Earnings, Expenses and Allowances
I have now published details of my allowances for the 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 tax years.
I shall publish detailed accounts for the 2008/09 tax year as soon as they become available.
My salary for the 2008/09 tax year was £63,291. I did not claim the 2nd home allowance (£0), basing myself entirely in the constiutency. As in previous years, I earned no additional money from outside interests, had no family members working for me and undertook no overseas travel at the taxpayers expense. Of course, I shall report back to my constituents if these circumstances change.
The three allowances covered in the PDF files below are the ACA* (2nd home allowance), IEP (Office Costs) and Communications Allowance.
Charles Walker MP
*Note: The ACA will not appear again in any accounts published beyond the 2007/08 tax year as I gave up claiming against my London home in July 2007.
Heat Map
Click here to find interactive Heat Map of MPs Expenses Courtesy of MSN
The Green Book
The Green Book contains the definition of the various allowances and it can be found here.
My expenses in full
Table
|
Type |
2008/09 (ranking out of 647) |
2007/08 (ranking out of 645) |
2006/07 (ranking out of 645) |
2005/06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Staying away from main home |
£0 |
£10,358 (553rd) |
£22,035 (246th) |
£21,430 |
|
London costs |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Office running costs |
£9,541 (586th) |
£8,970 (605th) |
£21,521 (209th) |
£24,442 |
|
Staffing costs |
£102,289 (101st) |
£90,670 (171st) |
£85,822 (264th) |
£73,153 |
|
Communications Allowance |
£6,076 (440th) |
£5,985 (416th) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Members' Travel |
£5,257 (532nd)1 |
£2,424 (575th)2 |
£1,100 (615th)3 |
£1,998 |
|
Members' Staff Travel |
£0 |
£17 (429th) |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Members' Spouse Travel |
£0 |
£256 (279th) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Members' Family Travel |
£0 |
£0 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Centrally Purchased Stationery |
£1,162 (601st) |
£903 (joint 261st) |
£787 (joint 370th) |
£772 |
|
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs |
merged with above |
£2,404 (311th) |
£2,080 (403rd) |
£2,309 |
|
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment |
£1,146 (joint 423rd) |
£1,082 (joint 276th) |
£1,082 |
|
|
Other Costs |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
£0 |
|
Total |
£122,326 (585th) |
£123,133 (580th) |
£134,427 (386th) |
£125,186 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,204 (470th). Rail £2,016 (349th). Misc £37 (212nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,104 (509th). Rail £1,010 (437th). Misc £296 (101st). Other: Rail £14 (191st).
3 Car £1,100 (527th).
Table courtesy of TheyWorkForYou.com
Expense Claims
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The blocked out areas in the scans below do not hide purchases, but are to protect sensitive information like bank account numbers, addresses and telephone numbers. The deleted pages are the back pages of invoices which contain suppliers payment information.
Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) or "Second Home" Allowance
I have not owned a second home since 2007. These costs relate to the period before that.
ACA 2005-06
| click here (pdf: 1.11M)
ACA 2006-07 | click here (pdf: 2.16M)
ACA 2007-08 | click here (pdf: 667k)
Incidental Expenses Allowance (IEP)
IEP 2005-06 | click here (pdf: 3.04M)
IEP 2006-07 | click here (pdf: 3.38M)
IEP 2007-08 | click here (pdf: 3.01M)
Communications Allowance (Comms Allowance) (introduced 2007-08)
Comms Allowance 2007-08 | click here (pdf: 457k)