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Expenses for MSP

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Expenses are organised by provision and then expenditure type within each provision. Click on the View link beside each expense to see full details.

Financial Year

2022 - 2023 Expenses for Finlay Carson Total: £46,417.64

Edinburgh Accommodation Provision

£13,187.04

Council Tax

£1,088.13
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2022 Council Tax 2022-23 £1,088.13 View

Hotel

£595.00
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2022 2 Night Hotel Stay 19/04/2022 and 20/04/2022 £238.00 View
May 2022 2 Hotel Nights 26/04/22-27/04/22 £238.00 View
May 2022 1 night stay 10/05/2022 £119.00 View

Rental Expenditure

£10,860.00
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
May 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Jun 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Jul 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Aug 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Sep 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Oct 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Nov 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Dec 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Jan 2023 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Feb 2023 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View
Mar 2023 Finlay Carson MSP - Monthly Rent EAP £905.00 View

Telephone Costs

£62.25
Date Detail Amount
Dec 2022 Broadband line £62.25 View

Utilities

£581.66
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2022 reimbursement of broadband costs to Member £62.25 View
Sep 2022 Electricity DD from January 2022 to May £130.00 View
Sep 2022 Utilities DD payment for June, July and August 2022 £132.00 View
Sep 2022 Broadband £20.75 View
Jan 2023 Broadband utility bill Edinburgh Accommodation - paid by DD £35.93 View
Jan 2023 Broadband Service for December 2022 paid by Direct Debit £20.75 View
Jan 2023 Reimbursement of DD for electricity and gas Oct-Dec £44 per month less £66.00 View
Feb 2023 February 2023 Broadband costs for Edinburgh Accommodation £18.99 View
Mar 2023 utility bill for electricity for Edinburgh Accommodation from November 2022 to March 2023 less payment made from UK Gov via utility supplier EDF £76.00 View
Mar 2023 reimbursement of member broadband £18.99 View

Engagement Provision

£12,562.48

Advertising

£954.00
Date Detail Amount
Nov 2022 Surgery Advertising Hoarding 22/23 £540.00 View
Feb 2023 Surgery Advertising £414.00 View

Business Meeting Expenses

£204.88
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 June 2022-Sandwich Lunch £68.40 View
Jan 2023 Jan 23 - Tea Coffee Shortbread £36.48 View
Mar 2023 Room hire and coffees for local fishermen and stakeholders roundtable discussion on Thursday 6th April 2023 in Creebridge Hotel, Newton Stewart £100.00 View

Communication App

£242.02
Date Detail Amount
Dec 2022 Adobe Creative Cloud Licence £242.02 View

Mailing Costs

£4,961.58
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Finlay Carson (Con) £445.00 View
Jun 2022 Finlay Carson (Con) £6.63 View
Nov 2022 Special Delivery Postage Cost at CD Post Office £8.65 View
Jan 2023 FP Royal Mail Door to Door costs 02/02/23 £2,486.96 View
Feb 2023 Annual Report Feb23 £2,009.89 View
Feb 2023 2nd Class Signed For Packet £4.45 View

Printing and/or Photocopying

£6,200.00
Date Detail Amount
Feb 2023 Parliamentary Report Printing £3,100.00 View
Feb 2023 Printing Parliamentary Report £3,100.00 View

Incidental and Ancillary Employment Cost Provision

£182.00

Staff Homeworking

£182.00
Date Detail Amount
Jul 2022 Homeworking Allowance April 2022 £26.00 View
Jul 2022 Homeworking Allowance May 2022 £26.00 View
Aug 2022 Homeworking Allowance June 2022 £26.00 View
Sep 2022 Homeworking Allowance July 2022 £26.00 View
Oct 2022 Homeworking Allowance August 2022 £26.00 View
Oct 2022 Homeworking Allowance September 2022 £26.00 View
Nov 2022 Homeworking Allowance October 2022 £26.00 View

MSP and MSP staff travel provision

£5,676.99

Car parking

£5.00
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2022 Car Parking £5.00 View

Members Mileage

£4,463.85
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £90.45 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £105.75 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £3.15 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £17.10 View
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £90.45 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £90.45 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £90.45 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.20 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £167.85 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.65 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £23.85 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £22.50 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £28.35 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £4.50 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.65 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £23.85 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £24.30 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £26.10 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £55.35 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £4.50 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.65 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.20 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £33.30 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £32.85 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.20 View
Oct 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Oct 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £59.85 View
Oct 2022 Parliamentary Travel £16.65 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £39.60 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £23.85 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £16.65 View
Nov 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £99.90 View
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Nov 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £51.75 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £9.90 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £80.55 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.65 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £44.55 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £26.55 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £9.90 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £4.50 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £39.60 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £18.45 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Jan 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £32.85 View
Jan 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £18.45 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.65 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £40.05 View
Jan 2023 Parliamentary and Constituency/Regional Travel £51.75 View
Jan 2023 Parliamentary Travel £48.15 View
Jan 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £18.00 View
Feb 2023 Parliamentary Travel £47.25 View
Feb 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Feb 2023 Parliamentary and Constituency/Regional Travel £65.25 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £16.65 View
Feb 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £32.85 View
Feb 2023 Parliamentary Travel £94.50 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £16.65 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £45.90 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £28.05 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £14.25 View
Mar 2023 Parliamentary Travel £52.50 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.75 View
Mar 2023 Parliamentary and Constituency/Regional Travel £65.25 View
Mar 2023 Parliamentary Travel £26.75 View

Members Rail

£21.50
Date Detail Amount
Sep 2022 Parliamentary Travel £21.50 View

Staff Bus

£9.10
Date Detail Amount
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £3.60 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £2.50 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £3.00 View

