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GUIDE TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS September 2016
GUIDE
TO
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS
September 2016
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT
(a) Selflessness:
(b) Integrity:
(c) Objectivity:
(d) Accountability:
(e) Openness:
(f) Honesty:
(g) Leadership:
A breach of the rules relating to financial support for Members constitutes a
breach of the Code of Conduct. A breach could lead to an investigation by the
House of Lords Commissioner for Standards.
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 6
2. GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CLAIMS.................... 8
3. ENTITLEMENT TO CLAIM .................................................................... 9
4. DAILY ALLOWANCE ............................................................................ 11
5. TRAVEL EXPENSES ............................................................................... 12
6. SPOUSE, CIVIL PARTNER AND CHILDREN’S TRAVEL ............ 16
7. COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND VISITS AWAY FROM
WESTMINSTER ....................................................................................... 17
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8. PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS .................................................. 18
9. TRAVEL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOUSE .................... 20
10. TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE LORDS OUTREACH
PROGRAMME ........................................................................................... 21
11. OTHER MEETINGS AND VISITS MANDATED BY THE
HOUSE ....................................................................................................... 22
12. TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARMED FORCES AND
POLICE SERVICE PARLIAMENTARY SCHEMES .......................... 23
13. OTHER TRAVEL WITHIN THE UK ON PARLIAMENTARY
BUSINESS .................................................................................................. 24
14. TRAVEL TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT & DEVOLVED
ASSEMBLIES ............................................................................................. 25
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15. EUROPEAN TRAVEL ON PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS .......... 26
16. SALARIED MINISTERS AND SALARIED OFFICE HOLDERS .... 28
17. ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS WITH A
DISABILITY ............................................................................................... 29
18. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR MEMBERS ..................... 30
19. MEMBERS’ PERSONAL INJURY & TRAVEL INSURANCE.......... 31
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HOUSE OF LORDS
GUIDE TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS
INTRODUCTION
Background
Taxable status
The Members’ Finance Section
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GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CLAIMS
Eligibility to claim
Submission of claims
Time limit for submission of claims
Payment of claims
Publication of information
Audit
Breach of the Code of Conduct – complaints
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ENTITLEMENT TO CLAIM
Attendance at Westminster
o o o
o o o
1 Appearing as a witness before a committee does not constitute attendance. 2 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldcond/code.pdf
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Record of attendances at Westminster
Other parliamentary business
o o o o o o
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DAILY ALLOWANCE
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TRAVEL EXPENSES
General
Registered residential address
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Car, motorcycle and bicycle mileage
Road tolls
Parking
Taxis
3 https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-benefits-business-travel-mileage/rules-for-tax
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Receipts and documentation
Recall of Parliament
Claims
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SPOUSE, CIVIL PARTNER AND CHILDREN’S TRAVEL
General
Claims
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND VISITS AWAY FROM
WESTMINSTER
Travel
Subsistence and accommodation
Reduced daily allowance
Claims
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PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS
Travel and subsistence
Reduced daily allowance
Expenses of a Rapporteur
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Claims
4 * Indicates that expenses will not be paid by the House
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TRAVEL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOUSE
Travel and subsistence
Reduced daily allowance
Claims
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TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE LORDS OUTREACH
PROGRAMME
Background
Travel
Reduced daily allowance
Incidental and overnight accommodation expenses
Claims
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OTHER MEETINGS AND VISITS MANDATED BY THE HOUSE
Eligible Groups
Reduced daily allowance
Claims
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TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARMED FORCES AND
POLICE SERVICE PARLIAMENTARY SCHEMES
Background
Travel
Reduced daily allowance
Claims
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OTHER TRAVEL WITHIN THE UK ON PARLIAMENTARY
BUSINESS
Background
Advance approval
Claims
Industry and Parliament Trust
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TRAVEL TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT & DEVOLVED ASSEMBLIES
Background
Advance approval
Travel expenses
Incidental expenses and overnight accommodation
Claims
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EUROPEAN TRAVEL ON PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
Background
Advance approval
o o o o
Travel expenses
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Subsistence expenses
Accommodation expenses
Claims
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SALARIED MINISTERS AND SALARIED OFFICE HOLDERS
Secretarial expenses
Spouse, civil partner and children’s travel
Claims
Travel expenses
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ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS WITH A
DISABILITY
Background
Advance approval
Claims
Review
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR MEMBERS
Background
Advance approval
Claims
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MEMBERS’ PERSONAL INJURY & TRAVEL INSURANCE
Summary
Excluded countries
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Claims
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SUMMARY TABLE
Unsalaried Members
Daily allowance Travel
Sittings of the House and Committee Meetings at Westminster
£300 or £150 Yes
Travel within the UK for Parliamentary business at
Westminster
No Yes
subject to prior
approval
Salaried Members
Daily allowance Travel Secretarial Costs
Minister No
No Yes
Within annual max Office holder Yes
Daily allowance Travel
Accommodation and
subsistence
Committee meetings and visits away from Westminster
£150
Yes or
Met directly by relevant
office
Yes or
Met directly by relevant
office
Subject to HMRC rates/House limits
Members of Parliamentary delegations
Travel as a representative of
the House
Lords outreach programme
Other mandated
Parliamentary business: BAPG, BIPA, CPAUK, BGIPU, HoCMF, PCPF
£150 (if the House is sitting)
No. May be met directly
by the relevant body No. May be met directly
by the relevant body Rapporteur to a Parliamentary delegation
Armed Forces and Police Service Parliamentary Scheme business (UK activities only)
Yes
Other travel within the UK on Parliamentary business
No
Yes subject to prior
approval (except for IPT)
No
Travel to Scottish Parliament and devolved assemblies
Yes up to 1 night / 2 days subject to prior
approval and House
limits
European travel on
Parliamentary business
Yes
subject to prior approval
Yes up to 2 nights / 2 days
subject to prior approval and HMRC rates
