Expenses 2004 to 2008

Summary

John McFall's total expenses claim over four years, from 2004 to 2008, was £588,481.59.

• 57% of this went on paying staff salaries (£337,847.18).
• 28% of this went on expenses for running John McFall's offices, communicating with constituents and travelling between West Dunbartonshire and Westminster (£163,325.40).
• 15% of this went on John McFall's expenses for living in London (£87,309.01).

Year-by-year breakdown

Below is a yearly summary of John McFall's claims from 2004 until 2008:

Allowance	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Total (4yrs)
Staffing	£74,213.66	£81,819.84	£89,583.24	£92,230.44	£337,847.18
IEP	£18,461.00	£21,043.27	£18,468.71	£16,926.01	£74,898.99
Comms	(established in 2007-08)			£9,892.54	£9,892.54
Travel	£25,256.52	£16,790.35	£19,888.80	£16,598.20	£78,533.87
ACA	£20,902.00	£21,532.00	£22,042.97	£22,832.04	£87,309.01
Total	£138,833.18	£141,185.46	£149,983.72	£158,479.23	£588,481.59

What are these different allowances for?

• Staffing budget - to pay staff in John McFall's offices in West Dunbartonshire and Westminster.
• Incidental Expenses Provision (IEP) - allows Members of Parliament to run their offices in the constituency and in Westminster, and conduct Parliamentary business in both locations (including responding to the letters and phonecalls they receive from their constituents).
• Communications Allowance - enables MPs to run a website, publish annual reports, and communicate with their constituents.
• Travel Allowance - for travel between the MP's constituency and Parliament.
• Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) - covers MPs' expenses for living in Westminster, so that they can be near Parliament during the week.

More detail

You can download the full claims files for all of these years. They detail every single claim that was made under the IEP, Comms and ACA allowances. In these files, you can see what was claimed for and how much the claim was worth. (They do not cover the staff or travel budgets.) Download the full files.