Members' Expenses - Constituency Office Expenses 2022 - 2023
Figures for April 2022 - December 2022
| Name | Constituency Office Operating Expenses 1 | Rent and Rates | Adjustment | Establishment Expenses | Total Expenditure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken, Steve | £4,292.66 | £8,506.40 | £0.00 | £333.95 | £13,133.01 |
| Allen, Andy | £3,931.40 | £10,171.14 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £14,102.54 |
| Allister, Jim | £4,668.51 | £11,062.23 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £15,730.74 |
| Armstrong, Kellie | £4,460.24 | £10,724.28 | £0.00 | £324.00 | £15,508.52 |
| Bailey, Clare | £382.29 | £822.57 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,204.86 |
| Baker, Danny | £2,332.78 | £4,958.31 | £0.00 | £3,532.00 | £10,823.09 |
| Barton, Rosemary | £677.42 | £754.84 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,432.26 |
| Beattie, Doug | £4,293.19 | £7,441.95 | £0.00 | £2,842.00 | £14,577.14 |
| Beggs, Roy | £301.52 | £667.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £969.26 |
| Blair, John | £2,943.67 | £5,295.60 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,239.27 |
| Boylan, Cathal | £3,273.57 | £9,509.43 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £12,783.00 |
| Bradley, Maurice | £3,396.07 | £8,967.11 | £0.00 | £1,149.13 | £13,512.31 |
| Bradley, Paula | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Bradley, Sinead | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Bradshaw, Paula | £3,345.63 | £6,902.44 | £0.00 | £2,340.00 | £12,588.07 |
| Brett, Phillip | £2,190.62 | £4,249.98 | £0.00 | £2,708.40 | £9,149.00 |
| Brogan, Nicola | £1,330.17 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,330.17 |
| Brooks, David | £3,871.64 | £4,222.50 | £0.00 | £2,828.20 | £10,922.34 |
| Brown, Patrick | £5,404.52 | £7,464.53 | £0.00 | £3,760.39 | £16,629.44 |
| Buchanan, Keith | £2,942.10 | £8,795.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,737.84 |
| Buchanan, Tom | £6,811.50 | £14,160.06 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £20,971.56 |
| Buckley, Jonathan | £3,842.35 | £8,723.48 | £0.00 | £325.98 | £12,891.81 |
| Bunting, Joanne | £2,655.46 | £9,996.44 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £12,651.90 |
| Butler, Robbie | £4,199.28 | £8,061.62 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £12,260.90 |
| Cameron, Pam | £4,345.32 | £7,649.72 | £0.00 | £144.00 | £12,139.04 |
| Carroll, Gerry | £5,063.85 | £9,199.68 | £0.00 | £3,521.78 | £17,785.31 |
| Catney, Pat | £222.27 | £114.25 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £336.52 |
| Chambers, Alan | £2,605.03 | £10,075.74 | £0.00 | £287.98 | £12,968.75 |
| Clarke, Trevor | £2,190.14 | £9,602.99 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,793.13 |
| Delargy, Pádraig | £4,164.78 | £7,639.73 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,804.51 |
| Dickson, Stewart | £4,801.88 | £10,617.40 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £15,419.28 |
| Dillon, Linda | £6,105.60 | £6,869.58 | £0.00 | £3,360.00 | £16,335.18 |
| Dodds, Diane | £4,282.76 | £10,301.45 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £14,584.21 |
| Dolan, Jemma | £4,034.14 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £4,034.14 |
| Donnelly, Danny | £4,684.46 | £8,174.08 | £0.00 | £3,204.71 | £16,063.25 |
| Dunne, Stephen | £7,000.00 | £9,816.98 | £0.00 | £4,000.00 | £20,816.98 |
| Durkan, Mark | £2,804.30 | £8,868.77 | £0.00 | £747.80 | £12,420.87 |
| Easton, Alex | £4,016.59 | £8,339.33 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £12,355.92 |
| Eastwood, Sorcha | £1,714.11 | £2,696.19 | £0.00 | £885.20 | £5,295.50 |
| Egan, Connie | £3,651.94 | £2,951.38 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £6,603.32 |
| Elliott, Tom | £3,396.60 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £3,396.60 |
| Ennis, Sinead | £5,384.09 | £9,883.57 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £15,267.66 |
| Erskine Deborah | £3,773.51 | £10,094.11 | £0.00 | £2,473.75 | £16,341.37 |
| Ferguson, Ciara | £4,307.52 | £7,639.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,947.26 |
