House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 11 December 2017

Collins, Damian (Folkestone and Hythe)

Collins, Damian (Folkestone and Hythe)

1. Employment and earnings

From December 2015 until August 2017, Member of the advisory board of the Author’s Licensing and Collecting Society, 1st Floor, Barnard's Inn, 86 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1EN. This involved attending four meetings a year (4 hrs each) and receiving a quarterly payment of £1,500. The first of these was received on 31 January 2016. Hours: 16 hrs per year. (Registered 19 February 2016; updated 11 December 2017)

7 March 2017, further payment of £5,740 from Harper Collins, The News Building, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF, following the publication of my book. Hours: impossible to calculate. (Registered 08 March 2017)

20 September 2017, received £784 from Lijiang Publishing Ltd, 22 Nanhuan Road, Guilin, 541001, P.R.China, as an advance for the Chinese publishing rights to my book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 11 December 2017)

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

Name of donor: Quinn Estates
Address of donor: 77 Bekesbourne Lane, Littlebourne, Canterbury CT3 1UZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,500
Donor status: company, registration 05150902
(Registered 17 July 2017)

Name of donor: Alison P De Haan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 July 2017)

Name of donor: Gresham Research
Address of donor: Rose Lodge, Lookers Lane, Hythe CT21 5HW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,600
Donor status: company, registration 07676062
(Registered 17 July 2017)

Name of donor: Landcap
Address of donor: 47 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2NT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: company, registration 06947792
(Registered 17 July 2017)

Name of donor: Datum Groundworks
Address of donor: Ovenden House, Industrial Estate, Wilcox Close, Aylesham CT3 3EP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company, registration 08906234
(Registered 17 July 2017)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Chelsea Football Club
Address of donor: Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: a ticket to watch Chelsea v Man Utd, total value including hospitality £714
Date received: 23 October 2016
Date accepted: 23 October 2016
Donor status: company, registration 1965149
(Registered 23 February 2017)

Name of donor: Channel 4
Address of donor: 124-126 Horseferry Rd, Westminster, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets to the BAFTAs, total value including hospitality £1,840
Date received: 11 February 2017
Date accepted: 11 February 2017
Donor status: company, registration 01533774
(Registered 24 February 2017)

Name of donor: ITV plc
Address of donor: The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket, including hospitality, for the National Television Awards with a value of £1,028
Date received: 25 January 2017
Date accepted: 25 January 2017
Donor status: company, registration 4967001
(Registered 31 March 2017)

Name of donor: PRS for Music
Address of donor: 2 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets, including hospitality, for the Glastonbury Festival value with a value of £1,108.32
Date received: 23 June 2017
Date accepted: 23 June 2017
Donor status: company, registration 03444246
(Registered 31 July 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Address of donor: Qatar Embassy, 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): air travel, food and accommodation with an approximate value of £5,100
Destination of visit: Qatar
Dates of visit: 14-17 February 2017
Purpose of visit: British-Qatar APPG visit to meet Ministers and officials, and visit World Cup sites to discuss issues relating to workers rights and welfare.
(Registered 23 February 2017)

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: Swiss Parliament
Address of donor: CH - 3003 Berne
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: as part of the British-Swiss APPG's Parliamentary Ski Week, two ski passes with a value of £240; £480 in total
Date received: 2-8 January 2017
Date accepted: 2 January 2017
Donor status: other
(Registered 31 March 2017)

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

Flat in London: (i) and (ii).

 

Prepared 13th December 2017