Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you tell me if you are considering any case regarding

claiming of expenses to which the House of

Commons Authorities have decided they were not entitled.

could you please list any mps that have cases pending

If there is no current case, are you aware of any that may be being prepared, and if not can you advise me on what would need to be done for such a criminal case to be initiated?

i have included a list of mps with some evidence

labour mp

Nick Ainger tried to claim £3,371 for furniture – including £768 for a Man Ray styling

chair and £1,434 for a sofabed – but was paid £3,075

Bob Ainsworth claimed nearly £6,000 for the redecoration of his designated second home

Douglas Alexander spent more than £30,000 doing up his constituency home – which then

suffered damage in a house fire. Claimed the cost of hiring a “media trainer” on his

office expenses. Spent taxpayers’ money on advertising at football and rugby league

matches.

Graham Allen claimed £495 for service charge on London flat and the maximum £400 for

food on most occasions. Food claims reduced when he twice tried to claim over £500 a

month

David Anderson: By April 2006, his mortgage interest costs were £1,203. Claimed for

furniture, washing machine and microwave. Claimed between £200 and £400 a month in food

anet Anderson admitted claiming £6,250 too much in petty cash through her office

expenses

Hilary Armstrong was told that allowing the Labour Party to pay for and run a computer

at her taxpayer-funded home could make her “politically vulnerable”

Charlotte Atkins claimed more than £35,000 in renovations on her second home allowance

including £20,000 for windows, £4,000 for the chimney, £9,000 for the bathroom and

nearly £2,000 for the garden

Ian Austin split a claim for stamp duty on buying his second home in London into two

payments and tried to claim it back over two financial years.

John Austin claimed more than £10,000 for redecorating his London flat, which was 11

miles from his main home, before selling it for a profit.

Vera Baird claimed the cost of Christmas tree decorations

Ed Balls and wife Yvette Cooper “flipped” the designation of their second home to three

different properties within two years. Balls , the Schools Secretary, also attempted to

claim £33 for poppy wreaths

Celia Barlow used her second home allowance to spend more than £28,000 on stamp duty,

legal costs and renovations despite telling the fees office that the property would

become her main home

Kevin Barron claimed London flat in 2004-05 as his second home with a monthly mortgage

interest of £1,509, which rose to £1,791 in 2005-06. It increased in 2007-08 to more

than £2,000

John Battle having asked the fees office about his food allowance, he went on to claim

the maximum £400 a month.Claimed £499 dark brown sofa and a £599 recliner

Hugh Bayley decided flat in London rather than York should be second home and claimed

£1,177 monthly mortgage interest. Later, he claimed York as second home

Margaret Beckett made a £600 claim for hanging baskets and pot plants. She dismissed

the claim as a "mistake" although analysis of her expenses shows she made three similar

claims on previous occasions

Anne Begg spent £1,403 on living room furniture in her London flat and £500 on

Devonshire carpets for two bedrooms. Claimed £85,245 over four years

Sir Stuart Bell claimed £750 for food in December 2005, reduced to the maximum monthly

amount of £400. Designated his second home as a flat in London and claimed £1,400 a

month rent

Hilary Benn claimed only £42,113 on his second homes allowance in four years. Faces

questions over party funding after it emerged he paid rent to the Labour Party from

expenses. Claimed for party political propaganda

Joe Benton designated his second home as a flat he owns in London. In 2005 he claimed

£400 a month for food during the summer recess and in 2008 spent £1,500 on repairs to

his second home

Roger Berry's costs incurred at his designated second home in London included £696 on

Sony 26-inch LCD TV, £250 on DVD player, £1067.49 on washer dryer, £574.28 on

dishwasher

Clive Betts claimed £1,268 for carpets and £570 sofa bed; £689.99 for television;

£1,433.50 on decoration; £1,220 on furniture; £1,135.20 on a bed

Liz Blackman went on last-minute shopping sprees before the end of each financial year,

in an apparent attempt to make sure she claimed as close to maximum expenses as

possible

Roberta Blackman-Woods claimed £9,425.19 in stamp duty and other costs associated with

buying a London flat. Later claimed £1,364.29 per month in mortgage interest payments

Tony Blair re-mortgaged his constituency home and claimed almost a third of the

interest around the time he was buying another property in London. He also put in a

claim for almost £7,000 of roof repairs just two days before stepping down as Prime

