Members' Allowances for both Houses

Details of expenditure for:

• Members of the House of Commons

• Members of the House of Lords

• Law Lords' expenses

• Financial assistance to Opposition parties in the House of Lords.

House of Commons

Allowances by MP

2004/05 to the first quarter of 2009/10

In June 2009 more than a million documents and receipts were published online. These related to MPs' claims dating back to 2004/05 and up to 2007/08. In December 2009 these pages were updated to include information about MPs' claims made for costs incurred when staying away from their main home in 2008/09 and the first quarter of 2009/10. Further updates are now available via a searchable database.

Searchable database of allowances by MP from 2008/09 onwards

From February 2010 the House of Commons is publishing a searchable database of payments taken from its electronic records. The database currently covers 2008/09 to the first quarter of 2009/10.

It has initially been linked to the recently published scans of documents submitted in support of claims made against:

• Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) - paid to reminburse Members for necessary costs incurred when staying overnight away from their main home in each year from 2004/05 to 2008/09

• Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure (PAAE which replaced ACA in April 2009) - paid to reminburse Members for necessary costs incurred when staying overnight away from their main home.

The scans for claims relating to Incidental Expenses Provision (IEP) and Communications Allowances for 2008/09 will be published later in the year, as will remaining PAAE scans for the remaining quarters of 2009/10.

House of Commons: Members' Allowance Expenditure
Details of allowance expenditure by Members of Parliament in 2008/09 and first quarter of 2010.

House of Lords

House of Lords: Members' Expenses
Full details of expenditure on expenses for Members of the House of Lords, Law Lords' expenses, and financial assistance to Opposition parties in the House of Lords

Members' Reimbursement Allowance Scheme - A General Guide
A general guide to the House of Lords expenses scheme

Lords' expenses: investigations
Results of investigations into complaints relating to expenses claims by Members of the House of Lords

House of Commons Scheme Guides

General information and the rules governing Members' Salaries, Allowances and Pensions:

2009 Guides

• The Green Book July 2009: A guide to Members' allowances
• The Green Book March 2009: A guide to Members' allowances
• Appeals over Members' Allowances (Practice Note 1)
• Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure - Subsistence (Practice Note 2)
• Staff working wholly or substantially for All-Party Groups (Practice Note 3)
• Travel expenditure - authorisation for extended or European travel (Practice Note 5)
• Equipment purchases up to and including the General Election(Practice Note 6)

2008 Guides

• Additional Costs Claims Guide

2007 Guides

• The Quick Guide: Salaries, Allowances etc. for Members of Parliament
• The Communications Allowance and the use of House stationery

2006 Guides

• The Green Book 2006: Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Pensions

2005 Guides

• The Green Book 2005: Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Pensions

2004 Guides

• The Green Book 2004: Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Pensions

2003 Guides

• The Green Book 2003: Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Pensions