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Annual report of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2001

SP Paper 420

Session 1 (2001)

6.3 MSPs' Allowances

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MSPs' Allowances and Expenditure

The Members' Allowances Scheme makes provision for the payment of allowances to enable members to carry out their parliamentary duties. The scheme sets a maximum limit on certain costs that Members can reclaim. All costs are met on the basis of actual expenditure incurred by the Member. The main costs that may be reclaimed, and the limit of the allowance for 2000-01, fell into the following categories:

· Costs incurred in employing support staff - up to £36,936;

· Costs incurred in running a constituency or regional office - up to £10,260;

· Costs of accommodation in Edinburgh incurred by Members who cannot reasonably commute to Edinburgh on a daily basis - up to £9,234;

· Costs of travel incurred whilst undertaking parliamentary duties - this is reimbursed on an actual basis when supported by receipts;

· Costs of Members' staff travelling within the constituency or region and the parliamentary complex - 40 single journeys a year between all staff employed by the Member;

· Costs of family travelling to Edinburgh - 12 single journeys per family member a year excluding children over the age of 18.

There are a number of other specific allowances available that are only claimed on an exceptional basis, which are listed in the following table.

Members are able to group allowances to meet shared expenses and in 2000-01 could transfer resources between allowances (within limits).

We have made separate arrangements for the provision of equipment, furniture and office supplies of goods and services to Members, which do not count against their allowances. Equipment and furniture is procured for Members' use, but the items are owned by the SPCB. The following table shows the costs reclaimed by Members, under the Allowances Scheme and other costs borne by the SPCB on behalf of Members, during the 2000-01 financial year.