Minister

Hazel Blears did not pay capital gains tax on a property she sold despite having told

the Commons authorities it was her second home. She has since agreed to paid the tax

but denied any wrongdoing. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses

intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought expensive

gadgets. Claimed for party political propaganda

Bob Blizzard claims £1,278.25 monthly mortgage interest payments on a second home in

London. Mr Blizzard has made few other claims. Those included £363 for a washing

machine

David Blunkett designates his second home as a rented property in Derbyshire. He pays

£600 per month in rent. He claimed £1,600 for half the cost of relaying a path there

David Borrow claims £1,300 per month in mortgage interest payments on a London flat

which is designated as his second home, plus utilities and council tax

Ben Bradshaw used his allowance to pay the mortgage interest on a flat he owned jointly

with his boyfriend

Kevin Brennan had a £450 television delivered to his family home in Cardiff even though

he reclaimed the money back on his London second home allowance

Gordon Brown's house swap let the PM claim thousands

Lyn Brown designated her second home as a flat within walking distance of Parliament

which she shares with two other MPs

Nick Brown claimed £18,800, without receipts, in expenses for food over four years amid

total expenses of £87,000

Russell Brown reclaimed the maximum allowed under the Commons expenses system for his

bathroom to be refurbished at his rented designated second home in London. Claimed for

his rented second home in London included £1,368.88 on carpets and floor covering, £898

on two armchairs and £4,500 for a replacement bathroom

Des Browne claimed £5,822 for furnishings and carpets at his second home in London

Chris Bryant changed second home twice in two years to claim £20,000

Karen Buck is an inner London MP, so ineligible for the second home allowance. Has

claimed the maximum “London supplement” for the past eight years

Richard Burden tried to claim £337 for towels and bedding that he had claimed for six

months earlier in September 2006. When the error was pointed out, he replied in an

email “Ooops!”

Colin Burgon claimed for the £1,300-£1,800 monthly rent on his Westminster flat, for

general household costs and for occasional food bills

Andy Burnham had an eight-month battle with the fees office after making a single

expenses claim for more than £16,500. Mr Burnham, the Cutlure Secretary, avoided paying

tax on a £16,600 property windfall. Claimed for party political propaganda

Dawn Butler, the Labour whip, over-claimed £2,600 in rent on her constituency home.

Stephen Byers claimed more than £125,000 for repairs and maintenance at a London flat

owned outright by his partner, where he lives rent-free

Liam Byrne claimed between £1,300 and £2,300 a month rent for various London flats,

along with monthly grocery bills and other charges

Richard Caborn claimed £1,000+ a month rent for flat in Barbican, with £200 a month for

food and other bills. Claimed £240 for appliances or bills when claims under £250

didn’t need receipt

David Cairns claimed the £1,300-£1,400 a month interest on the mortgage of the north

London flat that he shares with his civil partner. Also claimed for food, cleaning,

council tax and other bills

Alan Campbell claimed the £700-£850 interest on the mortgage of London flat, along with

regular service charges. In 2006, claimed £1,572 for redecoration of the flat

Anne Campbell sold her designated second home in London to her son after she lost her

seat in Parliament

Ronnie Campbell claimed a total of £87,729 for furniture for his London flat

Martin Caton claimed £460 a month in interest on the mortgage of his west London flat,

along with £350 a month in food and other bills. £3,216 for new bathroom equipment and

£6,400 for a new kitchen

Ben Chapman deliberately over-claimed for interest on the mortgage of his London house

by about £15,000 with the approval of the fees office, documents seen by the Telegraph

suggest. He will stand down at the next election

Colin Challen sold his London flat to his senior researcher but carried on renting it

for a nightly fee

David Chaytor admits claiming almost £13,000 in interest payments for a mortgage that

he had already repaid. He was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party and has now

decided to stand down at the next election. It has also emerged that he paid his

daughter, under an assumed name, from the public purse

Michael Clapham submitted a receipt for the pair of glasses bought for his wife

Katy Clark claimed £1,300 rent at London flat, while also claiming for £300 a month in

food and other bills. Occasional hotel bills after being stranded off the mainland on

business

Paul Clark claimed the £1,200 a month rent for his flat in London. Also claimed for

food and gardening. Flipped his expenses after claiming the £900 a month mortgage

interest for his house in Kent

Charles Clarke, the former Home Secretary, claimed £500 monthly mortgage interest for

London home in 2004-05. Moved to another house in London at the end of 2005.

