MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES 2007-2008

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MEMBER	CONSTITUENCY	OFFICE COST ALLOWANCE	WINDING UP ALLOWANCE	OTHER ALLOWANCES	TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (MOTOR MILEAGE)	OTHER TRAVEL	SUBSISTENCE	TOTAL ALLOWANCES
Gerry Adams	West Belfast	£68,160.75	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,160.75
Martina Anderson	Foyle	£68,152.83	£0.00	£0.00	£5,952.00	£0.00	£0.00	£74,104.83
Billy Armstrong	Mid Ulster	£60,823.59	£0.00	£396.00	£9,598.40	£0.00	£0.00	£70,817.99
Alex Attwood	West Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£1,421.61	£2,438.80	£13.40	£0.00	£72,040.81
Norah Beare	Lagan Valley	£0.00	£471.35	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£471.35
Roy Beggs	East Antrim	£67,907.04	£0.00	£2,003.60	£5,819.75	£0.00	£0.00	£75,730.39
Billy Bell	Lagan Valley	£0.00	£13,124.50	£2,895.38	£212.85	£0.00	£0.00	£16,232.73
Paul Berry	Newry & Armagh	£0.00	£13,561.75	£1,575.01	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£15,136.76
Esmond Birnie	South Belfast	£0.00	£11,571.50	£3,255.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£14,826.50
Cathal Boylan	Newry & Armagh	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
Dominic Bradley	Newry & Armagh	£68,166.43	£0.00	£0.00	£4,407.15	£0.00	£0.00	£72,573.58
Mary Bradley	Foyle	£68,166.82	£0.00	£1,311.60	£7,143.70	£0.00	£0.00	£76,367.91
P J Bradley	South Down	£63,731.81	£0.00	£324.00	£5,943.40	£0.00	£119.00	£70,118.21
Mickey Brady	Newry & Armagh	£68,128.08	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,128.08
Allan Bresland	West Tyrone	£34,132.44	£0.00	£0.00	£6,405.95	£0.00	£180.00	£40,718.39
Francie Brolly	East Londonderry	£67,750.47	£0.00	£0.00	£6,031.00	£0.00	£0.00	£73,781.47
Wallace Browne	East Belfast	£64,373.10	£0.00	£0.00	£147.20	£0.00	£0.00	£64,520.30
Thomas Buchanan	West Tyrone	£64,312.02	£0.00	£0.00	£8,378.94	£83.00	£95.00	£72,868.96
Thomas Burns	South Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£2,603.52	£3,099.60	£23.00	£0.00	£73,893.12
David Burnside	South Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£176.40	£3,724.00	£0.00	£0.00	£72,067.40
Paul Butler	Lagan Valley	£67,652.23	£0.00	£0.00	£1,807.60	£0.00	£0.00	£69,459.83
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry	£54,340.65	£0.00	£0.00	£7,553.60	£0.00	£0.00	£61,894.25
Trevor Clarke	South Antrim	£61,697.43	£0.00	£0.00	£4,272.80	£2.70	£0.00	£65,972.93
Willie Clarke	South Down	£68,167.00	£0.00	£1,639.68	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£69,806.68
Wilson Clyde	South Antrim	£0.00	£10,535.44	£12,444.64	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£22,980.08
Fred Cobain	North Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£24.00	£8,257.00	£0.00	£0.00	£76,448.00
Michael Copeland	East Belfast	£0.00	£14,367.96	£447.23	£951.75	£0.00	£0.00	£15,766.94
Rev Robert Coulter	North Antrim	£51,892.94	£0.00	£0.00	£6,357.15	£12.00	£0.00	£58,262.09
Jonathan Craig	Lagan Valley	£62,806.26	£0.00	£1,434.35	£3,990.80	£0.00	£0.00	£68,231.41
Leslie Cree	North Down	£62,451.65	£0.00	£0.00	£1,372.80	£0.00	£0.00	£63,824.45
John Dallat	East Londonderry	£67,962.89	£0.00	£39.43	£7,966.35	£0.00	£0.00	£75,968.67
George Dawson	East Antrim	£4,191.01	£122.47	£52.00	£212.00	£0.00	£0.00	£4,577.48
Dr Kieran Deeny	West Tyrone	£67,929.46	£0.00	£201.60	£4,691.55	£28.50	£63.00	£72,914.11
Diane Dodds	West Belfast	£0.00	£11,007.60	£1,188.48	£774.40	£0.00	£0.00	£12,970.48
Nigel Dodds	North Belfast	£67,780.15	£0.00	£0.00	£1,232.40	£0.00	£0.00	£69,012.55
