Members of Parliament (MPs): business expenses United Kingdom 2013/2014

*Staffing includes payroll costs (including salaries, employers' national insurance contributions and pension contributions), pooled staffing services and incidental expenses for volunteers. Office costs include the cost of renting, equipping and running an MP’s office and surgeries. Start Up refers to the costs of setting up an office when you first become an MP, and Winding Up covers all costs incurred in the two months after someone ceases to be an MP, to help them wind up their office e.g. payroll costs, removing furniture. Accommodation includes the cost of overnight accommodation in either London or their constituency. This can cover hotels, a rented property or utility bills etc on a property the MP owns. MPs who represent a constituency in the London Area are not entitled to claim from this budget. Travel & Subsistence covers travel costs between the constituency and Westminster, travel within the constituency and elsewhere on parliamentary business. Also covers some limited hotel costs for MPs and their staff.