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Giles Watling

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4 March 2024 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: (1) The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (2) Cyprus Premier (3) The Arkin Group (4) The British Residents Society (5) Turkish Airlines
    Address of donor: (1) 90 Bedrettin Demirel Caddesi Yenişehir, Lefkoşa (2) 239-241 Kennington Ln, London SE11 5QU (3) P.O. Box : 309 Girne- Kıbrıs, 99300 (4) Mustafa Cagatay Avenue, Girne (5) Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Türkiye
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Subsistence, value £205 (2) Flights (£500) and subsistence (£60), value £560 (3) Accommodation for three nights, value £300 (4) Subsistence, value £45 (5) Subsistence, value £40
    Destination of visit: Northern Cyprus
    Dates of visit: 8-11 February 2024
    Purpose of visit: Parliamentary fact-finding delegation, organised by the Freedom and Fairness for Northern Cyprus campaign, to learn about the country's political system, history, culture, and economy.
    (Registered 23 February 2024)

8 January 2024 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01
    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana
    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022
    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.
    (Registered 20 December 2022)
 

13 November 2023 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: Nuclear Industry Association
    Address of donor: 5th Floor, Tower House, 10 Southampton Street, London W2E 7HA
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, ground transport and meals, total value £839.68
    Destination of visit: Helsinki and Rauma, Finland
    Dates of visit: 2-4 November 2023
    Purpose of visit: To visit the Olkiluoto 3 Nuclear Power Plant, Onkalo Geological Disposal Facility and Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) as part of a Nuclear Energy APPG visit.
    (Registered 13 November 2023)

2 May 2023 - View full entry

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

 
  • Name of donor: Society of London Theatre Ltd
    Address of donor: 32 Rose Street, London WC2E 9ET
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Three tickets to the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall (approx. £1,026) with hospitality at the post-awards reception at the Natural history Museum (approx. £180), total approx. value £1,206
    Date received: 2 April 2023
    Date accepted: 2 April 2023
    Donor status: company, registration 527227
    (Registered 26 April 2023)

20 March 2023 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01
    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana
    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022
    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.
    (Registered 20 December 2022)
  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01
    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana
    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022
    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.
    (Registered 20 December 2022)

6 March 2023 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01

    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana

    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022

    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.

    (Registered 20 December 2022)
  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01
    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana
    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022
    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.
    (Registered 20 December 2022)

9 January 2023 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity
    Address of donor: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, and meals, total £4,070.01

    Destination of visit: Accra, Ghana

    Dates of visit: 7-10 December 2022

    Purpose of visit: To visit WaterAid Ghana and to witness the impact that interventions on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can make to individuals and communities.

    (Registered 20 December 2022)

14 March 2022 - View full entry

8. Miscellaneous

  • Trustee of the Patricia Watling Trust; a trust which benefits members of my family. (Registered 04 July 2017)
 

9 November 2020 - View full entry

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

  • Until 16 October 2019, half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i). (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017 and 04 May 2020)
 

12 October 2020 - View full entry

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (CFI Ltd)
    Address of donor: Blick Rothenberg, 7-10 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DG

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Air travel, accommodation and hospitality with a value of £2,500

    Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank

    Dates of visit: 28 July – 2 August 2019

    Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation.

    (Registered 24 September 2019)
 

8 June 2020 - View full entry

8. Miscellaneous

  • I received two tickets for the FA Cup Final on 18 May 2019, total value £250, from the Football Association, Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London HA9 0WS. (Registered 21 May 2019)
 

1. Employment and earnings

  • From 6 April 2017 to 2 May 2019, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. From 20 September 2017, I received a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017 and 20 May 2019)
 

11 May 2020 - View full entry

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

  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i). (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017)
  • From 17 January 2020, a residential property in Tendring District: (i). (Registered 28 January 2020)
  • Until 16 October 2019, half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i). (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017 and 04 May 2020)
  • From 17 January 2020, a residential property in Tendring District: (i) and, from 20 March 2020, (ii). (Registered 28 January 2020; updated 04 May 2020)

10 February 2020 - View full entry

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

 
  • From 17 January 2020, a residential property in Tendring District: (i). (Registered 28 January 2020)

30 September 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW:
  • 3 August 2018, payment of £200 for a survey on 1 August 2018. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 24 September 2018)
 

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (CFI Ltd)
    Address of donor: Blick Rothenberg, 7-10 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DG

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Air travel, accommodation and hospitality with a value of £2,500

    Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank

    Dates of visit: 28 July – 2 August 2019

    Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation.

    (Registered 24 September 2019)

2 September 2019 - View full entry

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: eight dinners, value: £40 each; total £320

    Date received: 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2018

    Date accepted: 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2018

    Donor status: other

    (Registered 16 August 2018)
 

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: (1) Clarion Defence (UK) Ltd (2) CAE Aircrew Training Services plc, both via the APPG on the Armed Forces
    Address of donor: (1) Bedford House, 69 - 79 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3JW (2) MSHATF RAF Benson, Wallingford OX10 6AA

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) £250; (2) £250. The APPG for the Armed Forces used these sums to meet the costs of travel, food, accommodation and museum entry fees, which together had a total value of approx. £250 per person, £500 in total, after personal contributions of £100 each.

    Destination of visit: The Netherlands

    Dates of visit: 25–27 July 2018

    Purpose of visit: Operation Market Garden Battlefield Tour by the APPG for the Armed Forces. This included visits to the sites of World War II battles and Commonwealth cemeteries.

