Homes and Property | Home PageOn the gravy train: the package of expensesJoe Murphy Political Editor|Evening Standard13 April 2012MPs Can take advantage of a complex allowances package. The money is paid by the taxpayer on top of their salary of £57,485 a year. Additional cost allowance (up to £20,902 a year). For MPs with constituencies outside central London. Covers mortgage interest, rent, hotels. Incidental expenses provision (up to £19,325) for commissioning work and renting offices but not campaigning costs. London supplement (£1,618). Reflects cost of life in capital. Staffing allowance (£66,458-77,534). For hiring staff to help MPs do their job. Mileage (cars: 57.7p for first 20,000 miles, 26.6p thereafter; motorcycles 24p a mile; cycles 20p a mile. For any travel as part of their duties. Free first-class travel as long as it is on parliamentary business; three European trips a year; 19 return trips to London for an MP's family. MORE ABOUTAutomotive Equipment (car Industry)CampaigningCarsCentral LondonHotelsJaguar (car)MortgagesTravel