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Members' Allowances 2009-2010

MEMBER	CONSTITUENCY	TOTAL OFFICE COST ALLOWANCE	WINDING UP ALLOWANCE	OTHER ALLOWANCES	TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (MOTOR MILEAGE)	OTHER TRAVEL	SUBSISTENCE	TOTAL ALLOWANCES
Gerry Adams	West Belfast	£24,187.32	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,187.32
Martina Anderson	Foyle	£15,518.21	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£15,518.21
Billy Armstrong	Mid Ulster	£20,285.56	£0.00	£0.00	£625.95	£0.00	£0.00	£20,911.51
Alex Attwood	West Belfast	£26,897.02	£0.00	£520.00	£950.95	£0.00	£0.00	£28,367.97
Roy Beggs	East Antrim	£24,739.56	£0.00	£0.00	£295.80	£0.00	£0.00	£25,035.36
Cathal Boylan	Newry & Armagh	£20,155.23	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,155.23
Dominic Bradley	Newry & Armagh	£34,206.62	£0.00	£698.59	£2,390.15	£0.00	£0.00	£37,295.36
Mary Bradley	Foyle	£23,406.38	£0.00	£0.00	£2,517.60	£0.00	£0.00	£25,923.98
P J Bradley	South Down	£25,962.88	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,962.88
Mickey Brady	Newry & Armagh	£21,992.19	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£21,992.19
Allan Bresland	West Tyrone	£18,225.17	£0.00	£0.00	£2,177.20	£0.00	£0.00	£20,402.37
Francie Brolly	East Londonderry	£22,509.25	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,509.25
Wallace Browne	East Belfast	£21,976.35	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£21,976.35
Thomas Buchanan	West Tyrone	£31,345.76	£0.00	£0.00	£2,091.10	£0.00	£0.00	£33,436.86
Thomas Burns	South Antrim	£26,969.05	£0.00	£2,973.71	£458.20	£0.00	£0.00	£30,400.96
David Burnside	South Antrim	£14,012.95	£9,014.52	£0.00	£272.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,299.47
Paul Butler	Lagan Valley	£24,968.41	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,968.41
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry	£14,346.73	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£14,346.73
Trevor Clarke	South Antrim	£28,108.56	£0.00	£0.00	£1,374.75	£0.00	£0.00	£29,483.31
Willie Clarke	South Down	£25,970.01	£0.00	£312.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,282.01
Fred Cobain	North Belfast	£23,961.27	£0.00	£0.00	£744.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,705.27
Rev Robert Coulter	North Antrim	£16,449.90	£0.00	£0.00	£590.10	£0.00	£0.00	£17,040.00
Jonathan Craig	Lagan Valley	£23,529.64	£0.00	£520.00	£822.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,871.64
Leslie Cree	North Down	£20,141.00	£0.00	£0.00	£360.80	£0.00	£0.00	£20,501.80
John Dallat	East Londonderry	£27,383.91	£0.00	£0.00	£2,139.35	£0.00	£0.00	£29,523.26
Dr Kieran Deeny	West Tyrone	£29,295.40	£0.00	£0.00	£1,409.70	£0.00	£0.00	£30,705.10
Nigel Dodds	North Belfast	£24,311.26	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,311.26
Pat Doherty	West Tyrone	£20,195.71	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,195.71
Jeffrey Donaldson	Lagan Valley	£26,346.06	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,346.06
Mark Durkan	Foyle	£33,757.72	£0.00	£0.00	£1,920.00	£0.00	£0.00	£35,677.72
Alex Easton	North Down	£24,383.77	£0.00	£0.00	£472.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,855.77
Thomas Elliott	West Tyrone	£26,011.58	£0.00	£260.00	£2,110.40	£0.00	£0.00	£28,381.98
Sir Reg Empey	East Belfast	£28,507.74	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£28,507.74
Stephen Farry	North Down	£26,200.29	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,200.29
David Ford	South Antrim	£21,492.94	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£21,492.94
