Members' Expenses - Constituency Office Expenses 2016-2017
Figures for April 2016 - September 2016 (Post-election)
| Name | Constituency Office Operating Expenses | Rent and Rates | Establishment Expenses | Total Expenditure |
| Agnew, Steven | £746.41 | £3,720.02 | £1,181.00 | £5,647.43 |
| Aiken, Stephen | £1,466.45 | £3,925.16 | £1,873.53 | £7,265.14 |
| Allen, Andy | £2,523.00 | £6,662.43 | £766.78 | £9,952.21 |
| Allister, Jim | £1,701.77 | £8,570.74 | £0.00 | £10,272.51 |
| Anderson, Sydney | £132.60 | £756.59 | £0.00 | £889.19 |
| Archibald, Caoimhe | £432.80 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £432.80 |
| Armstrong, Kellie | £1,537.23 | £5,037.34 | £570.00 | £7,144.57 |
| Attwood, Alex | £1,467.49 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,467.49 |
| Bailey, Claire | £95.71 | £708.33 | £0.00 | £804.04 |
| Barton, Rosemary | £464.29 | £1,625.00 | £326.00 | £2,415.29 |
| Beattie, Doug | £1,639.80 | £2,822.60 | £1,522.52 | £5,984.92 |
| Beggs, Roy | £62.50 | £4,090.70 | £264.00 | £4,417.20 |
| Bell, Jonathan | £1,750.00 | £6,972.50 | £0.00 | £8,722.50 |
| Boylan, Cathal | £589.10 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £589.10 |
| Boyle, Michaela | £1,924.38 | £0.00 | £1,422.00 | £3,346.38 |
| Bradley, Maurice | £1,775.79 | £1,666.68 | £120.00 | £3,562.47 |
| Bradley, Paula | £802.98 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £802.98 |
| Bradley, Sinead | £308.15 | £2,573.42 | £700.00 | £3,581.57 |
| Bradshaw, Paula | £2,333.43 | £3,025.24 | £1,758.78 | £7,117.45 |
| Buchanan, Keith | £774.26 | £2,820.00 | £1,939.01 | £5,533.27 |
| Buchanan, Thomas | £1,578.47 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,578.47 |
| Bunting, Joanne | £102.66 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £102.66 |
| Butler, Robbie | £330.86 | £2,291.23 | £1,954.78 | £4,576.87 |
| Cameron, Pam | £1,457.25 | £6,436.40 | £981.00 | £8,874.65 |
| Carroll, Gerry | £658.28 | £4,391.65 | £1,824.94 | £6,874.87 |
| Chambers, Alan | £90.17 | £0.00 | £528.00 | £618.17 |
| Clarke, Trevor | £1,496.35 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,496.35 |
| Dickson, Stewart | £1,323.71 | £7,209.70 | £264.00 | £8,797.41 |
| Dillon, Linda | £898.07 | £1,270.00 | £0.00 | £2,168.07 |
| Dobson, Jo-Anne | £794.46 | £7,022.45 | £0.00 | £7,816.91 |
| Douglas, Sammy | £0.00 | £1,416.66 | £102.99 | £1,519.65 |
| Dunne, Gordon | £1,809.33 | £8,364.12 | £768.00 | £10,941.45 |
| Durkan, Mark H | £584.99 | £3,835.28 | £235.20 | £4,655.47 |
| Easton, Alex | £863.71 | £5,014.17 | £518.40 | £6,396.28 |
| Eastwood, Colum | £3,284.65 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £3,284.65 |
| Farry, Stephen | £2,600.51 | £1,359.93 | £0.00 | £3,960.44 |
| Fearon, Megan | £1,065.31 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,065.31 |
| Ford, David | £864.49 | £5,912.78 | £0.00 | £6,777.27 |
| Foster, Arlene | £1,944.58 | £0.00 | £218.40 | £2,162.98 |
| Frew, Paul | £707.70 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £707.70 |
| Gildernew, Michelle | £237.98 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £237.98 |
| Girvan, Paul | £872.41 | £6,671.08 | £891.56 | £8,435.05 |
| Givan, Paul | £1,400.40 | £3,200.00 | £0.00 | £4,600.40 |
| Hale, Brenda | £1,719.45 | £0.00 | £906.00 | £2,625.45 |
| Hamilton, Simon | £267.74 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £267.74 |
| Hanna, Claire | £336.42 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £336.42 |
| Hazzard, Chris | £1,043.71 | £1,821.80 | £0.00 | £2,865.51 |
| Hilditch, David | £1,420.43 | £4,958.33 | £982.00 | £7,360.76 |
