Members Estimate Committee - First Report
Revised Green Book and audit of Members' allowances

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 January 2009.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Revised Green Book and audit of Members' allowances

Introduction

Revised Green Book

Audit proposals and resolution of disputes

Annex 1: Revised Green Book

PART I: Principles governing Members' allowances

PART II: The allowances 1. Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure

2. Administrative and Office Expenditure

3. Staffing Expenditure

4. Travel Expenditure

5. Communications Expenditure

6. Stationery and Postage

7. Resettlement Grant

8. Winding-up Expenditure

9. Security Budget

10. Help for Members with disabilities

PART III: Other information

1. Transfer of allowances

2. Other allowance issues

3. Taxation of allowances

4. Further information and contact details

PART IV: Definitions

Annex 2: List of consequential amendments required to existing Resolutions governing allowances

ANNEX 3: REPORT BY THE MEMBERS ESTIMATE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND ASSURANCE OF MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES

Summary

1 Introduction

Our report

Background

Definitions

2 External audit

Expenditure not requiring receipts

Full scope audit

3 Internal audit

4 Operational Assurance Unit

5 Reporting and compliance

6 Concluding remarks

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Relevant publications

Formal Minutes

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Prepared 15 January 2009