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Alan Duncan
Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton

  • Minister of State, International Development (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
  • Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Alan Duncan voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Trade and Industry, Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Procurement, Nuclear Power Stations, Railways, Departmental Orders and Regulations, QinetiQ

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Written Answers — International Development: Children: Vaccination (8 Feb 2012)

“The Department for International Development supports vaccination programmes through a variety of channels including funding to the GAVI Alliance, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, core funding to UNICEF and the World Health Organisation and through the Department's bilateral country programmes. Through our commitment to the GAVI Alliance alone, UK funding has supported the vaccination...”

Written Answers — International Development: Departmental Data Protection (8 Feb 2012)

“The Department for International Development (DFID) had no cases where data with a security classification was lost during 2011. DFID did not have any incidents resulting in breaches of confidentiality during 2011.”

Written Answers — International Development: Departmental Recruitment (8 Feb 2012)

“The Department for International Development (DFID) has not used any recruitment services since May 2010 and has used only two executive search agencies since during this period. The Cabinet Office used the executive search agency Russell Reynolds in the recruitment of a new Permanent Secretary and at a cost of £7,076.03 in March 2011. DFID also used the Executive Search Agency, Devex as...”

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  • Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 61.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 521 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Emma Pilkington
Address of donor : Ashmansworth House, Ashmansworth, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9SG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for my partner and me to attend the Conservative Party’s 2011 Summer Party. Payment for tickets, to the value of £1666.66, made directly to the Conservative Party.
Date of receipt of donation: 6 June 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 6 June 2011
Donor status: Company
(Registered 9 June 2011)
8. Land and Property
Rental income from residential property in London.

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Staying away from main home£23,919 (75th) £23,027 (185th) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,623 £20,843 (229th) £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,734 (joint 250th with 3 others)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£23,590 (74th) £26,763 (joint 29th with 1 other) £24,946 (95th) £19,957 £22,712 (1st) £12,885 (605th) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £15,647 (330th)
Staffing costs£97,474 (256th) £82,886 (472nd) £82,767 (382nd) £83,937 £72,553 (233rd) £67,878 (331st) £65,277 (282nd) £50,775 (joint 150th with 1 other)
Communications Allowance£7,835 (372nd) £4,023 (503rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£7,866 (297th)1 £7,289 (334th)2 £9,075 (264th)3 £7,195 £12,086 (269th) £10,024 (326th) £11,527 (261st) £10,010 (221st)
Members' Staff Travel£634 (123rd) £312 (joint 274th with 1 other) £327 (264th) £63 £116 (416th) £63 (joint 447th with 1 other) £569 (joint 239th with 1 other) £333 (joint 304th with 1 other)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,298 (594th) £499 (joint 490th with 1 other) £463 (545th) £625 £561 (468th) £497 (510th) £954 (360th) £535 (535th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,538 (291st) £1,110 (572nd) £1,587 £2,248 (367th) £2,196 (372nd) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,111 (joint 476th with 3 others) £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) £0 £1,996 (joint 77th with 2 others) £1,996 (joint 70th with 3 others) £1,996 (joint 69th with 3 others) £1,996 (joint 68th with 3 others)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £227 (82nd) £0 £0
Total£162,615 (159th) £148,448 (297th) £141,771 (245th) £134,987 £133,115 (137th) £116,099 (389th) £118,279 (205th) £95,030 (167th)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,994 (90th). Rail £1,409 (416th). Other: Mileage £372 (21st). Rail £196 (83rd). Air £366 (11th). European £529 (97th).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,203 (86th). Rail £1,486 (385th). Other: Rail £600 (34th).

3 Car £5,510 (105th). Rail £3,565 (239th).