A briefing paper setting out end year total expenditure figures is also published today.
The end year total for the financial year 2024/25 is £27.45 million. This represents an increase of £2.09 million or 7.6% on the previous year’s corresponding figure of £25.36 million.
A Scottish Parliament spokesperson said:
“As with every year, staff salaries comprise the largest single expense, with £22.57 million covering staff employment in MSPs parliamentary and local offices – that’s 82.22% of the total cost.
“The remainder covers the cost of running those offices, travel, and support for party leaders who are not in government.”
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Details of all MSPs expenses claims can be viewed on the Parliament’s searchable database.
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2024/25 briefing document
A briefing document setting out expenditure details as a whole for 2024/25.
Read the 2024/25 briefing document
MSP staff salary information
Staff costs for 2024/25.
Read the MSP staff salary information document
MSPs’ expenses scheme
More information on the Expenses’ Scheme is available on the Scottish Parliament website.
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Expenses in Open Data format
Quarterly expenses information is also published in an open data format that is machine-readable and enables the user to manage raw information and re-present in different ways.
The data sets can be accessed via our API or as a single downloadable item which is around 60-70MB in size.
Quarters 1 and 2 for 2024/5 are already available. Note: As Open Data refreshes overnight, Quarters 3 and 4 will be available in open data format from 18 December 2025.
Visit the Scottish Parliament Open Data Site
Access the published data sets on the Scottish Parliament Open Data Site