Tom Clarke designated the Sloane Club in Chelsea as second home, and claimed about

£1,500 a month while in London. Claimed £400 a month for food

David Clelland claimed for the cost of “buying out” his partner’s £45,000 stake in his

London flat

Ann Clwyd claimed £400 a month for food, £200 a month for cleaning, utilities bills and

council tax. In 2007, claimed £2,300 for carpets, tables and a chair

Vernon Coaker claimed £260 a month for interest on the mortgage of his flat in London,

along with £400 a month for food and other bills

Anne Coffey claimed £1,000 a month in interest on the mortgage of her London house,

along with £250-£300 a month in food. Claimed £1,052 in furniture and bedding and £40 a

month for a TV package in 2005

Harry Cohen claimed thousands of pounds for redecorating his second home before selling

it and charging taxpayers £12,000 in stamp duty and fees on a new property

Michael Connarty sold some of the contents of his London home to Jim Devine, a close

colleague, before charging the taxpayer thousands of pounds for goods delivered to

addresses in Scotland

Frank Cook claimed back the cost of giving £5 to a church collection at a Battle of

Britain memorial service. He also submitted £211 worth of receipts for bedding, £2,137

for storage and £750 for bedroom furniture. His rental cost rose to £1,656 in October

2006

Rosie Cooper claimed £915 for solicitors’ fees and survey costs on a property she did

not buy

Yvette Cooper and husband Ed Balls “flipped” the designation of their second home to

three different properties within two years. Cooper bought expensive gadgets and

claimed for party political propaganda

Jeremy Corbyn does not claim for a second home as a London MP, but is paid a supplement

of £2,812 for living in the capital

Jim Cousins claimed for second home in London with a mortgage payment of £54.08 in

2004. Made regular maximum monthly claims of £400 for food. Claimed £1,000 for the

removal of ivy from building and garden. Claim for £30 parking permit rejected

David Crausby was allowed to borrow an additional £25,000 on his mortgage to refurbish

his kitchen and bathroom last year. This boosted his mortgage interest claim by £400 a

month

Mary Creagh appointed north London flat as second home, then switched to new home in

Wakefield. Claimed £9,000 for stamp duty and £1,184 for solicitors fees. Claimed £4,480

for new roof

Jon Cruddas changed one address to another in 2004-05 for designated second home.

Claimed £2,083 in kitchen equipment. Monthly mortgage interest increased from £607 in

2004 to £1,712 in 2008

Anne Cryer and son John, who were both MPs, designated the same flat as their second

home. Mrs Cryer also bought London home in 2005, where the monthly mortgage interest

rose from £600 to £900 in three years. Claimed £550 for rug and £2,972 for furnishings

from Peter Jones including £699 Sony TV

John Cummings claimed monthly mortgage interest on London home of £630 in 2004-06.

Submitted £2,036 bill for replacing condemned gas fire, £3,220 for new kitchen and

£1,344 for renovating stairs and hall

Jim Cunningham shunned the opportunity to by furniture and his expenses were in the

bottom 40 of any MP

Tony Cunningham charged monthly mortgage interest on London home of £665 in 2005-06.

Had to pay back £399.50 to the fees office after he wrongly claimed for accountant on

his expenses

Claire Curtis-Thomas claimed £9,000 for fire escape in second home in her constituency

which doubles as an office and was paid £4,000. Submitted £12,000 of receipts for

kitchen, and hall. Tried to claim £20 for bank charges when overdrawn

Tam Dalyell attempted to claim £18,000 for bookcases two months before he retired as an

MP

Alistair Darling billed us for two homes at the same time by claiming parliamentary

expenses for a flat that he let to tenants while also claiming living allowances for

his grace and favour home in Downing Street. It had previously emerged that Mr

Darling's stamp duty was paid by the public. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice

using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices and

claimed four different properties as his second home in as many years

Wayne David claimed for a second property in London. Claimed £225 for crockery, £210

for rugs and mats and £630 for three chests of drawers. Regular monthly mortgage

interest payments of £1,285 in 2008

Ian Davidson paid £5,500 to a family friend to renovate his flat and then took him

shooting with members of the House of Lords

Geraint Davies spent £4000 of public money on renovating his designated second home in

the months before he lost his seat at the 2005 general election

Quentin Davies repaired window frames at his18th-century mansion, charging £10,000 to

expenses

Janet Dean claimed £60 to dispose of old furniture from second home in London. Paid