    (Registered 16 August 2018; updated 30 August 2018)
 

17 June 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

 

3 June 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

 

8. Miscellaneous

 
  • I received two tickets for the FA Cup Final on 18 May 2019, total value £250, from the Football Association, Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London HA9 0WS. (Registered 21 May 2019)

20 May 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • From 6 April 2017, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. From 20 September 2017 until further notice, I receive a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017)
  • From 6 April 2017 to 2 May 2019, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. From 20 September 2017, I received a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017 and 20 May 2019)

4 March 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • 16 January 2018, payment of £200 for completing Winter 2017 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 02 February 2018)
 

7 January 2019 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • From 6 April 2017, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. I received the following allowances:
  • 20 June 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £744.92; £1,176 in total. Hours: approx. 12 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • 20 July 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £744.92; £1,176 in total. Hours: approx. 12 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • 20 August 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £216.27; £647.35 in total. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • From 20 September 2017 until further notice, I receive a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017)
  • From 6 April 2017, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. From 20 September 2017 until further notice, I receive a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary China Group (with sponsorship from John Swire & Sons, HSBC, City of London, Cambridge Assessment, Arup, and EDF Energy)
    Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

    Amount of benefit in kind (or estimate of the probable value): Flights valued at £908.56; accommodation valued at £540.62; food and drink valued at £67.12; meeting and hospitality expenses (inc. interpretation, venue hire) valued at £110.84; £1,627.14 in total.

    Destination of visit: China (Guangdong and Guangxi)

    Date of visit: 6 – 10 November 2017

    Purpose of visit: To strengthen relations between the UK Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the understanding of parliamentarians of China.

    (Registered 20 December 2017)
 

3 December 2018 - View full entry

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

  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i) and, until 14 November 2017, (ii). (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017)
  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i). (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017)

1 October 2018 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • 16 January 2018, payment of £200 from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for completing Winter 2017 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 02 February 2018)
  • Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW:
  • 16 January 2018, payment of £200 for completing Winter 2017 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 02 February 2018)
  • 3 August 2018, payment of £200 for a survey on 1 August 2018. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 24 September 2018)

10 September 2018 - View full entry

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: eight dinners, value: £40 each; total £320

    Date received: 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2018

    Date accepted: 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2018

    Donor status: other

    (Registered 16 August 2018)

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: (1) Clarion Defence (UK) Ltd (2) CAE Aircrew Training Services plc, both via the APPG on the Armed Forces
    Address of donor: (1) Bedford House, 69 - 79 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3JW (2) MSHATF RAF Benson, Wallingford OX10 6AA

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) £250; (2) £250. The APPG for the Armed Forces used these sums to meet the costs of travel, food, accommodation and museum entry fees, which together had a total value of approx. £250 per person, £500 in total, after personal contributions of £100 each.

    Destination of visit: The Netherlands

    Dates of visit: 25–27 July 2018

    Purpose of visit: Operation Market Garden Battlefield Tour by the APPG for the Armed Forces. This included visits to the sites of World War II battles and Commonwealth cemeteries.

    (Registered 16 August 2018; updated 30 August 2018)

13 August 2018 - View full entry

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

  • Name of donor: Stalbury Trustees
    Address of donor: 31 Hill St, London W1J 4LS

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500

    Donor status: company, registration 01430799

    (Registered 04 July 2017)
  • Name of donor: The Tandridge Club
    Address of donor: c/o East Surrey Conservatives, 83 Bell St, Reigate RH2 7AN

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000

    Donor status: friendly society

    (Registered 04 July 2017)
 

5 February 2018 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

 
  • 16 January 2018, payment of £200 from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for completing Winter 2017 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 02 February 2018)

8 January 2018 - View full entry

1. Employment and earnings

  • From 6 April 2017 until further notice I receive £1,149.25 a month from Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE, for my role as a councillor and cabinet member. Hours: approx. 10 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017)
  • From 6 April 2017, councillor and cabinet member, Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE. I received the following allowances:
  • 20 June 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £744.92; £1,176 in total. Hours: approx. 12 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • 20 July 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £744.92; £1,176 in total. Hours: approx. 12 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • 20 August 2017, received £431.08 plus special responsibility allowance of £216.27; £647.35 in total. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 and 20 December 2017)
  • From 20 September 2017 until further notice, I receive a monthly allowance of £431.08. Hours: approx. 8 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017; updated 12 and 20 December 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

 
  • Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary China Group (with sponsorship from John Swire & Sons, HSBC, City of London, Cambridge Assessment, Arup, and EDF Energy)
    Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

    Amount of benefit in kind (or estimate of the probable value): Flights valued at £908.56; accommodation valued at £540.62; food and drink valued at £67.12; meeting and hospitality expenses (inc. interpretation, venue hire) valued at £110.84; £1,627.14 in total.

    Destination of visit: China (Guangdong and Guangxi)

    Date of visit: 6 – 10 November 2017

    Purpose of visit: To strengthen relations between the UK Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the understanding of parliamentarians of China.

    (Registered 20 December 2017)

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

  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i) and (ii). (Registered 04 July 2017)
  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i) and, until 14 November 2017, (ii). (Registered 4 July 2017; updated 18 December 2017)

7 July 2017 (first entry we have)

1. Employment and earnings

  • From 6 April 2017 until further notice I receive £1,149.25 a month from Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE, for my role as a councillor and cabinet member. Hours: approx. 10 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 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: Stalbury Trustees
    Address of donor: 31 Hill St, London W1J 4LS

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500

    Donor status: company, registration 01430799

    (Registered 04 July 2017)
  • Name of donor: The Tandridge Club
    Address of donor: c/o East Surrey Conservatives, 83 Bell St, Reigate RH2 7AN

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000

    Donor status: friendly society

    (Registered 04 July 2017)

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

  • Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i) and (ii). (Registered 04 July 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

  • Trustee of the Patricia Watling Trust; a trust which benefits members of my family. (Registered 04 July 2017)