Arlene Foster	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£26,867.32	£0.00	£780.00	£347.60	£0.00	£0.00	£27,994.92
Tommy Gallagher	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£18,165.37	£0.00	£0.00	£4,167.20	£0.00	£0.00	£22,329.57
Samuel Gardiner	Upper Bann	£23,006.91	£0.00	£0.00	£556.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,562.91
Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£25,059.71	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,059.71
Simon Hamilton	Strangford	£26,023.88	£0.00	£0.00	£244.80	£0.00	£0.00	£26,268.68
Carmel Hanna	South Belfast	£32,142.55	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£32,142.55
William Hay	Foyle	£22,915.56	£0.00	£0.00	£933.20	£0.00	£0.00	£23,848.76
David Hilditch	East Antrim	£22,278.61	£0.00	£0.00	£1,089.60	£0.00	£0.00	£23,368.21
William Irwin	Newry & Armagh	£30,077.33	£0.00	£1,795.21	£1,433.80	£0.00	£0.00	£33,306.34
Dolores Kelly	Upper Bann	£24,694.76	£0.00	£0.00	£1,748.45	£0.00	£0.00	£26,443.21
Gerry Kelly	North Belfast	£18,070.47	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£18,070.47
Danny Kennedy	Newry & Armagh	£27,800.28	£0.00	£260.00	£2,744.80	£0.00	£0.00	£30,805.08
Danny Kinahan	South Antrim	£492.87	£0.00		£307.60	£0.00	£0.00	£800.47
Anna Lo	South Belfast	£23,696.24	£0.00	£8.00	£254.80	£0.00	£0.00	£23,962.04
Naomi Long	East Belfast	£28,757.43	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£28,757.43
Trevor Lunn	Lagan Valley	£26,904.78	£0.00	£25.60	£537.60	£0.00	£0.00	£27,467.98
Alban Maginness	North Belfast	£28,947.91	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£28,947.91
Alex Maskey	South Belfast	£13,876.86	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£13,876.86
Paul Maskey	West Belfast	£26,274.35	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,274.35
John McCallister	South Down	£20,610.67	£0.00	£120.00	£1,588.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,318.67
Fra McCann	West Belfast	£23,514.78	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,514.78
Jennifer McCann	West Belfast	£25,330.47	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,330.47
Kieran McCarthy	Strangford	£19,384.51	£0.00	£0.00	£976.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,360.51
Raymond McCartney	Foyle	£20,282.18	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,282.18
Nelson McCausland	North Belfast	£24,523.81	£0.00	£0.00	£752.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,275.81
David McClarty	East Londonderry	£28,610.58	£0.00	£0.00	£1,964.00	£0.00	£0.00	£30,574.58
Basil McCrea	Lagan Valley	£22,180.08	£0.00	£0.00	£758.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,938.08
Ian McCrea	Mid Ulster	£25,559.55	£0.00	£0.00	£1,748.00	£0.00	£0.00	£27,307.55
Rev William McCrea	South Antrim	£20,303.44	£0.00	£0.00	£1,659.20	£0.00	£0.00	£21,962.64
Alasdair McDonnell	South Belfast	£25,447.17	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,447.17
Barry McElduff	West Tyrone	£17,740.33	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£17,740.33
Alan McFarland	North Down	£23,249.43	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,249.43
Claire McGill	West Tyrone	£16,094.84	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£16,094.84
Michael McGimpsey	South Belfast	£27,457.67	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£27,457.67
Patsy McGlone	Mid Ulster	£22,950.31	£0.00	£0.00	£3,225.60	£0.00	£0.00	£26,175.91
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	£16,250.66	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£16,250.66
Gerry McHugh	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£13,833.70	£0.00	£0.00	£2,715.20	£0.00	£0.00	£16,548.90
