Members' Salaries and Allowances
Synopsis: Members’ Allowances are provided for under the terms of the Assembly Members (Office and Staffing Costs and Allowances) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2025. Members' salaries continue to be provided for under the Part 1 of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016. These Determinations are the basis on which Members are provided with the necessary resources to carry out their functions as a Member. They establish the level of travel allowances that will be paid to Members, enables Members to pay staff, and also to recover the costs incurred in running a constituency office to provide services to constituents such as purchasing equipment, rent, rates, utilities and other operating costs. The detail of Members' salaries and costs paid each year can be accessed from the links below.
On 24 November 2025, the Independent Remuneration Board responsible for determining the salaries and pensions of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) met for the first time.
The Board is a statutory body, established by the Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025.
The role of the Board is to make determinations in relation to all aspects of salaries and pensions for MLAs as well as the remuneration of additional officeholders including the Speaker, Deputy Speakers, Assembly Commission Members and Committee Chairpersons - as well as the remuneration of members of the Northern Ireland Executive (the First Minister, Deputy First Minister, Ministers) and Junior Ministers.
On the 30 June 2020, the Assembly conferred powers on the Assembly Commission to determine allowances payable to Members. On 4 February 2025, this authority was extended to include the power to determine allowances for former Members.
Using these powers, the Assembly Commission published the Assembly Members (Office and Staffing Costs and Allowances) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2025.
Members’ salaries continue to be provided for under Part 1 of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Members' Salaries and Expenses
Year 2025 - 2026 (figures for April 2025 to September 2025)
