HC Deb 13 March 1998 vol 308 c357W
Mr. Keetch

To ask the President of the Council if she will list for an hon. Member elected in October 1974, who lost their seat in May 1997,(a) the salary and individual allowances received (i) in actual terms and (ii) at today's value, (b) the total pension granted and (c) the amount received as winding up allowance, and the purpose for which this allowance is granted. [34435]

Mrs. Ann Taylor

The answers to the questions are in relation to the sums claimable and not to the sums actually received which are never divulged in individual cases(a) (i) Salaries: £;442,748 Office Costs Allowance (OCA): £;450,160 Additional Costs Allowance: £;162,363 (ii) cannot be obtained except at disproportionate expense. (b) £;19,334.88 pa. (c) The Winding Up Allowance available as at 1 May 1997, for those Members who left the House of Commons—for whatever reason—amounted to £;15,856 (being one third of the annual sum available of OCA at that time of £;47,568). Outgoing Members may submit claims up to that maximum to meet the cost of any work on Parliamentary business undertaken on behalf of that Member after the General Election date.