Tessa Jowell MP

Click on the links below to open files with copies of claims and receipts for each year. Please note that some information has been redacted to remove private and personal information. Any enquiries over this information should be directed to my office: contact me

Latest Information 2008 - 2010
Repayment
I made a repayment of £52.82 in 08/09. When I changed my Blackberry contract I received a refund of £52.82. I therefore paid this  back to the Department of Resources at the House of Commons.

NEW! 2008/09 and 2009/10 (Q1) details available here

IEP (Office and other costs) 2007/08

Communications 2007/08

IEP (Office and other costs) 2006/07

IEP (Office and other costs) 2005/06

IEP (Office and other costs) 2004/05

Helpful Information

ACA - 'Additional Costs Allowance'
As an inner London MP the 'Additional Costs Allowance' for a second home does not apply to me.

AOE - 'Administrative and Office Expenditure'
(see IEP below)

IEP - 'Incidental Expenses Provision' - now called AOE - Administrative and Office Expenditure
The IEP is the 'Incidental Expenses Provision' which I use to pay for such costs as: rental of venues where I hold my advice sessions; equipment and stationery supplies for my office; communications (prior to 2007/08); travel and certain staff related costs (including payments to interns, volunteers and work-experience students to cover daily travel and subsistence costs). Funds from the IEP can be transferred to the staffing allowance.

In 2007/08 the maximum permitted IEP expenditure was £21,339. My IEP expenditure was £10,518.

Communications Allowance
This allowance was introduced in 2007 to help MPs to communicate with their constituents. Any material produced using this allowance must not be party political in nature. Its introduction was accompanied by a cap on the amount that MPs can spend on House of Commons postage-paid stationery. I use the allowance to produce cards with details of my advice service sessions and contact details; parliamentary reports and for advertising my contact details in local newspapers. I have not used the allowance for leaflet distribution which is carried out by volunteers.

In 2007/08 the maximum permitted Communications Allowance expenditure was £10,000. My Communications Allowance expenditure was £5,405.

Staffing Allowance
The staffing allowance is used to pay salaries to permanent staff members, for employers' National Insurance contributions (12%) and to some people who assist at my advice services. I employ 3.4 full time equivalent members of staff. (My staff are very experienced and, as of May 2009, have worked for me for a combined period of 35 years and 6 months).

My staffing allowance of £90,505 was supplemented from the IEP allowance, making a total of £102, 028.

List of Suppliers
I have listed below a list of all organisations from which I have purchased goods and services.

PC World - computer hardware and accessories for office

Westminster Bookshop - Times Guide to the House of Commons

Robert Dyas - extension lead for office

Christ Church - hire of hall for meetings with constituents

Southwark Council - hire of venues for advice services and for meetings with constituents

Carphone Warehouse - costs relating to mobile phone used in connection with constituency work

Vodaphone - costs relating to mobile phone used in connection with constituency work

Dell - computer equipment and consumables for office

GL Printers - printing advice service information and Parliamentary Reports

East Dulwich Community Centre - hire of venue for advice service

BT - telecoms cost associated with office

Lambeth Council - hire of venues for advice services and for meetings with constituents

Goose Green Centre - hire of venue for advice service

Dulwich and West Norwood Labour Party - costs associated with production of letters, surveys and updates for constituents - see example here: Letter and Survey
These costs comprised:
55,000 sheets of A4 paper at £2.10 per ream = £231.00
Ink cartridges (one cartridge prints 10,000 sheets) = 5.5 cartridges at £23 each = £126.50
1824 freepost returns from surveys at £0.235 per item = £428.64

Ryman - stationery supplies

Accountancy fees - costs associated with preparation of accounts relating to my work as an MP

Uniprint - printing of Parliamentary Reports

Banner - House of Commons stationery supplier

South London Press - payment for photographs and advert of MP's contact details
(South London Press and Mercury Group)
(London and Essex Newspapers)

Public Impact - printing advice service information, contact detail cards and Parliamentary Reports

Southwark News - advertising of MP's contact details

Crime Services Agency - advert of contact details in community safety booklet