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

MERCER, Patrick (Newark)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

Fees for articles in:

Yorkshire Post (Up to £5,000). Address: Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, PO Box 168, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1RF.

February 2013, £150 for commentary. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 8 March 2013)

April 2013, £150 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2013)

Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. Address: MGN Limited, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. (Up to £5,000)

February 2013, £350 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 March 2013)

Daily Express and Sunday Express, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN.

April 2013, £300 paid for commentary (Daily Express). Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2013)

April 2013, £150 paid for commentary (Sunday Express). Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 17 May 2013)

The Oldie, 65 Newman Street, London  W1T 3EG

March 2013, £175 paid for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 April 2013)

May 2013, £200 paid for book review. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 5 June 2013)

Military History Monthly, Lamb House, Church St, London W4 2PD

February 2014, £250 paid. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 10 March 2014)

Daybreak TV (formerly GMTV) The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9TT,

March 2013, £150 for interview. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 5 April 2013)

February 2013, payment of £1,500 from Parker Travel, Capetown, South Africa for lecturing. Hours: 3 days. (Registered 8 March 2013)

Payments from Alistair Andrews Communications, 16 Old Queen Street, London SW1, for consultancy:

£2,000 received. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 28 May 2013)

£2,000 received. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 11 June 2013)

Payment of £2,000 from Tourist Company South, Simferopol, Ukraine, for lecturing for tour. Hours: 5 days. (Registered 5 June 2013)

Payments from Endeavour London Ltd, 21-31 Woodfield Road, London W9 2BA:

Payment of £1,442 for book royalties received. Hours: 60 hrs. (Registered 11 June 2013)

November 2013, payment of £399 for book royalties. No additional hours. (Registered 2 December 2013)

June 2013, payment of £200 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion survey. Hours: 1.25 hrs. (Registered 3 July 2013)

July 2013, payment of £1,500 from The Air Squadron Limited, Hillside, Boot Street, Stonesfield, Witney OX29 8PX, for lecturing. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 2 August 2013)

Contract with Newsmax Media Inc, P O Box 20989, West Palm Beach, Florida 33416, for articles; expected to be approx one a month. (Registered 29 August 2013)

Payment of £150 for commentary. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 4 September 2013)

Payment of £1,200 from The Cultural Experience, 5/6 The Old Glove Factory, Bristol Road, Sherborne DT9 4HN, for lecturing for tour. Hours: 5 days. (Registered 6 January 2014)

Payment of £1,200 from Ian Fletcher Battlefield Tours, PO Box 112, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2EX, for lecturing on tour. Hours: 4 days. (Registered 14 February 2014)

Payment of £150 from the Scottish Military History Festival, The Tattoo Office, 32 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QB, for lecturing. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 10 March 2014)

7. Overseas benefits and gifts

See my entry in Category 2.

8. Land and Property

House in London from which I derive rental income. (Registered 2 December 2013)