Robert Jenrick's website states that he lives in his Newark constituency and London.
But the Secretary of State has now said that "my house in Herefordshire is the place I, my wife and my young children consider to be our family home".
But the Secretary of State has now said that "my house in Herefordshire is the place I, my wife and my young children consider to be our family home".
It's understood Mr Jenrick and his wife spend the working week in London but spend as much time at the Herefordshire home as work allows. He also rents a property in Newark where he stays when on constituency business.
Mr Jenrick says his family were in Herefordshire before any restrictions were announced and "once I was able to work from home it was right that I went home to do so and be with my wife and also help care for my three young children".
Mr Jenrick says "I will be staying at my family home until Government advice changes or if I am needed in person in Westminster before the parliamentary session resumes after the Easter recess".
He also spoke to Sky News from his Herefordshire home via Skype nine days ago.
He also spoke to Sky News from his Herefordshire home via Skype nine days ago.
Mr Jenrick's website states that in the past he was Association Chairman in North Herefordshire. It is also close to where his parents live. Council planning application details also show changes made to his property to turn it into a family home.
So Mr Jenrick clearly has links to Herefordshire that go beyond it being a simple 'countryside holiday destination'. However his constituents may wonder why the property he considers his family home is not in his constituency or in his other place of work (London).
It also raises the question that, given he and his wife usually spend the working week in London, would it be more in line with the spirit of the guidance for them to social distance in London and hence avoid any trips Mr Jenrick might make between Westminster and Herefordshire?
In the register of financial interests, Robert Jenrick has listed his Herefordshire home. The foreword to it says that properties listed should exclude "any used only for the personal residential purposes of the MP or their close
family".
family".
On this, I understand any property not used "wholly or exclusively" for the personal residential purposes of a member or their family has to be registered on the financial interests. That doesn't necessarily mean it isn't their primary property though.
