Transparency Nikki Sinclaire Your MEP West Midlands



	Transparency 2011 Nikki Sinclaire MEP Office/Working Account Funds received Received from the EU for General Expenditure (Art 28) £45,050.40 Received from MEP Account (NS Brussels) £19,311.62 Received from Nikki Sinclaire (personel account) £38,190.50 Petty Cash received from NS £2,639.99 Funds spent In accordance of Art 28 EU (click here to see accountants report) £86,977.87 Promotional costs £3,426.00 Other and personal costs £12,148.65 Petty cash is included where relevant in the above amounts £2,639.99 Daily Subsistence Allowance 2011 A fixed allowance of €304 is paid for every day attended at the European Parliament to all MEP's. Staffing allowance I am allowed approximately £205,000 a year (on the current exchange rate with the Euro) to be spent assisting me in my duties. This allowance will be paid directly to chartered accountants in Birmingham who will pay my staff directly, deducting all relevant tax and National Insurance payments. At no time will I have access to a penny of this money. Current appointments Office Manager and Graphic Designer. Regional Manager representing my interests in the West Midlands. Political Assistant. Communications Advisor. Personal Assistant and Data Manager. Assistant for National Media and Press. Office Assistant. Parliamentary Advisor. Public Relations Advisors. Paying Agents and Chartered Accountants. _________________________________________________ General Expenditure from 1 January to 31 December 2011 As specified in Article 28 of the EU regulations • Office management and running costs, in particular rent and related charges (heating, lighting, insurance and cleaning) £23,152.73 • The cost of purchasing or renting office equipment £966.12 • Telephone, including mobile telephone, and postal charges £29,409.02 • The cost of purchasing office supplies and stationery £3,196.77 • The cost of purchasing books, periodicals and newspapers £290.73 • The cost of using public data consultation networks £35.00 • The expenses involved in equipping Members with communications equipment and maintaining that equipment, for example the purchase or rental of a telephone, a fax machine, a computer, a modem or communications card, a printer, other IT equipment, computer peripherals and software packages £3,318.42 • The cost of a subscription to the Internet and to databases £545.15 • Representation activities £22,176.86 • Hotel bills and other related expenses incurred in travelling in a Member’s Member State of election £3,887.07 Total General Expenditure from 1 January to 31 December 2011: £86,977.87 These figures are subject to checks by the auditors. _______________________________________________ 2010 Nikki Sinclaire MEP Office/Working Account Funds received Received from the EU for General Expenditure (Art 28) £43,543 Received from MEP Account (NS Brussels) £13,665.24 Received from Nikki Sinclaire (personel account) £54,214.32 Petty Cash received from NS £3300 Funds spent In accordance of Art 28 EU (click here to see accountants report) £70,055 Other £23,269.45 Personel to NS expenditure £2,976.90 Campaign costs £17,627.14 Petty cash is included where relevant in the above amounts Staffing allowance I am allowed approximately £205,000 a year (on the current exchange rate with the Euro) to be spent assisting me in my duties. This allowance will be paid directly to chartered accountants in Birmingham who will pay my staff directly, deducting all relevant tax and National Insurance payments. At no time will I have access to a penny of this money. Current appointments Office Manager and Graphic Designer. Regional Manager representing my interests in the West Midlands. 2 Political Assistants. Personal Assistant and Data Manager. Office Assistant. Parliamentary Advisor. Public Relations Advisor. Communications Advisor. Paying Agents and Chartered Accountants. ________________________________________________ General Expenditure from 1 January to 31 December 2010 As specified in Article 28 of the EU regulations • Office management and running costs, in particular rent and related charges (heating, lighting, insurance and cleaning) £19,540.49 • The cost of purchasing or renting office equipment £4,808.33 • Telephone, including mobile telephone, and postal charges £8,511.00 • The cost of purchasing office supplies and stationery £4,105.79 • The cost of purchasing books, periodicals and newspapers £339.84 • The cost of using public data consultation networks £45.00 • The expenses involved in equipping Members with communications equipment and maintaining that equipment, for example the purchase or rental of a telephone, a fax machine, a computer, a modem or communications card, a printer, other IT equipment, computer peripherals and software packages £1,962.92. • The cost of a subscription to the Internet and to databases £630.17 • Representation activities £33,865.29 • Hotel bills and other related expenses incurred in travelling in a Member’s Member State of election £2,321.51 Total General Expenditure from 1 January to 31 December 2010: £76,130.34 These figures are subject to checks by the auditors. MEPs data survey: Amount received and donated to Birmingham Childrens Hospital £86.93 ________________________________________________ Accountants Report available click here General Expenditure Allowance up to 31 December 2009 As specified in Article 28 of the EU regulations • Office management and running costs, in particular rent and related charges (heating, lighting, insurance and cleaning): £5,555 • The cost of purchasing or renting office equipment: £4,111 • Telephone, including mobile telephone, and postal charges: £4,666 • The cost of purchasing office supplies and stationery: £130 • The cost of purchasing books, periodicals and newspapers: £270 • The cost of using public data consultation networks: £147 • The expenses involved in equipping Members with communications equipment and maintaining that equipment, for example the purchase or rental of a telephone, a fax machine, a computer, a modem or communications card, a printer, other IT equipment, computer peripherals and software packages £3,848 • The cost of a subscription to the Internet and to databases: £136 • Representation activities: £10,814 • Hotel bills and other related expenses incurred in travelling in a Member’s Member State of election: £2,815 Total General Expenditure: £32,492 Total General Expenditure Allowance received from the EU: £22,039 This payment is received by every UK MEP from the EU regardless of their expenditure for this period. Travel to and from the European Parliament 14 Journeys to Brussels. 5 Journeys to Strasbourg. Daily Subsistence Allowance A fixed allowance of €298 is paid for every day attended at the European Parliament to all MEP's. Number of days attended in the European Parliament 47. Days Working in the UK - West Midlands Region 73. *By the way the EU accounts haven't been passed by the auditors for 16 years.*