£1,000 in rent in 2004-05 and £1,200 in 2006. Few other bills apart from TV licence,

water and telephone. Claimed £145 Dyson vacuum cleaner in February 2008

John Denham claimed regular monthly mortgage interest of £1,284 in 2006. Claimed £2,792

to damp proof bathroom wall in 2007

Jim Devine was deselected from the Labour Party over allegations he submitted a claim

for £2,157 for rewiring his London flat based on a receipt bearing an invalid VAT

number and incorrect details of a firm

Parmjit Dhanda repeatedly claimed the wrong amount of mortgage on his expenses

Andrew Dismore claims £90 a month in council tax and £835 a year in service charge on

constituency flat 11.4 miles from Westminster, but does not claim mortgage payments or

rent. Spent £275 on an Afghan rug bought in Bethnal Green

Jim Dobbin's second home is a flat in London, where he charged taxpayers £380.42 for

decking in 2004-05. Spent £474 on bed in 2007, and £100 on a mattress cover in 2008

Frank Dobson has an inner London seat so cannot claim for a second home. However, he

does receive the London supplement, taking home £2,812 in 2007-8

Brian Donohoe was allowed to claim over the odds on a three-piece suite for his second

home because the Commons authorities did not want to “antagonise” him or appear

“petty”.

Frank Doran names a farmhouse north of Aberdeen as second home and claims around £500 a

month in mortgage interest payments. Claims £1,200 for work on his trees

Jim Dowd is ineligible to claim for a second home as he represents a constituency in

inner London. However, he does receive the London supplement, totalling £2,812 in 2007

-08

David Drew used to own a home in London but decided to forgo it in favour of staying in

hotels while in the capital

Angela Eagle claimed just £155 a month mortgage interest on her second home for a

period and even underclaimed for council tax

Maria Eagle claimed thousands of pounds on refurbishing a bathroom at one of her flats

just months before switching her designated second home to a property with a higher

mortgage

Clive Efford is not eligible for the second home allowance as he is an inner-London MP

and receives the lower London supplement, getting £2,812 in 2007-08

Louise Ellman claims £838 a month in mortgage interest, plus £2,300 annual service

charges on flat in Westminster. Also claimed £594 for six “leather effect” dining

chairs from John Lewis

Natascha Engel went on a shopping spree within months of being elected, spending

thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash. She charged the taxpayer for copies of a DVD of

her maiden speech to Parliament and a copy of a novel by an acclaimed German writer

Jeff Ennis claims under £300 a month in mortgage interest on flat near Elephant and

Castle. Claims £85 plumbing, saying: “My bath has been condemned”

Bill Etherington last year claimed £2,600 for blinds, £775 for central heating and £305

to repair his roof following a problem with rodents. In 2004, claimed £5,250 for doors

and windows

Michael Fallon claimed £8,300 too much in expenses for the mortgage on his second home.

Paul Farrelly claims £1,330 mortgage interest on house in north London and regular

maximum £400 monthly claim for food. Also claims £130-£200 a month for cleaning, and

for parking permits

Frank Field claimed just £44,338 on his second home allowance between 2004 and 2008

Mark Fisher claimed only £200 a month in interest on the mortgage of a London flat,

before buying another in 2007 and claiming the £1,500 a month interest on the mortgage

there

Jim Fitzpatrick: as an MP in the capital, claims the “London supplement” rather than

the additional costs allowance for second homes. Has claimed the maximum for past eight

years

Caroline Flint claimed £14,000 for fees for new flat

Robert Flello takes over rent of London flat from predecessor as MP, George Stevenson,

and pays him £750 for some contents after being elected in 2005, . Moves from here to

other rented properties and hotels

Paul Flynn claims £7,052 for new kitchen, £1,153 carpets and £1,200 decoration for his

London property in 2005, before selling it and moving to a new £275,000 flat. Claims

£9,629 in stamp duty and fees

Barbara Follett used £25,000 of taxpayers' money to pay for private security patrols at

her home

Michael J Foster claims £630 a month interest on the mortgage of his south-east London

flat, along with £250 a month for food, annual council tax bills, service charges and

utilities bills

Michael Foster claimed £700 a month in mortgage interest on London flat before moving

to a more expensive property in 2005. Claimed more than £13,000 in stamp duty and legal

fees

Hywel Francis designated his second home in London. Claims have included £3,000

contribution towards stamp duty and £549 for a chair. He also claimed £325 for a

bookcase

Mike Gapes claimed £1,600 per month to rent a second home in London. His few other

claims include £30.98 for photograph frames and £17.97 for a tea caddy

Barry Gardiner made £198,500 profit from a flat funded and refurbished at taxpayers'

expense

Bruce George claimed £3,136 for central heating and pipework, and £760 on carpets at

his second home in London. Also claimed £3,738. 85 for decorating

Neil Gerrard made no claims against the second home allowance

Ian Gibson claimed almost £80,000 in four years for mortgage interest and bills on a

London flat which was the main home of his daughter

Linda Gilroy said that she was paying back £1,891. Her designated second home is a flat

in Dolphin Square, London, where she claims £1,450 a month in rent. Claims £15 most

months for cleaning and utilities. In 2005-6 had to repay £468 after being allowed to

spend too much.

