House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 29 April 2024

Truss, Elizabeth (South West Norfolk)

Truss, Elizabeth (South West Norfolk)

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Royalty payments
Payer: Springer Nature Ltd, The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW

Payment: £1,853.80 royalty payments for a book written and published in 2012.
Received on: 28 April 2023. Hours: no additional hours.

(Registered 5 May 2023)

Role, work or services: Speaking engagements
Payer: Chartwell Speakers, Colonnade Walk, 123 Buckingham Place Road, London SW1W 9SH
ACOBA consulted: Yes

(Updated 10 April 2024)

Payment: £80,000 for a speaking engagement
Received on: 30 May 2023. Hours: 4 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Prospect Foundation, Tingzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100048, Taiwan

(Registered 20 June 2023)

Payment: £32,000 for a speaking engagement. The payer also provided me and a staff member with accommodation valued at approximately £910, and flights valued at £1,717. Chartwell Speakers paid for Zurich Airport VIP Service, value £612.
Received on: 16 June 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Zweigniederlassung NZZ Connect, Viktoriastrasse 72 3013 Bern, Switzerland

(Registered 20 June 2023)

Payment: £32,000 for participating in a discussion at the News Xchange conference held in Dublin. The payer also provided me, my husband and a staff member with accommodation valued at approximately £720, and flights valued at £2,377.
Received on: 24 July 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: News Agenda Ltd, 2nd Floor, 148 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AT

(Registered 2 August 2023)

Payment: £32,000 for a speaking engagement
Received on: 16 August 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: The Alliance for Public Awareness, 103 Friern Barnet Road, London N11 3EU

(Registered 4 September 2023)

Payment: £15,834 for a speaking engagement at the Cybersecurity and Defence Cooperation Conference held at Pepperdine University, Vevey, Switzerland. The payer also provided me and a staff member with accommodation (approx. £728), car transport (£1,558) and flights (£1,608), total value £3,894.
Received on: 23 October 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: The Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, USA

(Registered 25 October 2023)

Payment: £16,172 for a speaking engagement.
Received on: 23 October 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: The Coronado Club, 919 Milam St #500, Houston, TX 77002, USA
Additional information: Accommodation for me and a staff member valued at approximately £1,348 was provided by The Kevin and Lesley Lilly Foundation, 3424 Robinhood Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

(Registered 25 October 2023)

Payment: £30,000 for a speaking engagement including a Q and A at XLod Global conference.
Received on: 14 December 2023. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: 1LoD, 30 Churchill Place, London E14 5RE

(Registered 8 January 2024)

Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: Javelin Literary Agency, 203 South Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA

Payment: £6,161.40 as an initial advance on a book.
Received on: 5 October 2023. Hours: 90 hrs approx. between December 2022 and September 2023.
Ultimate payer: Regnery Publishing Inc, 122 C Street NW, Washington DC 20001

(Registered 30 October 2023)

Payment: £1,512.88 as an initial advance on a book.
Received on: 7 March 2024. Hours: none in addition to those registered on 30 October 2023.
Ultimate payer: Biteback Publishing Ltd, The Foundry, 156 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8EN

(Registered 13 March 2024)

Role, work or services: Speaking engagements
Payer: Coulthwaite Group Ltd, private address
ACOBA consulted: Yes

Payment: £7,573.60 for speaking at the Future of Europe Forum in Warsaw, Poland. The total is comprised of a payment of £6,282.60 paid on 25 March 2024, plus accommodation valued at approximately £290 provided for me and a staff member, and flights valued at £1,001.
Received on: 25 March 2024. Hours: 2 hrs.
Ultimate payer: The Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, USA

(Registered 9 April 2024)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 for staff and office costs to support me with policy
Date received: 6 April 2023
Date accepted: 6 April 2023
Donor status: individual

(Registered 25 April 2023)

Name of donor: Shirley Conran OBE
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support activity in my constituency
Date received: 29 August 2023
Date accepted: 29 August 2023
Donor status: individual

(Registered 4 September 2023)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Ltd
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of Windsor Suite for me and a member of staff at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 11 April 2023
Date accepted: 11 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 25 April 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 12 May 2023
Date accepted: 12 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 25 May 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 15 May 2023
Date accepted: 15 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 7 June 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Ltd
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 14 May 2023
Date accepted: 14 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 7 June 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 20 May 2023
Date accepted: 20 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 7 June 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 7 June 2023
Date accepted: 7 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 20 June 2023)

Name of donor: UK Music
Address of donor: 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the BST Hyde Park Bruce Springsteen concert with hospitality, value £549.92
Date received: 8 July 2023
Date accepted: 8 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 03245288

(Registered 17 July 2023)

Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £1,380
Date received: 2 July 2023
Date accepted: 2 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018

(Registered 19 July 2023)

Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £1,380
Date received: 31 July 2023
Date accepted: 31 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018

(Registered 15 August 2023)

Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £1,380
Date received: 14 August 2023
Date accepted: 14 August 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018

(Registered 15 August 2023)

Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £1,380
Date received: 24 September 2023
Date accepted: 24 September 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01991018

(Registered 17 October 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 14 October 2023
Date accepted: 14 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 17 October 2023)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 9 October 2023
Date accepted: 9 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 17 October 2023)