Pat Doherty	West Tyrone	£66,130.83	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£66,130.83
Jeffrey Donaldson	Lagan Valley	£67,974.33	£0.00	£452.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,426.33
Geraldine Dougan	Mid Ulster	£0.00	£8,151.29	£930.00	£163.25	£0.00	£0.00	£9,244.54
Mark Durkan	Foyle	£67,916.16	£0.00	£1,371.29	£3,072.00	£0.00	£0.00	£72,359.45
Alex Easton	North Down	£65,186.32	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£65,186.32
Thomas Elliott	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£68,132.69	£0.00	£821.93	£9,576.50	£0.00	£0.00	£78,531.12
Sir Reg Empey	East Belfast	£66,831.42	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£66,831.42
George Ennis	Strangford	£0.00	£84.53	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£84.53
Marietta Farrell	Lagan Valley	£0.00	£8,194.60	£0.00	£1,360.80	£0.00	£0.00	£9,555.40
Sean Farren	North Antrim	£0.00	£10,722.71	£3,720.00	£435.60	£0.00	£0.00	£14,878.31
Stephen Farry	North Down	£49,135.51	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£49,135.51
David Ford	South Antrim	£58,422.38	£0.00	£0.00	£1,504.80	£0.00	£0.00	£59,927.18
Arlene Foster	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£66,167.61	£0.00	£3,057.12	£853.20	£0.00	£0.00	£70,077.93
Tommy Gallagher	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£67,633.32	£0.00	£201.60	£14,929.49	£0.00	£0.00	£82,764.41
Samuel Gardiner	Upper Bann	£58,831.74	£0.00	£0.00	£1,977.60	£0.00	£0.00	£60,809.34
Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£67,903.68	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£67,903.68
Paul Girvan	South Antrim	£0.00	£10,184.15	£0.00	£1,523.25	£0.00	£0.00	£11,707.40
Simon Hamilton	Strangford	£68,140.62	£0.00	£0.00	£1,351.20	£0.00	£0.00	£69,491.82
Carmel Hanna	South Belfast	£67,193.16	£0.00	£0.00	£473.60	£0.00	£0.00	£67,666.76
William Hay	Foyle	£68,166.27	£0.00	£0.00	£5,643.40	£0.00	£0.00	£73,809.67
David Hilditch	East Antrim	£61,764.63	£0.00	£81.60	£1,936.00	£0.00	£0.00	£63,782.23
Norman Hillis	East Londonderry	£0.00	£8,895.30	£576.93	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£9,472.23
Derek Hussey	West Tyrone	£0.00	£12,271.20	£1,973.07	£3,325.60	£0.00	£0.00	£17,569.87
Davy Hyland	Newry & Armagh	£0.00	£13,188.23	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£13,188.23
William Irwin	Newry & Armagh	£50,259.83	£0.00	£0.00	£3,980.40	£0.00	£0.00	£54,240.23
Dolores Kelly	Upper Bann	£68,167.00	£0.00	£630.23	£4,365.00	£0.00	£0.00	£73,162.23
Gerry Kelly	North Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£2,171.20	£0.00	£0.00	£70,338.20
Danny Kennedy	Newry & Armagh	£67,639.35	£0.00	£819.84	£8,341.60	£0.00	£0.00	£76,800.79
Patricia Lewsley	Lagan Valley	£0.00	£4,162.70	£4,474.19	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£8,636.89
Anna Lo	South Belfast	£63,965.94	£0.00	£60.00	£2,526.40	£62.00	£0.00	£66,614.34
Naomi Long	East Belfast	£56,624.08	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£56,624.08
Trevor Lunn	Lagan Valley	£56,982.74	£0.00	£89.60	£1,782.80	£0.00	£0.00	£58,855.14
Alban Maginness	North Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£2,014.00	£0.00	£0.00	£70,181.00
Alex Maskey	South Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£2,009.20	£0.00	£0.00	£70,176.20
Paul Maskey	West Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
John McCallister	South Down	£66,936.05	£0.00	£680.00	£4,966.75	£0.00	£79.26	£72,662.06
Fra McCann	West Belfast	£67,963.94	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£67,963.94