Roger Godsiff claimed for bath mats, gardening equipment and more than £7,000 of

property repairs on his office expenses. He also claimed more than £2,300 per month in

mortgage interest payments on his second home in London but does not claim for any

other items

Paul Goggins, the Northern Ireland Minister, claimed almost £45,000 for a "second

home", while a friend lived there rent-free

Helen Goodman claimed for a week's stay in a cottage in her constituency over a bank

holiday

Nia Griffith bought flat near Westminster soon after being elected, and claimed £9,533

in fees and stamp duty. Claimed £2,270 for “complete redecoration” and £2,997 in

furnishings. Claims current mortgage interest of £904 a month

Nigel Griffiths tried to defend his £3,600 claim for electronic equipment in his second

home in London by insisting he had to listen to “Scottish radio” and watch “Scottish

TV”.

John Grogan designates a flat in Bayswater, west London, as second home and claims

£1,560 a month in rent. Also claimed £1,840 on food in 2007-08 and £495 on cleaning

services but does not claim for furniture or goods

Andrew Gwynne made monthly mortgage interest payments of £779 in 2006 and 2007, which

rose to £1,248 in 2008. Submitted receipt for £27.97 clock radio from Tesco

Peter Hain asked if he could claim on two mortgages for homes in his constituency

Mike Hall claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for the cost of cleaners, cleaning

products and laundry bills for his London home

Patrick Hall's second home costs were a modest half of the total allowance

David Hamilton claimed £1,710 for decorating at second home in London. Other claims

included £199 for lighting, £165 for mirrors, £200 for bedding and £180 on kitchen

utensils

Fabian Hamilton declared his mother’s London house as his main residence while over-

charging the taxpayer by thousands of pounds for a mortgage on his family home in Leeds

David Hanson: fees office refused £429 for wife’s name to be added to mortgage in

November 2006. Submitted £15 receipt for potpourri candles

Harriet Harman hired Scarlett MccGwire for “consultancy” services on the public purse.

Claimed for party political propaganda. Bought expensive gadgets.Claimed for party

political propaganda

Tom Harris became embroiled in a row with the Commons fees office when his claims for a

baby cot and bottle steriliser were rejected.

Dai Havard put through £1,165 of Argos receipts showing address in Wales, but told fees

office goods went to London and that he had “asked” for this so he would remember to

take invoices to constituency office

Sylvia Heal tried to claim her £882 accountancy bill in 2006-07 but was refused. Now

claims less than £20 a month on her mortgage interest payments on her constituency home

John Healey designates flat in Lambeth as his second home. Has claimed £1,172 for a new

front door. Has spent £6,194 renovating his kitchen

Doug Henderson has claimed hundreds of pounds for telephone calls made from his family

home which is more than four hours drive away from his constituency. He has a second

home in Primrose Hill. In 2007-08 he submitted many claims, without receipts, of £200 a

month for council tax, £150 for cleaning, £400 for food and £100 for

“service/maintenance”

Mark Hendrick admitted “estimating” the amount of mortgage interest he paid on his

second home when claiming. He secretly paid back nearly £7,000 to the taxpayer claiming

wrongly for two mortgages

Stephen Hepburn has a second home is a flat in Lambeth, south London. In 2007-08

claimed the same amount, £1,923, every month. This included £690 mortgage interest,

£380 on food, £200 on council tax and £190 on cleaning, all without receipts

John Heppell claimed the maximum second home allowance in each of the past four years.