| Fleming-Archibald, Caoimhe | £3,846.33 | £7,231.35 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,077.68 |
| Flynn, Orlaithi | £4,383.19 | £4,906.61 | £0.00 | £4,000.00 | £13,289.80 |
| Forsythe, Diane | £3,416.62 | £6,511.21 | £0.00 | £3,702.40 | £13,630.23 |
| Frew, Paul | £3,799.92 | £7,634.87 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,434.79 |
| Gildernew, Colm | £4,614.87 | £5,323.39 | £0.00 | £4,000.00 | £13,938.26 |
| Givan, Paul | £4,868.95 | £6,515.44 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,384.39 |
| Hargey, Deirdre | £4,545.37 | £2,147.85 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £6,693.22 |
| Harvey, Harry | £1,447.29 | £8,362.89 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9,810.18 |
| Hilditch, David | £2,127.62 | £7,231.90 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9,359.52 |
| Honeyford, David | £3,714.77 | £2,444.87 | £0.00 | £551.18 | £6,710.82 |
| Humphrey, William | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Hunter, Cara | £4,283.54 | £10,542.69 | £0.00 | £360.00 | £15,186.23 |
| Irwin, William | £2,240.25 | £8,795.06 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,035.31 |
| Kearney, Declan | £4,279.88 | £6,560.43 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £10,840.31 |
| Kelly, Dolores | £300.20 | £696.77 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £996.97 |
| Kelly, Gerry | £2,558.98 | £10,692.96 | £0.00 | £103.94 | £13,355.88 |
| Kimmins, Liz | £2,543.53 | £7,075.44 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9,618.97 |
| Kingston, Brian | £3,181.95 | £5,987.36 | £0.00 | £3,770.34 | £12,939.65 |
| Little Pengelly, Emma | £2,061.42 | £3,000.00 | £0.00 | £225.00 | £5,286.42 |
| Long, Naomi | £2,034.32 | £8,063.48 | £0.00 | £357.00 | £10,454.80 |
| Lunn, Trevor | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Lyons, Gordon | £3,477.19 | £4,621.23 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £8,098.42 |
| Lyttle, Chris | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Mallon, Nichola | £335.73 | £822.57 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,158.30 |
| Maskey, Alex | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Mason, Cathy | £1,470.50 | £4,900.00 | £0.00 | £177.60 | £6,548.10 |
| Mathison, Nick | £3,177.49 | £4,474.73 | £0.00 | £3,501.83 | £11,154.05 |
| McAleer, Declan | £1,934.21 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,934.21 |
| McAllister, Nuala | £2,383.79 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,386.05 | £3,769.84 |
| McCrossan, Daniel | £5,264.82 | £9,397.72 | £0.00 | £4,000.00 | £18,662.54 |
| McGlone, Patsy | £4,361.25 | £5,917.86 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £10,279.11 |
| McGrath, Colin | £3,049.41 | £8,039.79 | £0.00 | £2,072.50 | £13,161.70 |
| McGuigan, Philip | £2,673.95 | £2,369.22 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £5,043.17 |
| McHugh, Maolíosa | £5,342.91 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £5,342.91 |
| McIlveen, Michelle | £3,368.47 | £8,261.69 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,630.16 |
| McLaughlin, Sinéad | £3,860.67 | £11,113.33 | £0.00 | £768.98 | £15,742.98 |
| McNulty, Justin | £4,193.16 | £7,572.62 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11,765.78 |
| McReynolds, Peter | £1,747.82 | £4,600.00 | £0.00 | £357.00 | £6,704.82 |
| Middleton, Gary | £2,373.04 | £10,646.94 | £0.00 | £550.00 | £13,569.98 |
| Muir, Andrew | £4,093.51 | £7,689.79 | £0.00 | £2,552.63 | £14,335.93 |
| Murphy Áine | £4,655.92 | £9,583.36 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £14,239.28 |
| Murphy, Conor | £4,980.61 | £11,150.80 | £0.00 | £3,800.00 | £19,931.41 |
| Nesbitt, Mike | £4,345.51 | £11,242.00 | £0.00 | £2,330.47 | £17,917.98 |
| Newton, Robin | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Ni Chuilin, Caral | £4,351.99 | £4,147.45 | £0.00 | £1,418.94 | £9,918.38 |
| Nichol, Kate | £1,175.03 | £1,770.83 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,945.86 |
| O'Dowd, John | £2,989.40 | £10,392.87 | £0.00 | £623.00 | £14,005.27 |
