The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 1st October 2012

STEWART, Rory (Penrith and The Border)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Payments received from London Review of Books Ltd, 28 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HN:

20 September 2011, payment of £1,400 to cover expenses for travel to Libya to write article. Hours: 3 hrs worked on article, plus travel. (Registered 17 October 2011)

Payments from Aitken Alexander Associates; literary agent, 18-21 Cavaye Place, London SW10 9PT

29 January 2012, £1002.11 for royalty payment. Books written before the election. Hours worked: zero. (Registered 14 February 2012)

27 April 2012, £1114.75 for royalty payments (net of commission). Books written before the election plus payment of £211.20 for one article for Telegraph Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 16 May 2012)

15 June 2012, royalty payment of £4,441.04 (net of commission and VAT) for book completed at end of 2010. I donated £645.50 of this payment to charity. Hours worked: zero. (Registered 5 July 2012)

13 July 2012, payment of £119.81 for Italian royalties. Book written before the election. Hours worked: zero. (Registered 31 July 2012)

13 July 2012, £13,200 from Matchlight Ltd, Afghanistan, for film researched, written and prepared before election as an MP. Address: 11 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DR .Hours since election (pieces recorded during parliamentary recess): approx 40 hrs. (Registered 31 July 2012)

9 August 2012, book advance of £22,140. Hours worked: None so far. (Registered 15 August 2012)

Payments from BBC, Talent Rights Group, Room 401 MC4D1 Media Centre, Wood Lane, London:

16 November 2011, £750 received for researching, presenting and interviewing on a programme for the BBC Culture Show. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2011)

25 June 2012, £150 received for appearance on Any Questions? Hours: 1 hr. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 5 July 2012)

18 July 2012, £300 received for recording a programme on 17 July 2012. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 31 July 2012)

Payments received from Intelligent Life, 25 St James’s St, London SW1A 1HG:

£900 received on 6 September 2011 for an article on the Kabul Museum. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 September 2011). On 12 September 2011 I also received a payment of £1,220 for this article. (Registered 17 October 2011)

Payment of £250 from The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, for book review article. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 27 April 2012)

Payment of £400 from the Financial Times Ltd, Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL, for comment piece. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 27 April 2012)

6. Overseas visits

Address of donor: Embassy of the State of Qatar, 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,000 for air travel and accommodation

Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar

Date of visit: 19-22 May 2012

Purpose of visit: to attend and speak at the 12th Doha Forum conference on Middle East Security, on a panel with another MP.

(Registered 15 August 2012)

8. Land and Property

House in London from which rental income is received. The rental income is paid to other family members.

11. Miscellaneous

Unremunerated directorship of the Cumbria Broadband Rural & Community Projects Limited.