The MPs' expenses crisis was the biggest scandal to hit modern British politics. It did immense damage to people's faith in politics, parliament and MPs. As a parliamentary candidate, I pledged that if elected I would post details of my expense claims online, every month. I also promised I would not claim expenses without a receipt or invoice.

I'm delighted that on this part of the website I can keep to the promises I made and publish all my expense claims. I hope that this will help to start re-build trust in politics and parliament, and give people confidence in their new MP.

To aid transparency I have provided this link to my present and former declarations of interest:

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/nick_de_bois/enfield_north#register

Since December 2011, and in accordance with my commitment given before the election I have resigned as Director of the business I started, and in addition transferred my shares to my wife who has been a full time employee of the company for 16 years.

With best wishes,

Nick


09 MAY 2012

April

Staffing - To be added

Business Rates for the year £2,728.11, Rent £708.53, Building Insurance £87.08

Constituency Office telephone £68.62

Constituency Office Gas Bill £259.30

Blackberry mobile phone Bill £62.40

Accommodation for late night sitting £150

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03 APR 2012

March

Staff costs totalled £9,884.67.

Constituency office: Talk Talk Phone Bill - £81.58, Rent - £708.34, Blinds for office - £240, Stationery order £111.

Parliamentary: Parliamentary Resource Unit annual subscription £3,960, Blackberry Bill £62.40.

Staffing costs to be added

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01 MAR 2012

February

Staff pay totalled £10,029.

Constituency office: Phone Bill - £86.15, Security need- installation of panic alarm and entry system £2,088.97, Stationery order £364.62, Rent - £708.33 and Business Rates £382

Blackberry phone Bill £62.40

Intern renumertaion £92.20

Contact cards £92.40

 

Staff salaries to be added

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08 FEB 2012

January

 Staff salaries totalled £10,174.

Constituency office: Business Rates - £382, Rent - £708.33, Landline Rental £73.75, Gas Bill £177.86 Contents insurance £425 Blackberry Bill £62.40

Security Measures for the constituency office: £2,088.37

 

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13 JAN 2012

December

Staff salaries totalled £9,799.

Constituency Office: Business Rates - £382, Rent - £708.33, Landline - £52.80

Advertising - Pop up Banner - £468

Intern Renumertion £81.90

Stationery purchse - £48.53

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02 DEC 2011

November

Staff salaries totalled £9547.12. Staff Travel costs was £31

Constituency Office: Business Rates - £461; Cleaning products - £7.99; Window Cleaner - £11; Enfield Borough Refuse sacks for the year - £87.68 ; Rent - £708.33. Water Bill - £168.51

Blackberry - £62.40.

Landline Rental: £108.31 (Two months worth) Stationery – £76.80

Computer Monitor and Keyboards x2 £824.64

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02 NOV 2011

October

Staff Salaries were: £10,029

Constituency Office: Business Rates - £461; Rent - £708.33; Electricity Bills - £184.86; Phone Rental - £62.40 BT Internet - £81.76

Blackberry Bill - £62.40

Stationery - £113.71

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Thank you! for your transparency.
- R.Perera

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06 OCT 2011

September

Staff salaries totalled £9,884. Travel costs for intern was £22 and staff training course travel £15.

Constituency Office: Business Rates - £254; Cleaning products - £1.22; BT phone bill - £78.80; Office Fan: £39.96; Rent - £708.34.

Blackberry - £62.40.

Landline Rental: £54.16

Stationery – £425.36 (invoice for several previous months).

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05 SEP 2011

August

Staff salaries totalled £8,852.

Constituency Office Business Rates - £254; Cleaning products - £1.22; Hospitality - £3.00; Electricity - £183.94; Water - £96.13; BT phone bill - 78.80; Rent - £708.33.

Blackberry - £62.40.

Stationery – £444.50 (invoice for several previous months).

Fee to Information Commissioner (Data Protection) - £35.

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01 AUG 2011

July

Staff salaries were £8,705. Staff travel was £83.80.

Constituency Office: Business Rates – £254; Rent – £708.33; Electricity – £91.78; Landline – £57.62; Window cleaning – £22.

Blackberry bill: £62.40

Stationery: £246.27.

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06 JUL 2011

June

Salaries totalled £7890, staff travel £56.10. Blackberry bill was £62.40; stationery £88.36.

Constituency Office: Business Rates £254; Rent £708.33; Electricity £113.98; Cleaning items £3.25.

After a break-in, the following was spent on repairing the office: Door £416.27; Padlocks £30.56. (Nothing was stolen - it appears those breaking in did not realise it was simply an office and therefore contained nothing of value. The police were informed and other businesses in the area alerted).

Accommodation (In relation to the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, Travelodge for one night) – £31.

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Surely insurance should cover breaking repair work and not the tax payer
- George Adams

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01 JUN 2011

May

Staff salaries totalled £7848.35. Staff rail travel expenses £8.

Constituency office: Contents Insurance - £420, Rent - £708.33, Business Rates - £254, Landline and Broadband - £115.89, Water Bill - £30.60, Electricity Bill - £309.53.

Blackberry Bill – £62.64

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03 MAY 2011

April

Staff salaries totalled £8975. Staff rail travel expenses £56.

Constituency office: Gas - £247.68, telephone – £59.94, Rent – £708.34, Cleaning product – £1.60, Insurance – £420, Shredder purchase – £29.99, Stationery – £436.09.

