My Parliamentary Expenses

The table below outlines my expenses for the last four years (note 2001/2002 starts in June 2001 when most MPs transferred from the old system based on the Office Costs Allowance that included both office and staff costs to a new system that ring-fenced staff costs).

	Additional Costs Allowance	Incidental Expenses Provision	Staff Costs	MP Travel	Staff Travel	Sub total	Centrally Purchased Stationery	Central IT Provision	Other Costs	Total
April 2006 - March 2007	£11,706	£20,401 (Rank: 317)	£81,827 (Rank: 407)	£5,919 (Rank: 406)	£0	£119,853	£7,636 (inc. postage) (Rank*: S:95;P:117)	£1,090	£0	£128,579 (Rank: 474)
MAXIMUM	£22,110	£20,440	£87,276	£9,000		£138,826
April 2005 - March 2006	£8,952 (Rank: 474)	£21,192 (Rank: 180)	£80,782 (Rank: 265)	£5,194 (Rank: 420)	£0	£115,744	£4,075 (includes postage)	£2,972	£0	£120,195 (Rank: 435)
MAXIMUM	£21,634	£20,000	£84,081	£9,000		£134,715
April 2004 - March 2005	£12,739	£18,859	£74,011	£10,135	£0	£116,120	£4,182 (includes postage)	£1,920	£0	£121,846
MAXIMUM	£20,902	£19,325	£77,534	£14,200		£131,961
April 2003 - March 2004	£15,264	£18,762	£67,611	£10,597	£24	£112,258	£4,736 (includes postage)	£1,920	£0	£118,914
MAXIMUM	£20,333	£18,799	£74,985	£13,700		£127,817
April 2002 - March 2003	£13,310	£18,234	£65,263	£9,933	£0	£106,740	£1,179 (excludes postage)	£1,920	£0	£109,839
MAXIMUM	£19,772	£18,234	£72,310	£13,390		£123,706
June 2001 - March 2002	£10,465	£18,042	£44,539	£8,892	£644	£82,582	£1,259 (excludes postage)	£1,920	£477	£86,238
MAXIMUM	£18,009	£18,000	£70,000	£13,220		£119,229

 

 

Notes:

Last Updates: 25th October 2007 (with 2006/07 rankings); 24th September 2007 (with 2006/07 figures):

On the calculated maximums:

Staff Costs: The maximum is if all Mike’s staff where based in London – not all Mike’s staff are based in London. My current staff are: Michael Andrewes, Mandy Collis, Alan Lloyd and Jacqui Hancock.

MP’s travel: MPs when travelling on parliamentary business can claim  10,000 miles at a higher rate and a lower rate after that. Before 2005/06, this was 20,000 miles at a higher rate and an unlimited number of miles after 20,000 at a lower rate. The calculated maximum assumes 30,000 miles at a combination of higher and lower rates as prevailed at the time. For 2006/2007, the House of Commons broke down MP travel by type (car, 3rd party vehicle mileage, rail, air, bicycle and other, European) - all Mike's travel claimed for was by his own car.

Centrally Provided Stationery: MPs are allowed unlimited use of certain types of stationery such as paper and envelopes provided it is used by them to respond to constituents and carry out their work as laid down in the rules governing its use.

Other notes:

Additional Costs Allowance (ACA): This is paid to reimburse MPs for necessary costs incurred when staying overnight away from their main home for the purpose of performing parliamentary duties. In 2005/06, there were 48 Inner or outer london MP, that were paid the London Supplement instead of the ACA.

Incidental Expenses Provision (IEP): This is paid to meet the costs of office accommodation (such as rent); equipment, stationery and other supplies; work commissioned or other services and certain travel and communications. Money can be carried over from the previous year's IEP or the next year's provision drawn down on - subject to the approval of the House of Commons' Department for Finance and Administration.

Centrally Provided Computer Equipment: The capital cost of computers are spread over a four-year period.

Rankings:1=Spent the most; 644=Spent the least. (There are currently 644 MPs - 598 that qualified for the ACA) but there may be more MPs for a particular year if there have been by-elections. *S = Centrally purchased stationery; P = Associated postage costs. For 2006/07 these rankings were calculated separately and provided to individual MPs by the House of Commons' Department for Finance and Administration.