Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 9 Jan 2017.
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from
Penguin Books Ltd. 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL; made through Capel and Land, literary agents, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS (Updated 28 July 2014):
7 April 2016, received payment of £248.80 (book royalties). Hours: 0 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2016)
8 June 2016, received advance payment of £12,300. Hours: 0 hrs to date. (Registered 07 July 2016)
Salary as lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. Payment of £1,082.86 gross per month, until further notice. Hours: 16 hrs per month. (Updated 24 July 2015)
Payments from News
UK, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF:
31 March 2016, received payment of £400 for an article (
Sunday Times). Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2016)
15 June 2016, received payment of £350 for an article (Sunday Times). Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2016)
15 August 2016, received payment of £850 for two articles (Times and Sunday Times). Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 28 September 2016)
Payments for articles from Telegraph Media Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:
15 January 2016, received payment of £324 for one article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2016)
Payments for articles from Trinity Mirror Group, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP:
23 December 2015, received payment of £700 for two articles. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2016)
Payments from Random House Group Ltd, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London SW1V 2SA; made through Capel & Land, literary agents, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS:
14 January 2016, received payment of £656 for introduction to book. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2016)
Payment for article for Financial Times, Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL:
8 April 2016, received payment of £400. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2016)
8 June 2016, received payment of £150 for an article. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2016)
Payment for article for The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP:
31 March 2016, received payment of £250. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2016)
Payment for article for Prospect Magazine, 2
Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AA:
23 March 2016, received payment of £500. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2016)
Payments from No.126, Jinhua St., Taipei City 10642, Taiwan; made through Capel and Land, literary agents, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS:
31 May 2016, received payment of £832.60 for foreign publishing rights for book. Hours: 0 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2016)
Payments from Guardian News Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1P 2AP:
3 June 2016, received payment of £246 through Capel and Land, literary agents, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS, for a reprint. Hours: 0 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2016)
4 June 2016, received payment of £434.95 for an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 07 July 2016)
Payments from
Henry Holt & Co publishers (Palgrave Macmillian), Flatiron Building, 175 5th Ave, New York City,
NY 10010,
USA; made through Capel and Land, literary agents, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS:
25 August 2016, received payment of £7,564.64 for foreign publishing rights for book. Hours: 0 hrs. (Registered 28 September 2016)
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 21 October 2015
Date accepted: 21 October 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 November 2015; updated 26 April 2016)
Name of donor:
Daniel BeardAddress of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 17 November 2015
Date accepted: 17 November 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 December 2015; updated 26 April 2016)
Name of donor:
Peter CoatesAddress of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £40,000
Date received: 7 December 2015
Date accepted: 7 December 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 December 2015; updated 26 April 2016)
Name of donor:
Lord David SainsburyAddress of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000
Date received: 17 December
Date accepted: 17 December
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 January 2016; updated 26 April 2016)
Name of donor: Tim Allen
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000
Date received: 1 April 2016
Date accepted: 1 April 2016
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 April 2016)
Name of donor: Alison Wedgwood
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 14 June
Date of accepted: 14 June
Donor status: individual
(Registered 07 July 2016)
Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 24 November 2016
Date accepted: 24 November 2016
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 December 2016)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Zee Jaipur Literature Festival
Address of donor: Mansarover Building, Khasra No-366 min, Village Sultanpur, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, Delhi, India 110030
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Hotel accommodation with a value of £324 and flights costing £441; £765 in total
Destination of visit: India
Date of visit: 21 – 29 January 2016
Purpose of visit: To further Indo-British cultural exchange.
(Registered 09 March 2016)
Name of donor:
HPL Hotel Properties Ltd
Address of donor: 50 Cuscaden Road, #08-01 HPL House Singapore 249724
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and entertainment with a total value of £4,945.85
Destination of visit: Singapore
Dates of visit: 15-19 September 2016
Purpose of visit: To promote Singapore-UK cultural relations, higher education and sporting ties.
(Registered 25 October 2016)
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