Disclosure of expenses claimed by members of Parliament

Expenses claimed by members of Parliament for the three months from 1 October 2009 to 31 December 2009 have been released by the Prime Minister, the Hon John Key, and the Speaker of the House, the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith.

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.

Some ministerial accommodation expenses include a mix of costs that reflect the transition during this period from provision of an official residence to payment of the Wellington accommodation payment.

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

The next disclosure, for the three months ending 31 March 2010, is expected late in April of this year.