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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 strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. 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
- 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 moderately against equal gay rights. 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 very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. 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)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Equality Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (8 Feb 2012)
“No such changes to disability living allowance are proposed. Personal independence payment will replace disability living allowance for working-age (16-64) adults from 2013-14. Eligibility for local authority social care provision is determined by each individual local authority who are best placed to understand the needs of their community. Our intention is that the new benefit is more...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 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 82.86% 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") 286 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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.
| 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).