| O'Lynn, Patricia | £2,003.94 | £3,187.50 | £0.00 | £2,730.00 | £7,921.44 |
| O'Neill, Michelle | £3,097.64 | £4,745.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £7,843.38 |
| O'Toole, Matthew | £4,466.71 | £6,641.94 | £0.00 | £1,314.00 | £12,422.65 |
| Poots, Edwin | £3,045.71 | £7,336.62 | £0.00 | £2,726.95 | £13,109.28 |
| Reilly, Aisling | £3,104.35 | £7,943.05 | £0.00 | £438.00 | £11,485.40 |
| Robinson, Alan | £2,231.98 | £3,911.21 | £0.00 | £1,989.99 | £8,133.18 |
| Robinson, George | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Rogan, Emma | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Sheehan, Pat | £4,289.17 | £232.12 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £4,521.29 |
| Sheerin, Emma | £1,817.85 | £6,962.68 | £0.00 | £3,360.00 | £12,140.53 |
| Stalford, Christopher | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Stewart, John | £2,763.18 | £6,801.57 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9,564.75 |
| Storey, Mervyn | £337.63 | £1,038.53 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,376.16 |
| Sugden, Claire | £4,532.13 | £6,243.27 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £10,775.40 |
| Swann, Robin | £6,596.93 | £11,128.49 | £0.00 | £400.00 | £18,125.42 |
| Tennyson, Eoin | £2,845.34 | £6,375.00 | £0.00 | £3,939.94 | £13,160.28 |
| Weir, Peter | £52.94 | £978.16 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,031.10 |
| Wells, Jim | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Woods, Rachel | £104.20 | £487.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £591.94 |
| Total | £327,240.56 | £624,446.07 | £0.00 | £96,277.01 | £1,047,963.64 |
1 Constituency Office Expenses (COE) 2022 – 2023
As its name suggests, the COE allowance is generally used by Members to provide a service to constituents through running a constituency office. Those items that can be claimed under this classification of expenditure generally include, but are not limited to, office rent and rates, and constituency office operating expenses such as utilities (heating, lighting, telephones and mobile phone), cleaning, equipment purchase or maintenance, furniture, signage and insurance. COE is not be paid without valid proof of the actual expense incurred.
The maximum COE (pro rata for Members serving less than a year) available is £8,500 per annum for rent, £7,000 per annum for Constituency Office Operating Expenses (COOE), and £4,000 per mandate for Constituency Office Establishment Expenses. This latter classification of expenditure includes the costs of establishing an office, or refurbishing and maintaining an existing office and/or equipment. Generally, Rates may be recovered in full. If under the terms of the lease, the total annual rent due is greater than the amount of rent recoverable under the Determination, however, a limit is applied.
The tax date of an invoice determines the financial year in which the expense may be claimed, irrespective of the period covered by the invoice.
In the detailed analysis of COE, it should be noted that where a Member's name is given as the "Supplier" the payment was made as a reimbursement to the Member. If a Member, shares an office with another Member, all costs must be split equally and the Member may only recover expenses, which relate to them. However, one Member may pay the whole invoice and receive the reimbursement. In such circumstances the total of the invoice will be spilt when the claim is processed, therefore recording the name of one Member as a supplier in the record of another Member.
Members are permitted to use COOE to purchase pre-paid envelopes, stationery, envelopes, toners, general office supplies, and small items of office equipment etc. for use in their constituency offices. Where these items have been purchased from the central Assembly Commission's Office Resources department the supplier will be shown as "NI Assembly".
Members may choose to operate a petty cash system for small purchases that are less than £5, however all purchases must be verified by the submission of valid receipts. This expenditure is recorded under 'Sundry Expenses'.
