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ANDREW DUFF'S SUMMARY STATEMENT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES

1st January 2002 until 31st December 2002

Andrew's Expenditure

Andrew Duff Receipt's

NOTES

1. MEPs receive a monthly general expenditure allowance of £2131 for all office and running expenses (2000 figures). They have no allowance for the purchase of capital equipment.

2. The donations were received from members of the Liberal Democrats in accordance with the code of conduct of the Neill Committee.

3. For travel, MEPs receive a Ôdistance allowanceÕ comprising a return journey from the MemberÕs home to Brussels or Strasbourg. Mr Duff receives no expenses for travel within the constituency, estimated at 10,000 miles for the period of the year 2002.

4. For days spent abroad on official parliamentary business, they receive a subsistence allowance of e240 (£140). They receive no lump sum for accommodation in Brussels or Strasbourg. For the record, Mr Duff spends over 200 nights abroad a year.

5. Members are compensated up to a maximum of e3000 per annum (£1700) towards their travel and hotel expenses on non-official academic or political business inside the EU but outside the UK. Since his election, Mr Duff has participated at such conferences in Brussels, Lisbon, Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen, Bolzano and Berlin, incurring costs well beyond the ceiling.

6. Mr Duff employs a full-time and a part-time member of staff based in Cambridge and a full-time and a part-time member of staff in Brussels at a total cost of e115,860 (in 2000).

7. The salary of Members of the European Parliament is the same as that of Members of the House of Commons.

8. The European Liberal Democrats are in the vanguard of those who wish to reform the system of payment of salaries and expenses of MEPs and their staff. Essentially, we want salaries to reflect the heavy workload and high professional skills required of a Member of the European Parliament, and for expenses to accurately reflect costs incurred.

9. In addition to these expenses, like all MEPs, Mr Duff receives European Parliamentary subsidies towards parliamentary information work, including the organisation of conferences, publications, media relations, the web site and research. A summary of this will be posted after the end of the calendar year.

10. This summary of accounts is published by Mr Duff on a voluntary basis in the interests of transparency. It will be up-dated from time to time.

1st June 2003

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