Michelle McIlveen	Strangford	£23,219.55	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,219.55
Daithi McKay	North Antrim	£24,776.99	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£24,776.99
Mitchel McLaughlin	South Antrim	£19,484.33	£0.00	£0.00	£15.00	£0.00	£0.00	£19,499.33
David McNarry	Strangford	£22,881.22	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,881.22
Adrian McQuillan	East Londonderry	£22,229.68	£0.00	£0.00	£2,343.75	£0.00	£0.00	£24,573.43
Francie Molloy	Mid Ulster	£15,466.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1,964.80	£0.00	£0.00	£17,430.80
Maurice Morrow	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£23,788.89	£0.00	£374.40	£643.60	£0.00	£0.00	£24,806.89
Stephen Moutray	Upper Bann	£28,017.39	£0.00	£20.80	£1,733.80	£0.00	£0.00	£29,771.99
Conor Murphy	Newry & Armagh	£26,006.00	£0.00	£260.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,266.00
Sean Neeson	East Antrim	£20,076.39	£0.00	£0.00	£556.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,632.39
Robin Newton	East Belfast	£22,099.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,099.00
Caral Ni Chuilin	North Belfast	£22,990.88	£0.00	£260.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,250.88
John O'Dowd	Upper Bann	£14,482.99	£0.00	£1,248.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£15,730.99
Declan O'Loan	North Antrim	£25,665.79	£0.00	£0.00	£867.75	£0.00	£0.00	£26,533.54
Michelle O'Neill	Mid Ulster	£15,678.80	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£15,678.80
Rev Ian Paisley	North Antrim	£19,538.45	£0.00	£0.00	£54.45	£0.00	£0.00	£19,592.90
Ian Paisley Jnr	North Antrim	£26,930.46	£0.00	£0.00	£1,651.10	£0.00	£0.00	£28,581.56
Edwin Poots	Lagan Valley	£25,205.36	£0.00	£0.00	£1,727.60	£0.00	£0.00	£26,932.96
Dawn Purvis	East Belfast	£25,965.28	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,965.28
Pat Ramsey	Foyle	£27,252.38	£0.00	£3,614.68	£1,920.00	£0.00	£0.00	£32,787.06
Sue Ramsey	West Belfast	£19,533.68	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£19,533.68
Margaret Ritchie	South Down	£35,034.93	£0.00	£3,476.69	£347.20	£0.00	£0.00	£38,858.82
George Robinson	East Londonderry	£20,315.04	£0.00	£0.00	£2,078.90	£0.00	£0.00	£22,393.94
Iris Robinson	Strangford	£18,368.83	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£18,368.83
Ken Robinson	East Antrim	£21,988.85	£0.00	£0.00	£490.80	£0.00	£0.00	£22,479.65
Peter Robinson	East Belfast	£23,058.88	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£23,058.88
Alastair Ross	East Antrim	£27,059.09	£0.00	£0.00	£1,311.00	£0.00	£0.00	£28,370.09
Caitriona Ruane	South Down	£12,278.10	£0.00	£260.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£12,538.10
George Savage	Upper Bann	£29,470.17	£0.00	£0.00	£1,616.00	£0.00	£0.00	£31,086.17
Jim Shannon	Strangford	£27,042.26	£0.00	£0.00	£2,189.70	£0.00	£0.00	£29,231.96
David Simpson	Upper Bann	£26,590.56	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,590.56
Jimmy Spratt	South Belfast	£27,087.02	£0.00	£609.52	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£27,696.54
Mervyn Storey	North Antrim	£24,313.61	£0.00	£0.00	£2,094.90	£0.00	£0.00	£26,408.51
Peter Weir	North Down	£25,355.13	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£25,355.13
Jim Wells	South Down	£26,891.88	£0.00	£0.00	£2,000.00	£0.00	£0.00	£28,891.88
Brian Wilson	North Down	£21,718.93	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£21,718.93
Sammy Wilson	East Antrim	£26,348.22	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£26,348.22
Total Expenditure YTD		£2,541,339.78	£9,014.52	£18,397.20	£79,079.85	£0.00	£0.00	£2,647,831.35

