§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will set out in the Official Report the salaries and allowances payable to and expenses which may be claimed by (a) Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom and (b) Members of the European Assembly.
§ Mr. PymThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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Members of Parliament Members of European Parliament Subsistence Allowed for: (a) Provincial Member with London home staying overnight to carry out Parliamentary duties in constituency. 1. 92 ECU (£50) per day of registered attendance at meetings of Parliament and its organs and for each day of attendance (or cost of alternative return travel) in between meetings. (b) Provincial Member with constituency home staying overnight in London. 2. Outside EC, 46 ECU (£25) per day plus cost of hotel bills. (c) Member with home neither in London nor in constituency, either for nights in London or for nights in the constituency (ie not for both). Rate: Maximum £4,903 pa. Research and secretarial allowances Allowed for general office expenses, research and secretarial assistance necessarily and exclusively incurred on Parliamentary duties. Maximum £8,480 Pro rata supplement payable in the event of sickness of secretary or research assistant lasting more than 4 weeks. Maximum of 34,752 ECU (£18,887) pa paid on declaration of expenditure by MEP. Additional allowance of £848 to be paid into an approved pension scheme to provide a pension for a secretary or a research assistant. Miscellaneous allowances (a) Free stationery, free inland telephone and postal service from the Palace of Westminster. (a) Free telephone calls from Parliament. (b) Severance grant varies according to age and service and is paid if Member loses his seat following a General Election or if displaced due to boundary changes. Maximum: £13,950. (b) Reimbursement of the portion of medical costs not paid by the local medical authority for medical treatment required in attending a meeting or journeying to do so, up to BF200,000 (about £2,623) per illness. (c) An allowance of up to one-sixth of the secretarial allowance towards defraying the expenses of secretarial assistance required in connection with parliamentary duties after a person has ceased to be a Member of the House. (c) Free accident and property insurance. (d) Life assurance premiums paid during MEP's terms of office. DM 20,000 (£4,301) and bonuses and interest paid at age 60, or (if later) after 10 years' service. (e) Personal accident insurance of up to BF7,000,000 (about £91,803).