Jennifer McCann	West Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
Kieran McCarthy	Strangford	£56,469.82	£0.00	£0.00	£3,761.60	£0.00	£0.00	£60,231.42
Raymond McCartney	Foyle	£68,149.51	£0.00	£0.00	£880.00	£0.00	£0.00	£69,029.51
Robert McCartney	North Down	£0.00	£13,981.91	£4,304.99	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£18,286.90
Nelson McCausland	North Belfast	£64,581.14	£0.00	£85.60	£745.20	£0.00	£0.00	£65,411.94
David McClarty	East Londonderry	£68,167.00	£0.00	£1,160.40	£9,332.90	£0.00	£0.00	£78,660.30
Basil McCrea	Lagan Valley	£68,011.60	£0.00	£0.00	£2,668.00	£0.00	£0.00	£70,679.60
Ian McCrea	Mid Ulster	£68,002.45	£0.00	£169.60	£6,048.10	£0.00	£0.00	£74,220.15
Rev William McCrea	South Antrim	£66,974.17	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£66,974.17
Alasdair McDonnell	South Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£1,228.00	£0.00	£0.00	£69,395.00
Barry McElduff	West Tyrone	£68,166.97	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,166.97
Alan McFarland	North Down	£64,430.15	£0.00	£0.00	£1,029.60	£0.00	£0.00	£65,459.75
Claire McGill	West Tyrone	£67,431.17	£0.00	£0.00	£4,032.00	£0.00	£0.00	£71,463.17
Michael McGimpsey	South Belfast	£68,166.99	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,166.99
Patsy McGlone	Mid Ulster	£68,160.73	£0.00	£0.00	£7,365.10	£0.00	£0.00	£75,525.83
Philip McGuigan	North Antrim	£0.00	£11,084.64	£310.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£11,394.64
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	£67,866.21	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£67,866.21
Gerry McHugh	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£48,426.89	£0.00	£432.00	£1,554.40	£0.00	£0.00	£50,413.29
Michelle McIlveen	Strangford	£56,366.84	£0.00	£0.00	£473.20	£0.00	£0.00	£56,840.04
Daithi Mckay	North Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
Mitchel McLaughlin	South Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£9,277.00	£0.00	£0.00	£77,444.00
Eugene McMenamin	West Tyrone	£0.00	£15,999.56	£4,615.42	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£20,614.98
David McNarry	Strangford	£54,133.11	£0.00	£0.00	£3,934.40	£0.00	£0.00	£58,067.51
Adrian McQuillan	East Londonderry	£51,529.53	£0.00	£432.00	£6,126.00	£0.00	£0.00	£58,087.53
Francie Molloy	Mid Ulster	£66,667.66	£0.00	£0.00	£2,848.85	£0.00	£0.00	£69,516.51
Maurice Morrow	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£54,914.73	£0.00	£159.20	£3,905.60	£0.00	£75.00	£59,054.53
Stephen Moutray	Upper Bann	£68,166.99	£0.00	£0.00	£5,140.75	£0.80	£0.00	£73,308.54
Conor Murphy	Newry & Armagh	£67,961.84	£0.00	£819.84	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,781.68
Sean Neeson	East Antrim	£51,923.06	£0.00	£0.00	£1,994.40	£0.00	£0.00	£53,917.46
Dermot Nesbitt	South Down	£0.00	£2,186.55	£0.00	£619.20	£0.00	£0.00	£2,805.75
Robin Newton	East Belfast	£67,538.13	£0.00	£0.00	£526.80	£0.00	£0.00	£68,064.93
Caral Ni Chuilin	North Belfast	£66,884.85	£0.00	£580.81	£3,532.00	£0.00	£0.00	£70,997.66
John O'Dowd	Upper Bann	£67,798.84	£0.00	£1,312.58	£904.00	£0.00	£0.00	£70,015.42
Declan O'Loan	North Antrim	£63,592.73	£0.00	£145.60	£4,464.55	£5.10	£0.00	£68,207.98
Michelle O'Neill	Mid Ulster	£67,508.13	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£67,508.13
Patricia O'Rawe	Newry & Armagh	£0.00	£13,373.98	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£13,373.98
Thomas O'Reilly	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	£0.00	£7,132.72	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£7,132.72
