House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 24th March 2014

HALFON, Robert (Harlow)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Payments from Ipsos Mori, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for taking part in telephone surveys:

£200 received for survey. Hours: 45 mins. Payment made to local organisation. (Registered 8 October 2013)

Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:

£75 received for survey. Hours: 30mins. Payment made to local organisation. (Registered 17 January 2014)

Payment from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT for survey:

£80 received for survey. Hours: 30mins. Payment made to local organisation. (Registered 17 January 2014)

4. Sponsorships

(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:

Name of donor: Lord Kalms

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000

Donor status: individual

(Registered 14 May 2013)

Name of donor: Scythian Ltd

Address of donor: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth St, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1DS

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000

Donor status: company

(Registered 5 August 2013; updated 29 August 2013)

Name of donor: David Meller

Address of donor: Private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000

Donor status: individual

(Registered 29 August 2013 )

Name of donor: David Meller

Address of donor: Private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000

Donor status: individual

(Registered 29 August 2013 )

Name of donor: Mick Davies

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind:£8,000

Donor status: individual

(Registered 8 November 2013 )

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

Name of donor: Football Association Premier League

Address of donor: 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality at Wembley Stadium, estimated total value £900

Date of receipt of donation: 11 April 2013

Date of acceptance of donation: 13 April 2013

Donor status: Company, registration no. 02719699

(Registered 30 April 2013)

Name of donor:  Conservative Friends of Israel
Address of donor:
7-10 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DG

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 4 nights hotel accommodation in Manchester during the Conservative Party Conference; value £1,140
Date of receipt of donation: 28 September 2013 to 2 October 2013

Date of acceptance of donation: 28 September 2013
Donor status: members’ association

(Registered 16 October 2013)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: Holocaust Educational Trust
Address of donor: BCM Box 7892, London WC1N 3XX

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, coach and entrance fee for myself and my assistant with an approximate total value of £800

Destination of visit: Auschwitz

Date of visit: 7 February 2013

Purpose of visit: Educational visit

(Registered 8 March 2013 )

Name of donor: Ministry of Anfal and Martyrs Affairs, Kurdistan
Address of donor:  Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):  £4,000
Destination of visit:  Kurdistan
Date of visit: 12-17 March 2013
Purpose of visit:  to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kurdish Genocide in my capacity as an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

(Registered 9 April 2013)

Name of donor: Save the Children UK
Address of donor:  1 St. John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel and accommodation with a value of £1,134.53

Destination of visit: Mozambique

Date of visit: 31 March 2013 to 5 April 2013

Purpose of visit:  to visit Save the Children UK development projects supported by DfID funds
. (Registered 15 April 2013)

Name of donor: Kurdistan Council of Ministers
Address of donor: c/o Kurdistan Regional Government, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation etc with a value of £3,000
Destination of visit: Erbil, Duhok and Domiz refugee camp, Iraqi Kurdistan
Date of visit: 10-14 November 2013
Purpose of visit: fact-finding

(Registered 9 December 2013)

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel

Address of donor: 45b Westbourne Terrace London W2 3UR

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation etc to a value of £2,000

Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank

Date of visit: 16-21 February 2014

Purpose of visit: fact finding political delegation to Israel and the West Bank

(Registered 18 March 2014)

9. Shareholdings

Director and 100% shareholder in Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd, dormant company (Registered 25 July 2011; updated 24 October 2012 and 8 November 2013)

Prepared 25th March 2014