Name of donor: Gatwick Airport Limited
Address of donor: Destinations Place, Gatwick Airport RH6 0NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Sussex Suite at Gatwick Airport, value £2,450
Date received: 1 January 2024
Date accepted: 1 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01991018

(Registered 15 January 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 5 February 2024
Date accepted: 5 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 February 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 25 February 2024
Date accepted: 25 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 February 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 1 February 2024
Date accepted: 1 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 February 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 10 February 2024
Date accepted: 10 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 February 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 19 March 2024
Date accepted: 19 March 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 March 2024)

Name of donor: Heathrow Airport Limited
Address of donor: The Compass Centre, Nelson Road, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2GW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of the Windsor Suite at Heathrow Airport, value £1,800
Date received: 18 March 2024
Date accepted: 18 March 2024
Donor status: company, registration 05757208

(Registered 26 March 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Heritage Foundation
Address of donor: 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington D.C. 20002-4999, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights for me and a member of staff (£4,800) and provision of accommodation for me, my husband, two children and one member of staff for five nights (£2,800) (values are estimated), value £7,600
Destination of visit: United States (Washington DC)
Dates of visit: 11 April 2023 to 16 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To deliver the Margaret Thatcher Freedom lecture.

(Registered 2 May 2023)

Name of donor: Pacific Forum International
Address of donor: 1003 Bishop Street, Pauahi Tower, Suite 1150, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£15,520) and hotel accommodation (£2,392) for me and my husband for four nights, value £17,912
Destination of visit: United States (Honolulu)
Dates of visit: 7 May 2023 to 12 May 2023
Purpose of visit: Attendance at a Pacific Forum meeting on freedom and democracy.

(Registered 25 May 2023)

Name of donor: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: No. 2, Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£7,670) and provision of hospitality (£264) and accommodation for four nights (estimated at £2,907) for me and one member of staff, value £10,841
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 15 May 2023 to 20 May 2023
Purpose of visit: For meetings with Taiwanese ministers and President to support the free democracy of Taiwan.

(Registered 7 June 2023)

Name of donor: Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Address of donor: Bredgade 71, 1. th. 1260 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£757) and hotel accommodation (£584) for me and one member of staff for one night, value £1,341
Destination of visit: Denmark (Copenhagen)
Dates of visit: 14 May 2023 to 15 May 2023
Purpose of visit: Participation at Copenhagen Democracy Summit on the subject of Economic NATO.

(Registered 7 June 2023)

Name of donor: E2 Summit
Address of donor: 137 Newbury Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transatlantic flights (approx. £12,666) and accommodation (approx. £1,546), value £14,212
Destination of visit: United States (Utah)
Dates of visit: 9 October 2023 to 14 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To deliver a speech at Stein Eriksen Lodge.

(Registered 30 October 2023)

Name of donor: (1) Conservative Friends of Ukraine (2) Heritage Foundation
Address of donor: (1) One Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BL (2) 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (approx. £14,714) and accommodation (approx. £2,116) for me and a staff member, value £16,830 (2) Accommodation for me and a staff member (value is approximate), value £387
Destination of visit: United States
Dates of visit: 27 November 2023 to 6 December 2023
Purpose of visit: (1) To attend a variety of political meetings and events. (2) To attend International Democracy Union Forum.

(Registered 18 December 2023)

Name of donor: (1) Davos Klosters Bergbahnen AG (2) The Landschaft Davos (3) Skigruppe der Bundesversammlung
Address of donor: (1) Brämabüelstrasse 11, 7270 Davos, Switzerland (2) Gadenstatt 2, 7277 Davos Glaris, Switzerland (3) private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) One ski pass and 50% off one discounted ski pass, value £310 (2) Reception for four people, value £91 (3) Ski guides, plus one ski pass and 50% of one discounted ski pass, and hospitality for four people (I paid all other costs), value £1,719
Destination of visit: Switzerland
Dates of visit: 2 January 2024 to 6 January 2024
Purpose of visit: 68th Annual British-Swiss Parliamentary ski week with the APPG for Switzerland, including political meetings with Swiss Parliamentarians and diplomats.

(Registered 24 January 2024; updated 2 February 2024 and 9 February 2024)

Name of donor: Green Dragon Coalition
Address of donor: 502 6th Street, Hudson, WI 54016, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (approx. £14,871) and accommodation (approx. £4,670) for me and a staff member., value £19,541
Destination of visit: United States
Dates of visit: 1 February 2024 to 5 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend a political conference.

(Registered 20 February 2024)

Name of donor: Brian Klein
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Ski equipment rental (approx. £925) and accommodation (approx. £3,160) for me and my family (value is approximate), value £4,085
Destination of visit: United States
Dates of visit: 10 February 2024 to 20 February 2024
Purpose of visit: Skiing and meetings.

(Registered 8 March 2024)

Name of donor: Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
Address of donor: c/o American Conservative Union at 1199 N Fairfax St, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for three nights (approximate value £1,074) and contribution of £391 towards the cost of flights (value is approximate), value £1,465
Destination of visit: United States
Dates of visit: 21 February 2024 to 24 February 2024
Purpose of visit: Participation at CPAC event.

(Registered 13 March 2024)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: The Office of Liz Truss Limited
Nature of business: Provides support for my ongoing public activities
Interest held: from 17 January 2023

(Registered 21 February 2023)

 

Prepared 2nd May 2024