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Release of expenses claimed by Ministers, members

MEDIA ADVISORY

25 February 2010

From the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith and the Office of the Prime Minister, the Hon John Key.

SUBJECT

Release of expenses claimed by Ministers and members of Parliament


Expenses claimed by members of Parliament and Ministers for the three months from October 1, 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.

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 www.dia.govt.nz/ministers_expenses

Information released today 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 being released.

Some ministerial accommodation expenses include a mix of costs that reflect the transition over the period, from provision of an Official Residence to payment of the Wellington Accommodation Payment.

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

View the Ministers’ Expenses as a PDF here.

View the raw data here.

View them online here.

View the criteria for Ministers’ Expenses here. ENDS

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