Ian Paisley Jnr	North Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£2,281.25	£0.00	£0.00	£70,448.25
Rev Ian Paisley	North Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
Edwin Poots	Lagan Valley	£60,257.32	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£60,257.32
Dawn Purvis	East Belfast	£68,146.01	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,146.01
Pat Ramsey	Foyle	£67,975.93	£0.00	£12,451.43	£8,154.75	£0.00	£0.00	£88,582.11
Sue Ramsey	West Belfast	£68,167.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,167.00
Margaret Ritchie	South Down	£61,820.03	£0.00	£180.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£62,000.03
George Robinson	East Londonderry	£58,899.42	£0.00	£308.00	£6,710.90	£0.00	£0.00	£65,918.32
Iris Robinson	Strangford	£37,190.45	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£37,190.45
Ken Robinson	East Antrim	£57,337.50	£0.00	£0.00	£2,019.60	£0.00	£0.00	£59,357.10
Mark Robinson	South Belfast	£0.00	£4,166.66	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£4,166.66
Peter Robinson	East Belfast	£35,084.46	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£35,084.46
Alastair Ross	East Antrim	£56,867.16	£0.00	£1,698.72	£4,024.95	£0.00	£0.00	£62,590.83
Caitriona Ruane	South Down	£61,851.48	£0.00	£819.84	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£62,671.32
George Savage	Upper Bann	£68,165.08	£0.00	£24.00	£3,139.20	£0.00	£0.00	£71,328.28
Jim Shannon	Strangford	£68,046.19	£0.00	£0.00	£6,006.95	£0.00	£0.00	£74,053.14
David Simpson	Upper Bann	£42,074.36	£0.00	£0.00	£688.00	£0.00	£0.00	£42,762.36
Jimmy Spratt	South Belfast	£68,076.09	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,076.09
Kathy Stanton	North Belfast	£0.00	£4,298.50	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£4,298.50
Mervyn Storey	North Antrim	£68,167.00	£0.00	£4,300.48	£7,766.05	£0.00	£0.00	£80,233.53
John Taylor	Strangford	£0.00	£7,905.61	£2,325.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£10,230.61
David Trimble	Upper Bann	£0.00	£9,357.71	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£9,357.71
Peter Weir	North Down	£68,153.08	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£68,153.08
Jim Wells	South Down	£57,867.52	£0.00	£230.80	£8,670.70	£17.25	£0.00	£66,786.27
Brian Wilson	North Down	£66,937.23	£0.00	£0.00	£1,477.72	£0.00	£0.00	£68,414.95
Jim Wilson	South Antrim	£0.00	£5,036.15	£2,480.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£7,516.15
Sammy Wilson	East Antrim	£68,113.96	£0.00	£0.00	£3,507.60	£0.00	£0.00	£71,621.56
Total Allowances		£6,884,179.84	£245,147.38	£92,719.24	£335,865.90	£247.75	£611.26	£7,558,771.37

Allowances

Office Costs Allowance

The maximum Office Cost Allowance (OCA) available for 2007-2008 was £68,167. 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.

Winding Up Allowance

Winding Up Allowance is paid to a former Member who did not stand for re-election or was not returned at the election. It is paid to allow a former Member to bring his or her 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. The majority of Winding Up Allowance relating to the election on 8 March 2007 was claimed and paid in the 2007-2008 financial year.

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. Expenditure reported in this period may include travel carried out prior to the start of the financial year. For former Members this could include travel carried out prior to the election on 8 March 2007.

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.

Members' Salaries 2007 - 2008