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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

2024 - 2025 Expenses for John Swinney Total: £25,223.87

Engagement Provision

£13,538.05

Advertising

£3,460.39
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £16.00 View
Apr 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £101.99 View
Apr 2024 Contact info £864.00 View
May 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £16.00 View
May 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £95.00 View
May 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £101.99 View
Jun 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £16.00 View
Jun 2024 Surgery / contact details £101.99 View
Jul 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £21.00 View
Jul 2024 Regular advert with contact details £101.99 View
Aug 2024 Advert with contact details for constituents £21.00 View
Aug 2024 Constituency Office Contact details. This ad doesn't change and is a regular one £101.99 View
Sep 2024 Surgery Advertising / contact details £21.00 View
Oct 2024 Regular advert for contact and surgery details £21.00 View
Oct 2024 REGULAR AD WITH CONTACT AND SURGERY DETAILS £101.99 View
Oct 2024 INV-0321 HALF PAGE AD IN BLAIRGOWRIE & RATTRAY HUB MAGAZINE WITH CONTACT DETAILS £95.00 View
Nov 2024 Regular ad - contact details £21.00 View
Nov 2024 Regular advert with contact and surgery details £101.99 View
Dec 2024 Regular advertising for contact and surgery details £21.00 View
Dec 2024 Regular advert for contact and surgery details £101.99 View
Jan 2025 Surgery and contact details - regular ad £107.99 View
Jan 2025 Spring 25 Hub Magazine article and contact details £95.00 View
Feb 2025 REGULAR AD WITH CONTACT AND SURGERY DETAILS £91.50 View
Feb 2025 Regular advert - Surgery Advertising / contact details - John Swinney MSP £21.00 View
Feb 2025 REGULAR AD Surgery Advertising / contact details £107.99 View
Mar 2025 Regular advert - Surgery Advertising / contact details £21.00 View
Mar 2025 Regular advert - Surgery Advertising / contact details £107.99 View
Mar 2025 Surgery Advertising / contact details £864.00 View

Business Meeting

£142.00
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 May 24 - Tea Coffee Shortbread £132.00 View
Oct 2024 Business Meeting and MSP Surgery - Hall Hire (£12) Business Meeting Expenses( £10) £10.00 View

Communication App

£164.93
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Canva subscription for office use £10.99 View
May 2024 Clideo subscription for office use £9.00 View
May 2024 Adobe subscription for office use £56.98 View
May 2024 Canva subscription for office use £10.99 View
Jun 2024 Subscription for Adobe software for office use £56.98 View
Jun 2024 Canva subscription for office use £10.99 View
Jun 2024 Clideo subscription for office use £9.00 View

Hall Hire

£797.60
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Meeting Room Hire £20.00 View
Apr 2024 Hall hire April meeting - John Swinney MSP £25.00 View
Apr 2024 Meeting Room Hire £25.00 View
Apr 2024 Meeting Room Hire £40.00 View
Apr 2024 Meeting Room Hire £28.80 View
May 2024 MEETING ROOM HIRE £20.00 View
Jun 2024 MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS £20.00 View
Jul 2024 hall hire for constituency meetings £16.50 View
Jul 2024 Meetings with constituents £69.00 View
Aug 2024 Hall hire for meeting with constituents £40.00 View
Aug 2024 Meeting Room hire - meeting with constituents £14.40 View
Sep 2024 HALL HIRE FOR MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS £16.50 View
Oct 2024 MEETING ROOM HIRE 27/09 £41.40 View
Oct 2024 Business Meeting and MSP Surgery - Hall Hire (£12) Business Meeting Expenses( £10) £12.00 View
Nov 2024 Hall hire for constituency meetings £62.50 View
Dec 2024 Hall Hire for constituency meetings £16.50 View
Dec 2024 HALL HIRE FOR CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS £55.20 View
Dec 2024 MSP SURGERY HALL HIRE £18.00 View
Jan 2025 Hall hire for MSP Surgery £10.00 View
Feb 2025 MSP SURGERY HALL HIRE £18.00 View
Feb 2025 SURGERY HALL HIRE £82.80 View
Feb 2025 MEETING ROOM HIRE FOR SURGERY £16.00 View
Feb 2025 MSP Surgery - John Swinney MSP £80.00 View
Feb 2025 MSP Surgery - John Swinney MSP £10.00 View
Mar 2025 MSP SURGERY HALL HIRE £40.00 View

Mailing Costs

£4,485.15
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 John Swinney £1,431.04 View
Mar 2025 ANNUAL REPORT COSTS £2,715.96 View
Mar 2025 John Swinney(SNP) £330.00 View
Mar 2025 John Swinney(SNP) £8.15 View

Printing and/or Photocopying

£3,045.00
Date Detail Amount
Mar 2025 Design of annual report £480.00 View
Mar 2025 ANNUAL REPORT PRINTING COSTS £2,565.00 View

Stationery

£92.98
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 John Swinney £92.98 View

Website Costs

£1,350.00
Date Detail Amount
Dec 2024 Essential upgrade so johnswinney.scot website works on new server £1,350.00 View

Incidental and Ancillary Employment Cost Provision

£82.80

Living Wage Accreditation

£82.80
Date Detail Amount
Feb 2025 Employer Accreditation/Recognition £82.80 View

