Parliamentary Allowances
Posted by Mike Wood, MP for Batley and Spen, at 12:37, Tue 19 May 2009:
In light of the public interest in what Members of Parliament have been claiming from their allowances, I have decided to publish details of my claims ahead of the official publication by the House of Commons in July.
The information I have at present contains a number of factual errors. I met officers of the House of Commons last week and they agreed the errors need to be rectified. Once they have done this and re-issued the correct information to me I shall publish it all on my website. Had it not been for these errors I would have published my details last week.
Once online, the documents will contained blocked out areas. All MPs' documents are the same and this is not hiding any of the claims I made. The blocking out was has been by the House of Commons and not by me and it protects sensitive information such as bank details and other personal details.
Should my constituents have any queries, these can be put to me via the website and I will be more than happy to answer them. Obviously, I will not respond to anonymous queries.
Mike Wood MP
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Posted by Derrek Cartwright BA (Hons), 16:03, Tue 19 May 2009: (Is this post abusive?) #
What is the difficulty the previous figures are in the public domain, & it is these figures that need reconciling to ...see They Work For You for a clearer picture on the following. One figure that wants justifying is the sharp rise in staffing costs.
Or is it being said that this prove this government is incompetent, because it costs x2 what it did to sort out problems it has caused?
£422,588 £144,984 £151,941 £125,663 £128,229 £122,371 £114,213 £89,023 Total:£876,424
Additional Costs Allowance £17,976 £18,038 £14,533 £19,555 £13,632 £17,819 £13,966 Total:£115,519
London Supplement £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision £11,129 £12,888 £13,605 £16,407 £18,799 £18,234 £14,013 Total:£105,075
Staffing Allowance £100,135 £100,543 £84,458 £73,254 £67,891 £65,595 £48,984 Total: £540,860
Communications Allowance £2,881 Total: £2,881
Members' Travel £5,162 £5,830 £5,373 £8,771 £7,986 £7,744 £7,131 Total: £47,997 Members' Staff Travel £4442 £477 £1,050 £748 £1,157 £1,153 £1,393 Total:£6,420
Members' Spouse Travel £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Members' Family Travel £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Centrally Purchased Stationery £1,007 £1,585 £1,191 £1,484 £1,920 £1,753 £1,418 Total:£10,358
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs £3,410 £5,469 £5,435 £4,826 £6,499 Total: £25,639
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment £1,164 £1,010 £18 £1,933 £1,933 £1,915 £1,915 Total:£9,888
Other Costs £1,678 £6,101 £0 £1,251 £2,554 £0 £203 Total: £8,858