Office Costs Allowance

The maximum Office Cost Allowance (OCA) available for 2009-2010 is £72,660. OCA is paid to meet the expenses incurred by a Member in connection with carrying out his or her Assembly duties. OCA is not an automatic entitlement that is paid to a Member by virtue of membership of the Assembly. It can only be paid to a Member who has actually incurred allowable expenditure.

As its name suggests, it is generally used to allow a Member to provide a service to constituents through a constituency office. Items that can be claimed from OCA include office rent and rates, offices utilities (including heating and lighting and telephones), office equipment, office furniture and office consumables. OCA can also be used to allow a Member to engage the services of administrative support staff and to buy in research or secretarial services. OCA cannot be claimed without valid proof of the actual expenses that have been incurred.

For OCA paid to Members from 2003/04 onwards full details of each will be available from November 2009. The detail analysis is currently available for payments made in 2008/09 and up to July 2009.

For the detailed analysis of OCA expenditure it should be noted that where a Member’s name is given as the “Supplier” the payment was made as a reimbursement to the Member for admissible expenditure incurred.

Members are permitted to use OCA to purchase stationery for use in their constituency offices and where this stationery has been purchased from the central Assembly Stationery Office the supplier will be either “Banner Office Supplies” or the “NI Assembly”.

The amount of OCA available each year is a maximum amount which must not be exceeded. If at any point of time during the year a Member submits an invoice, and there are insufficient funds available to process the invoice the Member may choose to submit the necessary funds to the Assembly who will then facilitate payment on the Members behalf. Where a Member makes a contribution these amounts will show as negative amounts on the detailed report, with the description given as “Contribution to ……”. Other contributions may be made by Members from time to time – e.g. towards the cost of producing constituency leaflets if they wish to include an article which does not relate directly to Assembly business .

The information held by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission in relation to the expenditure paid to volunteers from the OCA is regarded as sensitive personal data on political opinion. The Data Protection Act 1998 requires the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission to process this information in accordance with the Data Protection Principles which are set out in Schedule 1 Part 1 of the Act. The first Data Protection Principle requires the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission to process this sensitive personal data fairly and lawfully and requires that at least one of the conditions in Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 of the Act is met before it can publish the information. The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission does not consider that it has met any of the conditions in Schedule 3 which are necessary for publishing this sensitive personal data and is therefore not published.

Winding Up Allowance

Winding Up Allowance is paid to a former Member to allow him or her to bring their Assembly business to an orderly close. Office Costs Allowance is not payable from the date on which a former Member ceases to be a Member of the Assembly. Winding Up Allowance (like OCA) can only be claimed for actual receipted expenditure. During 2009-2010 Winding Up Allowance has been paid to one Member

Other Allowances

Other Allowances include childcare, temporary secretarial allowance, support staff mileage, disability allowance and support staff statutory redundancy payments. The most prevalent of these allowances is temporary secretarial allowance. This is payable to a Member in respect of additional costs that he or she has to incur in order to employ additional staff to cover employees who are absent from work due to illness or injury.

Travel Allowance (Motor Mileage)

Members receive a standard rate of Motor Mileage Allowance for business travel by car. The rate is 40p per mile for the first 20,000 miles and 25p per mile thereafter. For mileage between 10,000 and 20,000 miles, Members incur a tax liability on the difference between these two rates (i.e. 40p – 25p = 15p). The amounts shown for Travel Allowance (Motor Mileage) are the gross amounts claimed by Members and do not reflect any tax deducted. Members’ motor mileage allowances are likely to be affected by the distance they live from Parliament Buildings and by the size of their constituencies. In considering the detailed analysis for travel allowances paid – where the description refers to “salaries”, this represents the taxable element of payment which has been processed through the payroll system.

Other Travel

Other Travel includes airfares, taxis and public transport expenses.

Subsistence

Subsistence allowance is payable in respect of expenses incurred when a Member’s is away from his or her normal place of residence on Assembly business.

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Members' Allowances 2009-2010

MEMBER

CONSTITUENCY

TOTAL OFFICE COST ALLOWANCE

WINDING UP ALLOWANCE

OTHER ALLOWANCES

TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (MOTOR MILEAGE)

OTHER TRAVEL

SUBSISTENCE

TOTAL ALLOWANCES

Total Expenditure YTD

£2,541,339.78

£9,014.52

£18,397.20

£79,079.85

£0.00