Blackberry Bill – £114.59 (entire bill was £159.77 – claimed for 90% minus any international calls).

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01 APR 2011

March

Staffing costs for March totalled £9,410, plus travel costs of £56.00.

Constituency office: Business Rates £810.96; Rent £708.33; Cleaning product £1.60; Gas Bill £431.06; Landline £59.94; Stationery £59.32.

Blackberry £114.59 (entire bill was 159.77; Nick claimed for 90% minus international calls).

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01 MAR 2011

February

Staffing costs for February totalled £7,801, plus £38.50 for staff rail costs.

Stationery was £511.73, Blackberrybill was £274.18 of which only £133.36 was claimed. £158.75 was claimed for advertisements for the MP's Advice Surgery for constituents.

Constituency Office: Rent: £708.33; heating: £325.22; water: £146.42; Legal fee for property lease (invoiced this month): £881.25; waste disposal service: £47.00; landline (BT): £71.58; office equipment (computer cable): £9.99; hospitality (fairtrade tea, milk etc): £5.50.

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02 FEB 2011

January

Total staffing costs for January totalled £7946.05, plus £31 for staff rail travel.

Stationery was £546.44.

Blackberry bill was £217.27, of which £171.76 was claimed.

Advertising constituency advice surgeries cost £50.

Constituency Office: Office Equipment (computer cables): £50.78; rent: £708.33; Telephone Line Rental (BT): £71.58; Waste Disposal Service: £47.00.

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14 JAN 2011

December

Staffing costs totalled £7,938 in December.

Blackberry bill was £159.44, of which £143.50 (90%) was claimed.

Stationery: £31.64.

Hospitality (claimed for refreshments for meeting with local press representatives): £25.00

Constituency Office Setting Up

Removals/Painting; £916.50, phone Line Setup (TalkTalk); £115.68, Carpet Installation/Hardware; £225.79; Commercial Waste Service/Cleaning Products: £73.56; office rent: £1350.70.

The new office officially opened on Friday 14 January.

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13 DEC 2010

November

Staffing costs in November totalled £8,588.

My bill for my MP's blackberry was £128.67, for which I claimed 90% so £115.80.

There were no other expense claims submitted.

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01 NOV 2010

October

Staffing costs in October totalled £8,929.

Stationery expenses amounted to £31.93.

The bill for my MP's Blackberry was £136.30, for which a claim for £122.67 was submitted.

The constituency office spent £3.60 on hospitality (milk etc), plus there was staff costs of £28.80 (travel), £5.50 (car parking), and £5.50 (postage).

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Sir, It is commendable to see you publish your expenses. As a constituent who did vote for you in the last election (and your unsuccessful campaign previously), I would like the ask the following: I note your staffing costs of £8,929 for September. Would you kindly give a breakdown of this please, detailing how this is paid? I.E. To how many people? For what roles? Also, why were staffing costs only £3,714 in June (perhaps you had not employed your complete team by then, so shortly after the election), but £8,929 in September. Lastly, I see a month on month rise in staffing costs, albeit in small amounts. What does the monthly increase from July to October cover? Thanking you. Yours faithfully, MB
- Mark Baron

Thank you for your support Mark. Staffing costs have risen as I have now managed to employ a full team, which I didn't have in June. I employ four staff - two are locals employed in the constituency office, and two in Westminster. I don't think it would be appropriate to make public what each staff member earns; this wouldn't be fair to my staff to have their wages made public. What is made clear is the total amount claimed from the taxpayer for staffing, and I think this is the right thing to do.
- Nick

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01 OCT 2010

September

Staffing costs in September totalled £7,655.

Stationery expenses amounted to £98.63.

The bill for my MP's Blackberry was £291.26, for which a claim for £58.62 (£52.00 rental and £6.82 calls) was submitted.

The constituency office spent £5.19 on hospitality (milk etc).

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31 AUG 2010

August

Staff salaries amounted to £7,141.

Stationery costs were £14.97.

I also claimed for the £35.00 fee payable to the Information Commissioner's Office under the Data Protection Act.

The bill for my blackberry was £89.10, for which I claimed £80.19 (I only claim for 90% of the bill to allow for 10% personal calls).

Nick

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31 JUL 2010

July

Staff salaries amounted to £6168.

Stationery costs totalled £84.66.

The bill for my blackberry was £103.92, of which I claimed £93.53.

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30 JUN 2010

June

During June a claim of £65 was made for a taxi from the House of Commons for a return to Enfield after a late night sitting ending after 11pm. The taxi was shared with David Burrowes MP for Enfield Southgate.

£212.13 was spent on stationery.

Monthly staffing costs for June will be published in July. Staffing costs for June amounted to £3,714. I also claimed for a subscription to the Parliamentary Resources Unit, which instead of all 650 MPs hiring researchers allows for us to share a team of "pooled" researchers. The annual subscription is £3,887.50.

My blackberry bill was £64.63, for which I claimed £58.17 (I only claim for 90% of the bill to allow for 10% personal calls).

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A very reasonable amount
- Alfred Molinari

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29 MAY 2010

May

I can confirm that no expense claims were submitted for the month of May, except for my blackberry which all MPs are supplied with. The bill was £40.74, of which I claimed £36.66 (I only claim 90% of the bill to allow for 10% personal calls).

Once staffing arrangments for the constituency and parliamentary offices have been completed a statement of total staff costs will be published.

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