Monday, 30 March 2009
MPs’ expenses
Parliament has today published the expenses and allowances claimed by MPs in 2007/08. The figures for Swindon’s MPs are:
| Member | Cost of staying away from main home | Office running costs | Staffing costs | Centrally purchased stationery | Stationery associated postage costs | Central IT provision | Staff cover & other costs | Comms Allowance |
| Ms Snelgrove | £20,913 | £21,605 | £89,656 | £2,917 | £3,277 | £1,078 | £0 | £8,923 |
| Mr Wills | £20,766 | £10,216 | £100,554 | £1,732 | £5,254 | £1,328 | £2,429 | £9,406 |
| Member | MP Travel: between home/constituency/Westminster | MP Travel: Other Rail | Spouse Travel | Employee Travel | ||||
| Mileage | Rail | Misc | Spouse Total | No. of Journeys | Employee Total | No. of Journeys | ||
| Ms Snelgrove | £2,853 | £5,096 | £264 | £25 | £90 | 2 | £532 | 18 |
| Mr Wills | £580 | £834 | £0 | £0 | £39 | 0 | £0 | 0 |
Add in their salaries of over £60,000 and each of them has cost well over £200,000 a year. Mr Wills already publishes his expenses in full detail but Ms Snelgrove is more reticent. She may be proud of what she delivers for that price; I think the people of Swindon deserve a refund.
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