| Humphrey, William | £1,656.17 | £7,606.08 | £0.00 | £9,262.25 |
| Hussey, Ross | £2,360.02 | £8,527.42 | £864.00 | £11,751.44 |
| Irwin, William | £1,939.91 | £5,852.78 | £0.00 | £7,792.69 |
| Kearney, Declan | £573.62 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £573.62 |
| Kelly, Gerry | £1,154.77 | £3,758.06 | £773.00 | £5,685.83 |
| Kennedy, Danny | £2,679.70 | £4,259.99 | £0.00 | £6,939.69 |
| Little Pengelly, Emma | £1,054.60 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,054.60 |
| Lockhart, Carla | £1,745.68 | £5,415.31 | £0.00 | £7,160.99 |
| Logan, Phillip | £2,201.76 | £4,250.00 | £1,949.75 | £8,401.51 |
| Long, Naomi | £1,876.15 | £5,779.91 | £409.98 | £8,066.04 |
| Lunn, Trevor | £2,658.11 | £6,206.61 | £414.00 | £9,278.72 |
| Lynch, Sean | £930.01 | £5,648.08 | £0.00 | £6,578.09 |
| Lyons, Gordon | £2,061.18 | £1,131.87 | £0.00 | £3,193.05 |
| Lyttle, Chris | £1,710.90 | £4,888.96 | £0.00 | £6,599.86 |
| Mallon, Nichola | £528.00 | £1,062.48 | £0.00 | £1,590.48 |
| Maskey, Alex | £2,070.55 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,070.55 |
| McAleer, Declan | £308.44 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £308.44 |
| McCann, Eamonn | £1,127.32 | £4,905.74 | £1,957.69 | £7,990.75 |
| McCann, Fra | £2.12 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2.12 |
| McCann, Jennifer | £2,699.02 | £5,866.06 | £0.00 | £8,565.08 |
| McCartney, Raymond | £2,411.10 | £2,919.35 | £0.00 | £5,330.45 |
| McCausland, Nelson | £2,716.63 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,716.63 |
| McCrossan, Daniel | £1,952.95 | £0.00 | £1,141.40 | £3,094.35 |
| McElduff, Barry | £20.22 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £20.22 |
| McGlone, Patsy | £1,541.44 | £3,149.91 | £0.00 | £4,691.35 |
| McGrath, Colin | £2,143.86 | £4,083.33 | £169.99 | £6,397.18 |
| McGuigan, Philip * | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| McGuinness, Martin | £1,249.35 | £2,919.35 | £0.00 | £4,168.70 |
| McIlveen, Michelle | £430.96 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £430.96 |
| McKay, Daithi ** | £680.09 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £680.09 |
| McKee, Harold | £2,212.96 | £4,250.00 | £1,490.02 | £7,952.98 |
| McMullan, Oliver | £832.95 | £3,074.97 | £0.00 | £3,907.92 |
| McNulty, Justin | £252.57 | £0.00 | £714.00 | £966.57 |
| McPhillips, Richie | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| McQuillan, Adrian | £1,474.35 | £4,297.91 | £0.00 | £5,772.26 |
| Middleton, Gary | £1,204.26 | £1,700.16 | £0.00 | £2,904.42 |
| Milne, Ian | £48.58 | £972.97 | £0.00 | £1,021.55 |
| Morrow, Maurice | £2,082.95 | £5,803.49 | £410.40 | £8,296.84 |
| Mullan, Gerry | £641.49 | £0.00 | £306.00 | £947.49 |
| Murphy, Conor | £350.12 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £350.12 |
| Nesbitt, Mike | £1,277.36 | £2,771.50 | £576.00 | £4,624.86 |
| Newton, Robin | £1,568.50 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,568.50 |
| Ni Chuilin, Caral | £1,536.33 | £3,758.06 | £773.00 | £6,067.39 |
| Ó Muilleoir, Máirtín | £2,263.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,263.03 |
| O'Dowd, John | £1,064.41 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,064.41 |
| O'Neill, Michelle | £1,020.11 | £1,313.70 | £0.00 | £2,333.81 |
| Overend, Sandra | £2,098.60 | £7,205.00 | £0.00 | £9,303.60 |
| Palmer, Jenny | £555.04 | £4,250.00 | £1,873.92 | £6,678.96 |
| Poots, Edwin | £1,508.17 | £3,200.00 | £0.00 | £4,708.17 |
| Robinson, George | £1,518.09 | £1,055.66 | £0.00 | £2,573.75 |
