House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 8th June 2015

Whittingdale, John (Maldon)

Whittingdale, John (Maldon)

1. Employment and earnings

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

6 June 2014, payment of £75 for participation in April 2014 Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 21 July 2014)

29 July 2014, payment of £75 for participation in May/June 2014 Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 29 September 2014)

18 November 2014, payment of £75 for participation in October 2014 Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 16 March 2015)

12 February 2015, payment of £75 for participation in an interview. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 16 March 2015)

12 February 2015, payment of £75 for participation in November 2014 Parliamentary Panel survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 16 March 2015)

Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for participation in surveys:

4 June 2014, received payment of £80 for participation in May 2014 survey. Hours: approx 45 mins. (Registered 21 July 2014)

Cultural and Political Adviser on the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II project in Israel; contract for 12 months. Payments are made by Curzon PR, 28 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QR.

21 August 2014, payment of £4,500 for the period 1 May 2014 to 31 October 2014. Hours: approx 15 hrs. (Registered 29 September 2014)

24 September 2014, payment of £200 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for participating in an opinion research interview. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 13 October 2014)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Robert Lewis
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 03 June 2015)

Name of donor: Alexander Temerko
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 03 June 2015)

Name of donor: Sean Nutley
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 03 June 2015)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: The Taipei Representative Office in the UK (TRO)
Address of donor: 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): the approximate amount includes accommodation £600, food £300 and return flights £2,400; total £3,300
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Date of visit: 26 July-2 August 2014
Purpose of visit: As part of the British-Taiwanese APPG, to promote the understanding of Taiwan and strengthen UK-Taiwan relations.
(Registered 06 August 2014)

Name of donor: Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
Address of donor: Rue d'Arlon 40, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation £425, and flights £425; total £850
Destination of visit: Kyiv, Ukraine
Date of visit: 21-24 September 2014
Purpose of visit: to meet members of the Ukrainian Government and representatives of Ukrainian political parties.
(Registered 20 October 2014)

Name of donor: British Ukrainian Society
Address of donor: 25 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LY
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation £185, and flights £1,320; total £1,505
Destination of visit: Hofburg, Vienna, Austria
Date of visit: 1-2 October 2014
Purpose of visit: to attend the Future Business Ukraine and German-Ukrainian Forum conference.
(Registered 30 October 2014)

Name of donor: British Ukrainian Society
Address of donor: 25 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LY
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation £230, and flights £3,000; total £3,230
Destination of visit: Vienna, Austria
Date of visit: 2-3 March 2015
Purpose of visit: to attend the "Ukraine Tomorrow" Conference in my capacity as Chairman of the British-Ukrainian APPG.
(Registered 16 March 2015)

6. Land and property: (i) value over £100,000 (ii) rental income of over £10,000 a year

Flat in London: (i) and (ii) (Registered 08 October 2012)

Prepared 30th June 2015