http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "MP Rob Wilson defends 9p car journey claim" en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:14:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193748 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:28:47 +0000 cb 193748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I assume Rob Wilson is paying an administrative assistant"</p> <p>The article does say he <em>"claimed £174,000 in expenses for the 2013-14 financial year, of which payroll costs were £142,000"</em></p> <p>So that 9p claim probably cost the tax payer several pounds at least which seems like much better value. No wait.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193741 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:54:46 +0000 kaputnik 193741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assume Rob Wilson is paying an administrative assistant (at Taxpayer's expense) to log and claim for all these small claims on his behalf? Hardly seems worth the cost of claiming does it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193739 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:36:50 +0000 Stickman 193739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>True, but to be breaking it down to that level of detail is absurd. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193735 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:16:57 +0000 Arellcat 193735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would suspect that the 9p claim was one journey amongst others in a single claim. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193734 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:10:26 +0000 Stickman 193734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What sort of system allows 9p claims? If anyone in my work tried that sort of stunt we'd be told to stop wasting time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193732 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:36:47 +0000 cb 193732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>352 yards is 0.2 miles and 528 yards is 0.3 miles.</p> <p>I was surprised that they could claim for fractions of miles.</p> <p>You'll note that for the longer journey the MP has generously rounded down his claim to 13p, whereas he should really be entitled to 13.5p. Or maybe the system did that automatically for him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193729 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:47:58 +0000 paddyirish 193729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>60p is 20p per mile for 3 miles - self employed can claim 20p per mile for cycle mileage, as drivers claim 40p. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193728 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:24:01 +0000 dougal 193728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>352 yards is an incredibly precise distance. How do they extract such a value? And the 60p for a bike ride between work and home, another fascinating value! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15167#post-193692 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:32:07 +0000 Stickman 193692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33606908" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33606908</a></p> <p>"An MP has defended claiming 9p on expenses for a 352-yard car journey to a constituency event."</p> <p>"The MP claimed 13p for the cost of a 528-yard car journey to attend a business meeting"</p> <p>""I do use my car to cut down the travelling time so I can visit as many constituents and local organisations in the time available. Many of my journeys are over fairly short distances of a few miles, but with a number of visits each week, over a year the mileage does add up."</p> <p>Favourite quote:</p> <p>" the Conservative MP told Metro.co.uk he was "a very active local MP""</p> <p>Just not active enough to walk 500 yards.</p> <p>300 yards would take about 3 minutes to walk. Driving plus finding parking space - a minute say? If the time taken to process the claim takes more than 2 minutes then he is wasting time. (And my experience of expense claims systems suggests it would take much longer than this!) </p>