| Ross, Alastair | £702.08 | £3,541.66 | £1,846.00 | £6,089.74 |
| Ruane, Caitriona | £646.33 | £6,300.00 | £0.00 | £6,946.33 |
| Seeley, Catherine | £164.98 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £164.98 |
| Sheehan, Pat | £1,064.35 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,064.35 |
| Smith, Phillip | £1,834.09 | £4,039.85 | £1,575.93 | £7,449.87 |
| Stalford, Chris | £274.15 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £274.15 |
| Storey, Mervyn | £2,258.49 | £0.00 | £300.00 | £2,558.49 |
| Sugden, Claire | £1,874.08 | £4,566.47 | £915.00 | £7,355.55 |
| Swann, Robin | £2,201.86 | £7,791.66 | £942.00 | £10,935.52 |
| Weir, Peter | £1,032.82 | £8,113.96 | £580.00 | £9,726.78 |
| Wells, Jim | £443.46 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £443.46 |
| Total | £132,773.42 | £292,390.64 | £42,600.97 | £467,765.03 |
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** Resigned in year
Constituency Office Expenses (COE) 2016 - 2017
COE is paid to meet the expenses incurred by a Member in connection with carrying out his or her Assembly duties. It is not an automatic entitlement paid to a Member by virtue of membership of the Assembly. COE is only paid to a Member who has actually incurred admissible expenditure.
As its name suggests, COE is generally used to allow a Member to provide a service to constituents through a constituency office. Items that can be claimed from COE include office rent and rates, offices utilities (including heating and lighting and telephones), office equipment, office furniture and office consumables. COE cannot be claimed without valid proof of the actual expenses incurred.
A Member may only claim expenditure in respect of one office.
The amount of COE available is - £6,500 per annum for Operating costs, £8,500 per annum for rent and £2,000 per mandate for Establishment Expenditure (which also includes costs of refurbishment of existing offices). These are maximum amounts which must not be exceeded. If at any point of time a Member submits an invoice, and there are insufficient funds available to process the invoice, the Member may choose to submit the necessary funds to the Assembly prior to payment being made on his/her behalf. Where a Member makes a contribution these amounts will show as negative amounts on the detailed report, with the description given as “Contribution to ……”.
The tax date of an invoice determines the financial year in which the expense may be claimed, irrespective of 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 for admissible expenditure incurred. If a Member shares an office with another Member it may be possible for one Member to pay the full cost of an invoice and then to claim a reimbursement from his/her colleague for their share of the costs, therefore a Member may show as the supplier in the record of another Member..
Members are permitted to use COE to purchase stationery, envelopes, toners, general office supplies, office equipment etc. for use in their constituency offices and where these items have been purchased from the central Assembly Office Resources department the supplier will be “NI Assembly”.
Sundry expenditure of up to £100 per month may be claimed without receipts and is generally paid to the Member, however it may be paid directly to a member of support staff where the support staff has incurred the expenditure on behalf of the Member. In all cases, the Member will sign a declaration stating that the expenditure has been occurred and is in accordance with the requirements of the Determination.
