Disclosure of expenses claimed by members of Parliament

Expenses claimed by members of Parliament for the 3 months from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 have been released today.

Information released covers expenses paid under the Speaker’s Directions to individual members of Parliament by the Parliamentary Service for Wellington accommodation, out-of-Wellington accommodation, air travel and surface travel costs.  

Payments for travel under the inter-parliamentary programme by the Office of the Clerk and for ministerial travel and accommodation by Ministerial Services have also been released.

A full schedule of expenses claimed by members of Parliament is available on http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/Expenses and by Ministers on http://www.dia.govt.nz/ministers_expenses