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Mr Hancock took portion successful much bushtucker trials than immoderate different contestant
By Sam Francis
BBC News, London
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 for taking portion successful ITV's I'm a Celebrity world show.
The West Suffolk MP remains suspended from the Conservative Party for taking clip disconnected from his parliamentary duties to look connected the show.
Mr Hancock said helium donated £10,000 to foundation from the fee, revealed connected the register of MPs' fiscal interests.
The registry besides shows erstwhile Prime Minister Boris Johnson was paid £510,000 arsenic an beforehand for his memoir.
It follows the announcement by publishers HarperCollins earlier this month that they had acquired the rights to what was described arsenic a premier ministerial memoir "like nary other".
Mr Johnson has recorded astir 10 hours enactment connected the caller successful the MPs register.
Mr Hancock besides received £48,000 for his Pandemic Diaries book, which was serialised successful the Daily Mail and the Mail connected Sunday.
He has said helium went onto I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! to "show what I americium similar arsenic a person". Despite nationalist nominations for aggregate gruelling trials successful the Australian jungle, Mr Hancock came successful 3rd connected the amusement down footballer Jill Scott and histrion Owen Warner.
But Mr Hancock has faced disapproval from crossed the governmental spectrum for going connected the show, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying helium was "very disappointed" by the move.
A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said: "As good arsenic raising the illustration of his dyslexia run successful beforehand of 11-million viewers, Matt's donated £10,000 to St Nicholas Hospice successful Suffolk and the British Dyslexia Association."
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Image caption,Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned arsenic premier curate past year
Earlier this period Mr Hancock declared helium had earned £45,000 from appearing connected different world TV amusement - Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
He filmed the Channel 4 amusement earlier flying retired to the Australian jungle, but it volition beryllium screened aboriginal this year.
The registry of members' interests shows helium joined the formed of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins during Liz Truss's short-lived premiership.
He spent 80 hours connected the show, which sees celebrities vie against each different successful a bid of challenging subject grooming exercises, betwixt 24 September and 8 October.
Parliament was successful recess from 24 September, and the Conservative Party league was held successful Birmingham from 2 to 5 October.
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