MSP and MSP staff travel provision

£1,082.90

Car parking

£20.70
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View
Apr 2024 Car Parking £3.45 View

Members Mileage

£185.40
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.50 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £3.15 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £23.85 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £18.45 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £24.75 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £10.35 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £10.35 View
May 2024 Parliamentary Travel £10.35 View
May 2024 Parliamentary Travel £8.55 View

Members Rail

£152.70
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Apr 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
May 2024 Parliamentary Travel £23.10 View

Staff Car Parking

£12.10
Date Detail Amount
Nov 2024 Car Parking £5.10 View
Mar 2025 Car Parking £7.00 View

Staff Mileage

£656.10
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £31.05 View
Apr 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £27.90 View
May 2024 Parliamentary Travel £54.00 View
May 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £26.55 View
May 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £10.80 View
May 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £29.70 View
May 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £32.40 View
Jun 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £15.75 View
Jun 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £14.85 View
Jun 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £8.10 View
Jul 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £14.85 View
Jul 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £17.10 View
Aug 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £47.25 View
Aug 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel  £36.00 View
Oct 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £5.85 View
Oct 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £16.20 View
Nov 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £13.50 View
Nov 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £14.85 View
Nov 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £27.45 View
Nov 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £11.70 View
Nov 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £19.80 View
Dec 2024 Parliamentary Travel £54.00 View
Dec 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £18.00 View
Dec 2024 Constituency/Regional Travel £6.30 View
Jan 2025 Constituency/Regional Travel £12.15 View
Jan 2025 Constituency/Regional Travel £11.70 View
Jan 2025 Constituency/Regional Travel £25.20 View
Jan 2025 Constituency/Regional Travel £9.45 View
Mar 2025 Constituency/Regional Travel £43.65 View

Staff Rail

£55.90
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 Parliamentary Travel £21.60 View
Dec 2024 Parliamentary Travel £34.30 View

Office Cost Provision

£10,520.12

Cleaning/Hygiene Products

£76.13
Date Detail Amount
Nov 2024 NOV-24 - BX80 CHEEKY PANDA FACIAL TISSUE 3PLY W £10.80 View
Nov 2024 NOV-24 - RAID FLY WASP KILLER 300ML £9.10 View
Nov 2024 NOV-24 - PK10 PURACTIVE SPONGE SCOURER RED £14.06 View
Nov 2024 NOV-24 - PK48 CHEEKY PANDA TOILET ROLLS 3PLY £42.17 View

Computer Maintenance

£577.18
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2024 IT Support, maintenance and domain renewal (documented in invoice) £397.18 View
Jan 2025 Web security costs (Annual) - John Swinney MSP £180.00 View

Equipment

£396.00
Date Detail Amount
Aug 2024 Managed 4G Link and Unlimited Data SIM to allow home working MSP Staff £396.00 View

Insurance

£238.00
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 Insurance cover for constituency office £238.00 View

Key Cutting

£25.73
Date Detail Amount
Oct 2024 For cutting a spare key for the constituency office £6.95 View
Dec 2024 Key cutting for constituency office- Nov 24 £18.78 View

Newspaper Subscriptions

£166.00
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Newspaper costs for constituency office £8.00 View
May 2024 Newspaper costs for constituency office £8.60 View
Jun 2024 Newspapers for Constituency Office £8.80 View
Jul 2024 Newspapers for Constituency Office £8.80 View
Sep 2024 Newspaper costs for constituency office £17.80 View
Oct 2024 NEWSPAPERS FOR CONSTITUENCY OFFICE £9.20 View
Nov 2024 SNP(1) newspapers for constituency office £18.40 View
Dec 2024 Newspapers for Constituency Office 14 Sept to 28 Dec 2024 £36.80 View
Feb 2025 Newspaper costs for constituency office £19.80 View
Mar 2025 Newspaper costs for constituency office - John Swinney MSP £29.80 View

Rent

£4,620.00
Date Detail Amount
May 2024 John Swinney MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £1,155.00 View
Aug 2024 John Swinney MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £1,155.00 View
Nov 2024 John Swinney MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £1,155.00 View
Feb 2025 John Swinney MSP - Quarterly Rent OCP £1,155.00 View

Running Repairs and Maintenance

£102.00
Date Detail Amount
Jan 2025 Boiler Service £102.00 View

Telephone Services Costs

£2,156.83
Date Detail Amount
Feb 2025 BT telephone costs April 2024 to February 2025 £1,031.24 View
Feb 2025 BT phone line rental and maintenance costs 01/12/24 to 28/02/25 £458.97 View
Mar 2025 BT Telephone Cost £136.36 View
Mar 2025 BT telephone charges 01/03/25 to 31/05/25 £530.26 View

Trade Waste

£188.60
Date Detail Amount
Apr 2024 Trade waste uplift from Constituency office £188.60 View

Utilities

£1,973.65
Date Detail Amount
Jul 2024 Share of water, electricity and gas charges £734.08 View
Oct 2024 Share of gas, elec and water costs 1.7.24-30.9.24 £488.04 View
Jan 2025 Water, electricity and gas charges 1 Oct-31 Dec 2024 £751.53 View