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Member of Parliaments Allowances
This dossier provides links to online resources that report information and data about Member of Parliaments Allowances and regulation or guidelines that parliaments may have about Members' allowances.
Unfortunately we have found very few and indirect information (news sources) about allowances of African Parliamentarians. So we have thought that it could be useful to provide links to non African parliaments that could be used as examples or reference. See tables below.
Africa
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Parliament |
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Kenya |
Members of parliament are entitled to the following allowances listed at the Parliament of Kenya website. The most updated information available (2009) on line on the salaries of Kenyan members of parliament is available on the Nation newspaper where the Mps will be entitled to $12,200 per month inclusive of allowances here |
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South Africa |
According to a South African Gazette published in accordance with section 3(1)of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, Members of Parliament are paid US$ 4780 per month, as per a Government Gazette in (2006). The Gazette can be found here SA Gazette 2006 |
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Other countries |
You can also use the Parline database developed by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Parliamentary mandate module includes information on the mandate of individual members of parliament, including when the mandate begins and ends, members' salaries, allowances, parliamentary immunity and codes of conduct. Use the Modules pages to view and export data for selected fields and selected countries. In this way, it is possible to compare various aspects of the different parliamentary systems. |
Non African Parliaments
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Parliament |
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United Kingdom |
According to The UK official guide on parliamentary allowances is known as 'The Green Book' 2009 Members of Parliament are paid US$ 8,625 per month. This amount is determined by The Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) which sets the level of any increase in their salary in line with those in the Civil Service. The Green book explains the principles governing the members' allowances, the various allowances they are entitled to, glossary of terms and other information including taxation on allowance. UK MPs pay income tax. The green book can be found here http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/members/pay_mps.cfm The other allowances that UK members of parliament are entitled to (2008) can be viewed here http://www.parliament.uk/about_commons/hocallowances/hocallowances06.cfm |
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France |
The National Assembly Senate Report outlining the salaries can be viewed at the document prepared by the treasury of the Senate (French) 2007: http://docs.google.com/viewer? Click here for the English translation of the document. |
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Germany |
The House of Representatives outlines allowances for their members of parliament 2009 (English translation): http://translate.google.co.ke/ German link: http://www.bundestagswahl-bw.de/abgeordnete0.htm |
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Sweden |
A cursory glance at the Swedish parliament website will show that the members of the Riksdag receive basic, monthly pay of 54,500 Swedish krona (US$ 7630) pre-tax, as at 2009. According to the Riksdag, the Speaker gets 131,000 Swedish krona a month (US$ 18,340). Members living more than 50 km (31 miles) from the Riksdag are entitled to reimbursement of up to 7,000 Swedish krona a month (US$ 980) for overnight accommodation in Stockholm. For more click http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____6881.aspx and here for the English translation |
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New Zealand |
According to the Remuneration Authority of Newzealand, the salary of Members of Parliament is determined according to their position in Parliament. The basic remuneration of an MP is US$ 10,900 per month, as at 2008. For more details http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/Pay/ |
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Singapore |
Members of Parliament are paid US$ 13,200 per month, as at 2007. The website for the parliament of Singapore http://www.parliament.gov.sg/home/main.htm however the precise information on salaries of members of parliament and other civil servants can be found here |