Staff Car Parking

£20.00
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Car Parking £20.00 View

Staff Mileage

£1,092.15
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £74.25 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.50 View
Jun 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.50 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £54.90 View
Aug 2022 Parliamentary Travel £63.90 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.05 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £30.60 View
Aug 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £27.45 View
Sep 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £27.45 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £14.40 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £29.70 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £33.30 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £54.90 View
Oct 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £33.30 View
Nov 2022 Parliamentary Travel £50.85 View
Nov 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £33.30 View
Nov 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £33.30 View
Dec 2022 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.95 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary Travel £56.70 View
Dec 2022 Parliamentary and Constituency/Regional Travel £66.15 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £12.60 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.50 View
Jan 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £9.00 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.95 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £29.70 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £9.00 View
Feb 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.95 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £53.10 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.95 View
Mar 2023 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.50 View
Mar 2023 Parliamentary Travel £63.45 View

Staff Rail

£65.39
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Parliamentary Travel £49.79 View
Aug 2022 Parliamentary Travel £15.60 View

Office Cost Provision

£14,690.13

Cleaning/Hygiene Products

£18.05
Date Detail Amount
Feb 2023 Feb-23 - LYRECO WASTE BIN 15L BLU £18.05 View

Computer Software

£757.32
Date Detail Amount
Mar 2023 BIT Journal Creative Cloud Teams Software £757.32 View

Equipment

£24.99
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Kettle for Office £24.99 View

Fire Safety

£276.00
Date Detail Amount
Oct 2022 Fire safety Equipment Oct 2022 £276.00 View

Newspaper Subscriptions

£871.22
Date Detail Amount
May 2022 Newspaper Invoice £69.60 View
May 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Standard for May 2022 £17.88 View
Jun 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Standard for June 2022 £17.88 View
Jul 2022 Newspaper Invoice 01/07/22 £65.00 View
Sep 2022 Newspaper Invoice June - Aug 2022 £78.50 View
Sep 2022 Newspaper Invoice september - december 2022 £115.63 View
Sep 2022 Newspaper Invoice Sept - Dec 2022 £44.52 View
Oct 2022 Newspapers Sept & Oct 2022 £81.00 View
Dec 2022 Supply of newspapers and magazines from w/e 05/11/22 to 31/12/22 £83.75 View
Jan 2023 Newspaper Invoice £174.46 View
Mar 2023 Stranraer & Wigtownshire press subscription 23/3 to 28/12/23 £123.00 View

Office Phone and Broadband Costs

£57.85
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2022 GP00178051 M072HK 434031675 £57.85 View

Rent

£9,000.00
Date Detail Amount
May 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £2,250.00 View
Aug 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £2,250.00 View
Nov 2022 Finlay Carson MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £2,250.00 View
Feb 2023 Finlay Carson MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £2,250.00 View

Staff Overnight Costs Including Dinner

£636.00
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 1 Night Stay 08/06/22 £119.00 View
Jun 2022 1 Night stay with car parking 08/06/22 £119.00 View
Jun 2022 1 Night Stay 08/06/22 £119.00 View
Dec 2022 Overnight Stay 15/12/22 £80.00 View
Dec 2022 Overnight accommodation for staff on 15th December 2022 attending meetings in Parliament £80.00 View
Mar 2023 One night stay 21/03/23 £119.00 View

Telephone Services Costs

£389.98
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2022 Telephone Service Costs 22/02/22 £19.98 View
May 2022 Office Telephone 22/04/22 £76.66 View
Jun 2022 Telephone May May 2022 £64.01 View
Jul 2022 GP00178051 M07098 149076166 £24.01 View
Jul 2022 GP00178051 M071DY 422214799 £24.01 View
Oct 2022 BT Office Telephone Sept 2022 GP00178051M073L6 452963155 £24.01 View
Oct 2022 GP00178051 M074PE 453734655 £33.84 View
Dec 2022 GP00178051 M075T6 467485135 £24.79 View
Jan 2023 GP00178051 477777267 £26.23 View
Jan 2023 GP00178051 M07700 481243427 £24.01 View
Feb 2023 GP00178051 489872573 £24.42 View
Mar 2023 BT Telephone and Broadband March 2023 - 22/23 £24.01 View

Trade Waste

£159.98
Date Detail Amount
Jun 2022 Trade Wates 25/05/22 £120.00 View
Sep 2022 Waste uplift 15/09/22 £13.95 View
Oct 2022 Commercial Waste Bags (Dumfries & Galloway Council) £26.03 View

Utilities

£2,498.74
Date Detail Amount
May 2022 Electricity 02/04/22 - 01/05/22 British Gas £870.92 View
Jul 2022 British Gas Electricity 02/05/22-01/06/22 602475145 039351 £204.05 View
Jul 2022 Electricity Bill June 2022 £113.56 View
Aug 2022 602475145 077663 £176.89 View
Sep 2022 British Gas Electricity 02/08/22-01/09/22 602475145 024040 £73.40 View
Oct 2022 602475145 039861 £147.40 View
Dec 2022 Scottish Gas Electricity 602475145 007261 £190.79 View
Jan 2023 602475145 084930 £140.04 View
Jan 2023 602475145 066270 £91.20 View
Feb 2023 British Gas Electricity 02/01/23-01/02/23 602475145 047139 £190.08 View
Mar 2023 602475145 037691 £138.74 View
Mar 2023 British Gas Electricity Bill March 2023 - 22/23 £161.67 View

Overnight Accommodation Provision

£119.00

Overnight Scotland

£119.00
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2022 07/08/2022 Whisky Vaults Hotel, Oban (x1Night) £119.00 View