The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 13 August 2018

Gray, James (North Wiltshire)

Gray, James (North Wiltshire)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA:

4 January 2017, payment of £50 for participating in a survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

3 March 2017, payment of £100 for participating in November 2016 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

22 June 2017, payment of £75 for participating in January 2017 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

5 September 2017, payment of £50 for participating in a survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

26 September 2017, payment of £75 for participating in February 2017 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

12 January 2018, payment of £100 for participating in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018)

8 February 2018, payment of £100 for participating in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018)

23 March 2018, payment of £75 for participating in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018)

24 April 2018, payment of £75 for participating in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018)

30 May 2018, received £75 for participating in a parliamentary panel survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 13 June 2018)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for opinion surveys.

9 August 2017, received £200 for participating in summer survey of MPs. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 09 August 2017)

Payments from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT:

27 January 2017, payment of £50 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

3 March 2017, payment of £50 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

27 March 2017, payment of £50 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

28 April 2017, payment of £50 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

13 June 2017, payment of £75 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

26 September 2017, payment of £50 for MP Panel Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 26 September 2017)

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

12 January 2018, payment of £30. Hours: 10 mins. (Registered 21 June 2018)

15 March 2018, payment of £60. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 21 June 2018)

28 March 2018, payment of £100. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 21 June 2018)

22 May 2018, payment of £70. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 21 June 2018)

20 June 2018, payment of £80. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 21 June 2018)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: ten briefing dinners value £40 each; three briefing breakfasts value £14.25 each; total £442.75
Date received: 1 January 2017 to 26 September 2017
Date accepted: 1 January 2017 to 26 September 2017
Donor status: other
(Registered 09 August 2017; updated 26 September 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces (with sponsorship from Clarion and CAE)
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For my wife and myself, economy class one-way flight to Italy £133.40; accommodation £231.52; coach travel in Italy £108.46; food and drink £152.94; sub-total: £626.32. My wife and I each made a personal contribution of £100 towards these costs; total value of benefit to us £426.32.
Destination of visit: Italy
Dates of visit: 24–26 July 2017
Purpose of visit: To visit the sites of World War II battles and Commonwealth and Polish cemeteries as part of the Monte Cassino Battlefield Tour.
(Registered 11 September 2017)

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions (with sponsorship from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Mamont Foundation)
Address of donor: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): return flight: £460.20; accommodation and food: £449.63; travel around Svalbard: £454.21; £1364.04 in total
Destination of visit: Svalbard, Norway
Dates of visit: 28 August – 1 September 2017
Purpose of visit: To visit British scientists at the NERC Arctic Research station in Ny-Ålesund and learn more about Britain’s contribution to polar science.
(Registered 27 September 2017)

Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions (with sponsorship from the Mamont Foundation)
Address of donor: c/o House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): economy class return flight value £1,565; accommodation and food value £394.50; £1,959.50 in total
Destination of visit: Falkland Islands and South Georgia
Dates of visit: 4–21 March 2018
Purpose of visit: Stakeholder visit to South Georgia, with the Commissioner of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, to learn more about emerging challenges and opportunities facing South Georgia and the broader sub-Antarctic.
(Registered 23 April 2018)

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

Two residential properties in Wiltshire, acquired in 2013: (i) and (ii). (Registered 03 September 2015)

One residential property in Reading, acquired in 2010: (i) and (ii). (Registered 03 September 2015)

From 18 October 2015, house in Wiltshire, owned jointly with my wife: (i) and, from 30 March 2017, (ii). (Registered 07 July 2017)

From 23 March 2016, house in Wiltshire, owned jointly with my wife: (i) and from 5 July 2016, (ii). (Registered 07 July 2017)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my wife, Philippa Gray, as Executive and Diary Secretary.