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What is Allowed?

MPs are permitted a budget for staff to deal with the Parliamentary duties that the MP has to perform. This could for example be helping to deal with the vast number of phone calls, letters and emails which come into the office every week. MPs are not paid this money into their own accounts to then distribute: it is paid direct to staff from an independent body.

What I Claim:

My excellent staff help me to carry out my role as your representative effectively and my office runs extremely efficiently. I was found to be one of the best responding MPs in the entire country.

In the full financial years since May 2010 and April 2020 I have underspent over £297,000.00 from my staffing budget.

Just because you might have a large budget for something does not mean you should max it out, especially when it is not your money!

I have a duty to make sure I keep the cost to the taxpayer as low as possible and I treat taxpayer’s money very carefully.

Here are the numbers in more detail:

Financial Year 2010-11

·         Max Staffing Budget: £100,419

·         Michael claimed: £54,088.16

·         Total amount saved for taxpayer: £46,330.84

2011-12

·         Max Staffing Budget: £115,000

·         Michael claimed: £83,478.07

·         Total amount saved for taxpayer: £31,521.93

2012-13

·         Max Staffing Budget: £137,200

·         Michael claimed: £100,900.25

·         Total amount saved for taxpayer: £36,299.75

2013-14

·         Max Staffing Budget: £137,200

·         Michael claimed: £111,171.75

·         Total amount saved for taxpayer: £26,028.25

2014-15

· Max Staffing Budget: £138,600

· Michael claimed: £121,002

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £17,598

2015-16

· Max Staffing Budget: £140,000

· Michael claimed: £120, 698.04

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £19,301.96

2016-17

· Max Staffing Budget: £141,400

· Michael claimed: £103,418.89

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £37, 981.11

2017-18

· Max Staffing Budget: £150,900

· Michael claimed: £119, 952.37

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £30,947.63

 

2018-19

· Max Staffing Budget: £153,620

· Michael claimed: £114,880.45

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £38,739.55

 

2019-20

· Max Staffing Budget: £155,930

· Michael claimed: £142,828.88

· Total amount saved for the taxpayer: £13,101.12

 

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