Member		Staff Costs	Local Office Costs	Travel Costs^	Other Costs#	Equipment & Furniture	Office Supplies*
Brian	Adam	£31,366	£8,002	£7,535	£6,419	£690	£1,685
Bill	Aitken	£20,254	£6,871	£2,309	£2,666	£155	£843
Wendy	Alexander	£33,385	£12,241	£729	£307	£1,322	£1,403
Jackie	Baillie	£33,075	£12,142	£2,776	£0	£2,676	£4,202
Scott	Barrie	£26,940	£10,678	£2,157	£1,227	£4,853	£2,924
Sarah	Boyack	£27,236	£12,258	£263	£0	£770	£1,323
Rhona	Brankin	£24,238	£16,023	£0	£0	£165	£913
Robert	Brown	£23,525	£14,412	£2,998	£0	£2,063	£1,681
Bill	Butler	£9,794	£6,123	£306	£257	£5,000	£2,262
Colin	Campbell	£31,840	£4,969	£2,256	£8,471	£1,756	£753
Dennis	Canavan	£21,216	£1,734	£3,491	£176	£0	£2,310
Malcolm	Chisholm	£37,432	£810	£125	£0	£230	£1,812
Cathie	Craigie	£34,237	£11,336	£2,750	£2,306	£2,428	£4,008
Bruce	Crawford	£31,931	£8,231	£5,413	£754	£6,361	£3,777
Roseanna	Cunningham	£32,449	£9,154	£34	£165	£365	£2,606
Margaret	Curran	£41,637	£3,986	£1,696	£635	£3,146	£2,735
David	Davidson	£23,905	£6,652	£7,182	£4,558	£1,669	£777
Susan	Deacon	£35,485	£7,759	£64	£0	£6,103	£723
James	Douglas-Hamilton	£32,908	£4,476	£5,430	£446	£384	£1,100
Helen	Eadie	£32,706	£14,370	£3,889	£249	£2,590	£4,453
Dorothy-Grace	Elder	£27,825	£8,343	£3,166	£429	£2,327	£2,877
Fergus	Ewing	£31,789	£15,406	£7,611	£4,022	£3,479	£4,399
Margaret	Ewing	£36,040	£6,156	£5,892	£3,752	£340	£1,577
Winnie	Ewing	£30,936	£11,260	£6,381	£8,997	£4,687	£1,880
Linda	Fabiani	£31,936	£4,426	£6,430	£7,358	£3,103	£1,249
Patricia	Ferguson	£34,743	£10,775	£1,759	£1,379	£2,950	£4,571
Alex	Fergusson	£31,225	£9,011	£8,525	£8,982	£590	£2,160
Ross	Finnie	£26,469	£11,025	£633	£5,745	£1,666	£531
Sam	Galbraith	£30,647	£398	£0	£0	£1,945	£318
Phil	Gallie	£32,451	£7,362	£9,423	£758	£1,346	£2,050
Kenneth	Gibson	£31,277	£7,531	£10,232	£6,730	£2,970	£2,830
Karen	Gillon	£33,456	£11,768	£5,369	£6,189	£2,508	£3,590
Trish	Godman	£17,032	£11,229	£1,921	£2,994	£1,700	£2,233
Annabel	Goldie	£10,438	£4,837	£1,884	£229	£3,402	£610
Donald	Gorrie	£26,402	£9,828	£353	£0	£706	£1,556
Christine	Grahame	£32,172	£10,024	£2,376	£0	£1,312	£1,613
Rhoda	Grant	£32,140	£12,118	£11,081	£10,000	£1,350	£5,328
Iain	Gray	£32,504	£13,122	£89	£0	£2,617	£2,917
Duncan	Hamilton	£30,609	£10,741	£4,161	£9,328	£1,454	£2,336
Keith	Harding	£31,576	£7,148	£6,995	£1,589	£1,755	£2,053
Robin	Harper	£39,266	£7,559	£596	£0	£159	£791
Hugh	Henry	£31,232	£14,157	£4,553	£7,020	£0	£3,757
John	Home Robertson	£31,013	£6,724	£1,184	£8,932	£498	£1,764
Janis	Hughes	£36,210	£9,390	£3,658	£2,630	£2,984	£4,635
Fiona	Hyslop	£32,259	£4,727	£1,588	£264	£3,488	£1,032
Adam	Ingram	£32,818	£7,326	£7,311	£4,644	£1,101	£1,887
Gordon	Jackson	£35,463	£9,718	£5,268	£1,703	£3,581	£3,401
Sylvia	Jackson	£32,486	£13,067	£1,315	£730	£154	£6,527
Cathy	Jamieson	£36,054	£9,184	£9,052	£3,918	£1,397	£4,714
Margaret	Jamieson	£33,303	£12,350	£5,759	£3,800	£2,789	£6,074
Ian	Jenkins	£27,139	£5,486	£5,884	£111	£159	£1,661
Nick	Johnston	£32,604	£5,859	£3,974	£1,384	£2,898	£932
Alex	Johnstone	£29,051	£4,591	£5,406	£9,240	£1,611	£1,018
Andy	Kerr	£35,703	£9,921	£7,919	£2,969	£1,429	£3,742
Johann	Lamont	£33,437	£10,161	£1,814	£680	£2,824	£3,413
Marilyn	Livingstone	£37,114	£8,408	£1,729	£1,771	£2,625	£3,474
