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Maria Miller
Conservative MP for Basingstoke
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Disabled People), Work and Pensions (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Maria Miller voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Children, Schools and Families, Health, Transport, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Children: Day Care, Pre-School Education, Child Support Agency, Pre-School Education: Finance, Sure Start Programme
(based on written questions asked by Maria Miller and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (11 out of 18)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Equality Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Veterans (21 May 2012)
“Through the Armed Forces Covenant, the Government has pledged that those who serve in the armed forces should face no disadvantage in the provision of public services. DWP is fully committed to upholding the Covenant and supporting service personnel, their families and veterans. Serving and ex-serving personnel disabled as a result of service have access to a range of welfare benefits and...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment (21 May 2012)
“There are 130 people claiming disability living allowance in Kilmarnock and Loudoun with “blindness” as their main disabling condition. 90 of these claimants are aged between16-64 and therefore would be in scope to be reassessed for personal independence payment. Through the introduction of PIP we expect the number of 16 to 64-year-olds to be claiming the benefit by 2015-16 to be...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disability (21 May 2012)
“It is not possible to break this impact down to smaller geographic locations. The impact assessment published in January estimates the number of 16 to 64-year-olds in receipt of PIP to be 1.7 million by March 2016. Without reform 2.2 million 16 to 64-year-olds were forecast to be receiving disability living allowance at that time.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 84.12% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 35 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 320 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,000 (joint 192nd with 2 others) | £22,080 (223rd) | £21,632 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,026 (311th) | £19,551 (266th) | £18,025 (471st) | £25,149 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £90,089 (445th) | £90,601 (177th) | £85,347 (283rd) | £69,693 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £12,336 (76th) | £6,446 (394th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,859 (510th)1 | £5,930 (403rd)2 | £6,018 (403rd)3 | £3,215 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £201 (joint 284th with 1 other) | £219 (316th) | £204 (joint 322nd with 1 other) | £117 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £501 (197th) | £241 (joint 282nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £2,106 (8th) | £2,016 (10th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,222 (243rd) | £916 (252nd) | £1,229 (joint 214th with 1 other) | £1,216 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,740 (265th) | £3,227 (258th) | £3,651 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,228 (283rd) | £1,188 (128th) | £1,188 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £155,346 (259th) | £152,888 (222nd) | £137,318 (334th) | £125,861 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,026 (270th). Rail £276 (533rd). Misc £58 (191st). Other: Mileage £268 (25th). Rail £231 (73rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,142 (91st). Rail £333 (512th). Misc £45 (203rd). Other: European £410 (116th).
3 Car £3,772 (260th). Rail £917 (426th). European £1,329 (25th).