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10  Members who leave the House

10.1. The salary which, in accordance with any Resolution of the House for the time being in force, is payable to any Member of the House in the present or any future Parliament should continue to be payable to him after the dissolution of that Parliament and until the end of the day of the poll in a General Election consequent upon that dissolution. (20 December 1971)

10.2. Expenses which, at a time when Parliament is dissolved, are incurred in connection with his or her former or prospective parliamentary duties by a person who was a Member immediately before the dissolution shall be treated as incurred by him or her as a Member and for his or her parliamentary duties. (5 June 1981)

RESETTLEMENT GRANT

10.3. On the dissolution of the present or any future Parliament a grant should be payable to any person who is a Member immediately before the dissolution and at the General Election consequent upon the dissolution either does not stand for election to the House or, if he or she does, is not elected. (22 May 1991)

10.4. The amount of the grant in the case of any such person should be equal to the relevant percentage of a year's salary at the highest rate payable to Members immediately before the dissolution, the relevant percentage for this purpose being that shown in the table below[17] in relation to—

a)  His or her age at the dissolution;

b)  The number of years for which he or she has served as a Member of the House before the dissolution.

TABLE

Percentage of Yearly Salary
Age	Number of years of service
	Under 10	10	11	12	13	14	15 or over
Under 50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
50	50	50	52	54	56	58	60
51	50	52	55	58	62	65	68
52	50	54	58	63	67	72	76
53	50	56	62	67	73	78	84
54	50	58	65	72	78	85	92
55-64	50	60	68	76	84	92	100
65	50	58	65	72	78	85	92
66	50	56	62	67	73	78	84
67	50	54	58	63	67	72	76
68	50	52	55	58	62	65	68
69	50	50	52	54	56	58	60
70 or over	50	50	50	50	50	50	50

10.5. In calculating, for the purposes of paragraph 10.4 above, the number of years for which a person has served as a Member before the dissolution there shall be disregarded—

a)  Any fraction of a year for which he or she has so served, and

b)  If a grant was payable under any resettlement grant Resolution,[18] any period of service which was taken into account or disregarded on that occasion. (22 May 1991)

WINDING-UP EXPENDITURE

10.6. Provision should be made under arrangements approved by the Speaker for an allowance to be made in respect of the expenses which, after a person has ceased to be a Member, are still required to be incurred in connection with his or her parliamentary duties. (13 July 1994)

10.7. The limit on that allowance should be four-thirds of the amount which, for a quarter in the year in which that person ceases to be a Member, is the limit for that Member on Administrative and Office Expenditure and Staffing Expenditure at the time that person ceases to be a Member. (13 July 1994; 5 July 2001)

10.8. The allowance should be paid to the person who has ceased to be a Member or, if he or she has died, to his or her personal representatives or a person nominated by him or her or selected under the arrangements approved by the Speaker. (13 July 1994)

10.9. Any limit determined in accordance with the provisions set out at paragraphs 10.3 and 10.4 above should be calculated to the nearest pound. (13 July 1994; 5 July 2001; MEC, 9 February 2004)

HOUSE OF COMMONS MEMBERS' FUND

10.10. The amount of sums to be deducted or set aside from the salaries of Members of the House of Commons under subsection (3) of section one of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1939 should be £24 per annum. (17 May 1961)

10.11. There should be appropriated, from the sums deducted from the salaries of Members under the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1939, one-tenth of these deductions in the current year for the purposes of administering the provisions of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1948, section 4. (18 May 1953)

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17   On 3 July 2008, the House agreed that from the end of the next Parliament the basis of the Resettlement Grant should be shifted towards Members leaving the House in their early fifties. See Third Report from the Members Estimate Committee, 2007-08, Review of Allowances, HC 578, paras 252-3. Back

18   20 December 1971, 4 March 1980, 19 July 1983. Back


 

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Prepared 1 April 2009