Richard	Lochhead	£28,449	£10,883	£7,925	£9,884	£2,447	£4,281
George	Lyon	£28,761	£11,023	£17,053	£9,755	£2,164	£3,242
Kenny	MacAskill	£30,710	£6,421	£7,227	£298	£2,587	£457
Lewis	Macdonald	£34,986	£10,582	£6,770	£7,445	£15	£3,055
Margo	MacDonald	£31,686	£5,259	£923	£0	£2,267	£1,604
Jamie	McGrigor	£27,607	£13,732	£9,799	£10,552	£0	£2,340
Kenneth	Macintosh	£35,684	£10,092	£3,320	£82	£2,447	£12,005
Kate	MacLean	£34,135	£11,486	£5,326	£3,225	£1,665	£2,653
Paul	Martin	£27,362	£18,008	£4,300	£520	£3,238	£4,228
Tricia	Marwick	£33,436	£8,500	£2,065	£2,765	£2,383	£2,481
Michael	Matheson	£27,990	£6,551	£3,263	£289	£1,722	£1,636
John	McAllion	£31,304	£12,157	£4,007	£2,652	£1,034	£2,753
Frank	McAveety	£35,482	£9,220	£2,879	£362	£3,157	£4,204
Tom	McCabe	£35,177	£10,343	£423	£2,784	£787	£1,881
Jack	McConnell	£30,179	£14,965	£1,810	£2,975	£2,844	£2,949
Irene	McGugan	£30,670	£8,693	£6,358	£9,496	£1,226	£2,754
Lyndsay	McIntosh	£32,337	£9,706	£7,839	£882	£19	£1,811
Angus	MacKay	£33,705	£12,947	£160	£0	£218	£3,857
Henry	McLeish	£0	£146	£0	£62	£0	£1,626
Fiona	McLeod	£30,755	£6,061	£3,497	£889	£2,542	£2,494
David	McLetchie	£28,402	£6,270	£2,227	£196	£1,415	£1,125
Michael	McMahon	£32,197	£13,608	£5,122	£239	£2,824	£12,574
Maureen	Macmillan	£32,110	£12,148	£9,568	£10,055	£1,173	£5,207
Duncan	McNeil	£37,186	£8,761	£7,865	£2,522	£1,138	£3,330
Pauline	McNeill	£28,359	£17,246	£4,629	£2,000	£2,924	£3,809
Des	McNulty	£35,092	£10,509	£3,435	£2,065	£2,853	£2,881
Brian	Monteith	£30,579	£8,229	£4,814	£74	£2,405	£1,167
Alasdair	Morgan	£36,040	£1,070	£1,453	£0	£0	£1,200
Alasdair	Morrison	£33,177	£11,601	£4,836	£9,224	£2,996	£1,889
Bristow	Muldoon	£27,585	£18,039	£2,845	£80	£2,268	£2,817
Mary	Mulligan	£30,705	£14,921	£275	£0	£2,952	£1,583
David	Mundell	£27,813	£12,601	£9,125	£9,909	£1,454	£3,601
John Farquhar	Munro	£25,236	£13,571	£14,453	£9,573	£1,752	£1,242
Elaine	Murray	£32,845	£11,986	£4,452	£2,049	£793	£5,150
Alex	Neil	£32,177	£4,163	£5,921	£5,988	£1,468	£1,394
Irene	Oldfather	£27,524	£14,349	£2,498	£190	£1,971	£2,556
Gil	Paterson	£33,742	£2,709	£6,819	£8,597	£1,875	£2,977
Peter	Peacock	£32,056	£12,202	£1,663	£8,104	£1,152	£4,517
Cathy	Peattie	£38,056	£9,140	£4,166	£1,024	£2,937	£2,062
Lloyd	Quinan	£31,324	£5,485	£855	£6,930	£64	£2,521
Nora	Radcliffe	£28,654	£11,058	£6,722	£8,593	£590	£1,168
Keith	Raffan	£33,835	£6,161	£246	£155	£7,043	£1,321
George	Reid	£31,219	£8,553	£3,685	£4,008	£3,373	£3,277
Shona	Robison	£31,969	£7,274	£7,988	£682	£2,935	£7,604
Euan	Robson	£26,400	£12,596	£6,865	£6,647	£5,481	£4,403
Mike	Rumbles	£24,148	£14,848	£6,728	£7,715	£757	£892
Michael	Russell	£30,413	£9,730	£7,482	£5,512	£1,920	£1,674
Alex	Salmond	£36,040	£6,156	£8,975	£2,462	£2,054	£5,143
Mary	Scanlon	£31,590	£12,006	£6,408	£6,943	£3,045	£2,549
John	Scott	£28,191	£11,355	£7,746	£6,145	£2,443	£2,076
Tavish	Scott	£27,738	£8,536	£24,034	£9,177	£3,444	£848
Tommy	Sheridan	£35,465	£10,939	£1,474	£0	£4,215	£5,095
Richard	Simpson	£33,566	£11,693	£7,347	£3,450	£2,257	£1,097
Iain	Smith	£29,101	£9,504	£2,895	£2,033	£2,765	£1,764
Elaine	Smith	£35,919	£9,137	£3,893	£1,838	£428	£2,942
Margaret	Smith	£27,916	£12,078	£2,717	£0	£73	£3,311
David	Steel	£17,293	£9,981	£1,279	£1,919	£25	£702
Nicol	Stephen