This statistic shows the total amount claimed by MPs for disability assistance in the United Kingdom (UK) from fiscal year 2010/11 to 2016/17 in British Pounds (GBP). The amount increased yearly, to ***** thousand British pounds in 2013/2014, before reducing annually thereafter, reaching a low of just over *** thousand pounds in 2016/17.
*This may be claimed by any MP for necessary additional expenditure incurred in the performance of an MP's parliamentary functions which is reasonably attributable to a disability of an MP, a staff member, a job applicant or constituents visiting the office or surgery.
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Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . (November 1, 2018). Total amount of disability assistance claimed by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in GBP)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . "Total amount of disability assistance claimed by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in GBP)*." Chart. November 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . (2018). Total amount of disability assistance claimed by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in GBP)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . "Total Amount of Disability Assistance Claimed by Members of Parliament (Mps) in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in Gbp)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority , Total amount of disability assistance claimed by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in GBP)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/ (last visited July 20, 2025)
Total amount of disability assistance claimed by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010/11 to 2016/17 (in GBP)* [Graph], Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority , November 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/391162/mps-disability-assistance-claims-uk-timeline/