The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 20 February 2017

McCartney, Karl (Lincoln)

McCartney, Karl (Lincoln)

1. Employment and earnings

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

21 January 2016, payment of £75 for November 2015 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

9 March 2016, payment of £50 for a survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

24 March 2016, payment of £75 for January 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

16 May 2016, payment of £100 for February 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

10 June 2016, payment of £50 for a survey. Hours: 20 mins. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 13 December 2016)

18 July 2016, payment of £75 for April 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

25 October 2016, payment of £75 for August-September 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

9 December 2016, payment of £75 for October 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for opinion surveys:

1 September 2016, received £200 for Summer 2016 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 September 2016)

25 January 2017, received £200 for Winter 2016 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 30 January 2017)

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

8 January 2016, payment of £50 for December 2015 Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

18 February 2016, payment of £30 for January 2016 Survey. Hours: 10 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

30 March 2016, payment of £20 for February 2016 Survey. Hours: 10 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

12 May 2016, payment of £80 for April 2016 Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

23 June 2016, payment of £40 for May 2016 Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

28 June 2016, payment of £10 for June 2016 Online Survey. Hours: 10 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

10 August 2016, payment of £80 for July 2016 Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

25 November 2016, payment of £60 for October 2016 Survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC)
Address of donor: Marford Mill, Rossett, Wrexham LL12 0HL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one day’s shooting at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire and one night’s accommodation at Hoar Cross Hall Hotel Staffordshire; total value £826.73
Date received: 16 December 2016
Date accepted: 16 December 2016
Donor status: Registered Industrial and Provident Society No 28488R
(Registered 24 January 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Hong Kong Government
Address of donor: c/o Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, 18 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): airfare £8,461, accommodation £1,642, transport £237, hospitality expenses (inc. interpretation, venue hire) £57; total £10,397
Destination of visit: Hong Kong
Date of visit: 25-29 January 2016
Purpose of visit: to maintain bilateral ties; support British businesses operating in Hong Kong; and deepen the knowledge of parliamentarians of Hong Kong’s political, social and economic development.
(Registered 16 February 2016)

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

Residential/holiday property in Lincolnshire: (i) and (ii).

8. Miscellaneous

I continue to work for MLSystems, although I am no longer paid a salary. Instead, I receive a dividend from a shareholding which is below the registrable threshold.

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my wife, Cordelia McCartney, as Office Manager.