8 Communications Expenditure
8.1. Provision should be made for Communications
Expenditure in accordance with paragraphs 8.2-8.5 below.
8.2. Communications Expenditure shall be for the
purpose of assisting Members with expenditure incurred wholly,
exclusively and necessarily in communicating with the public on
parliamentary business, and the scope of the allowance shall be
as set out in the First Report of the Members Estimate Committee
of 2006-07. (28 March 2007)
8.3. Communications Expenditure shall be at a rate
of £10,400 per year for each Member; it shall be frozen at
that level from April 2009 until April 2012, and thereafter will
be uprated annually in line with RPIX. (28 March 2007; 3 July
2008).
8.4. The detailed rules and guidance for Communications
Expenditure shall be determined and reviewed from time to time
by the Members Estimate Committee. (28 March 2007)
8.5. Approval must be obtained from the Department
of Resources before committing to expenditure above £1,000
for production and design costs. (MEC, 2 March 2009)
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