior to their registration, in relation to the matters under investigation. Summary of rationale for decision Based […]


Statement of Accounts – 2023/2024

Category: Corporate documents - Published on: Thursday 1st August 2024

Our report is also available to download as a PDF Table of Contents Performance Report Introduction The role of Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists was established by the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (‘the Act’), under which those who lobby on behalf of a paying third party are required to […]





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