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Roles and responsibilities

• Paul leads the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s work on all public policy issues and overseas the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s engagement with the UK Government on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s legal, regulatory and public policy framework.
• This includes leading the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s interaction with the Government on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Licence Fee settlement and Charter Renewal, as well as looking at the broader media and public policy environment in which the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ works.

Biography

Before joining the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Paul spent 20 years working in Government. During that time he was Head of Media Policy at the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and led the Government’s previous review of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Royal Charter.

Paul also directly supported two Cabinet Ministers as their Principal Private Secretary, and was a senior social policy advisor in the centre of Government during the coalition Government leading policy reviews for both the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Earlier in his career Paul worked on the London Olympic and Paralympic Games from the time of the bid through to Games time – including as Secretary to the Olympic Board.

Expenses and central bookings

Expenses are costs incurred by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ staff on behalf of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and claimed through the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's expenses system.

Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and booked through the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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Gifts and Hospitality Register

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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Declaration of personal interests

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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• Paul Oldfield's Declaration of Personal Interests will be published shortly.