Owns a flat near Westminster and in 2007-8 claimed £2,019 a month in mortgage interest

as well as £576 in service charges

Stephen Hesford has a second home is a flat in Kennington, south London. In 2005-6 he

put through a £5,599 bill for a new bathroom and challenged the fees office when told

the most he would be allowed was £3,500

Patricia Hewitt claimed £920 in legal fees when she moved out of a flat in her

constituency. Stayed in hotels then rented another flat in Leicester. Claimed for

furniture including £194 blinds delivered to her London home

David Heyes rents a flat in the Barbican. Claimed £240 for cleaning services most

months. In 2006 he put through receipts for £9.38 worth of “moth killer” along with

black shoe shine, carpet cleaner and descaler

Keith Hill: as an inner London MP not eligible to claim for a second home allowance,

but he took maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year. “It had never occurred to me

that an MP would not pay for his meals out of his own pocket”

Meg Hillier: as an inner London MP Miss Hillier is not eligible to claim for a second

home allowance, but she claimed the maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year

Margaret Hodge claimed thousands of pounds to pay for public relations services from a

former government press officer

Sharon Hodgson moved second home from London to Gateshead in 2006 with monthly mortgage

interest of £1,178. Claim for a £999 TV queried. Fees office said it was “luxurious”

item

Kate Hoey is not eligible to claim for a second home allowance as an inner London MP,

but claimed maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year. “I’m shocked by the abuses

of the expenses system,” she said

Jimmy Hood used his second homes allowance to claim up to £1,000 per month without

providing receipts. Claimed the maximum £400 a month for food and £728 on monthly

mortgage interest for his London second home. Submitted £110 receipt for new locks and

£699 for a Samsung TV.

Geoff Hoon established a property empire worth £1.7 million after claiming taxpayer-

funded expenses for at least two properties. He also did not pay capital gains tax on

the sale of his London home in 2006. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice using

expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought

expensive gadgets

Phil Hope spent more than £10,000 in one year refurbishing a small London flat. He has

promised to pay back £41,000 to the taxpayer

Kelvin Hopkins claims just a fraction of the available second-home allowance by taking

the train to Westminster from his home town

Alan Howarth designated a £1.45 million London house on which he now claims House of

Lords expenses as his second home

David Howarth has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

George Howarth has a second home in London. Claimed £1,000 for a chest of drawers which

was reduced by the fees office to £500, and £20 for a colander. MP said he had bought

the drawers as “they were the only ones that matched” his furniture

Kim Howells claimed £948.99 for a television at his second home which he designated in

his constituency

Lindsay Hoyle claimed £700 per month from second home allowance for mortgage interest

payments on his second home in London. Other claims included £505 on a table

Beverley Hughes rented a second home in London where she claimed £801.60 for

reupholstering furniture, £718 on a chair and £435 on curtains and for bedding

Joan Humble claimed up to £1,900 per month to rent a second home in London. She also

put in a claim for £1,195 for decorating and charged a further £663.92 for curtains

John Hutton faces questions over party funding after it emerged that he was paid rent

to the Labour Party. Spent taxpayers’ money advertising at football and rugby league

matches. Used his office expenses to pay for a degree studied by a member of his staff.

Claims £1,340 a month in interest on the mortgage of his house in west London. Until

August 2005, claimed £900 a month for interest on mortgage of his constituency home in

Aldingham, Cumbria, before switching to London.

Brian Iddon rented a flat in London as his second home. The rental is just over £1,000

per month and he also claimed for food, utilities, council tax and parking charges at

the London address

Eric Illsley claimed mortgage interest payments of £180 per month. Claimed for food,

utilities, council tax and cleaning but made few other claims on his second home in

London

Adam Ingram rented a flat in London as his second home. His claims have included £1,856

for redecoration of the flat and £150 on dishes. He submitted a claim of £17.99 for a

hairdryer which was rejected

Huw Irranca-Davies claimed £4,500 for kitchen repairs and replacement at second home in

London. Also claimed £700 for garden clearance and disposal of waste

Glenda Jackson has repaid more than £8,000 in expenses she wrongly claimed towards

publication of an annual report. She did not claim on her second homes allowance

between 2004 and 2008

Sian James claimed £1,200 rent on her second home in London, where other claims

included £476.24 for furniture, another £265 on furniture, £100 on bedside cabinets and

£25 on a stepladder

Brian Jenkins claims little or no mortgage interest for his property in London

Alan Johnson claimed just £43,596 for his second home in 2004-8

Diana Johnson claimed nearly £1,000 to cover the cost of hiring an architect for a

decorating project at her second home

Helen Jones claimed £87,647 in second home allowances for her London flat between 2004

and 2008. Claimed £5,699 for estate agent fees for selling her flat in London. Her

mortgage rose from £89,000 to £223,000 when she moved to a new flat. Blinds were £154,

curtains were £25 and glasses were £57.44

Kevan Jones claimed £9,670 for fees and stamp duty on his £315,000 central London flat

in May 2004. The flat is now believed to be worth about £350,000. Carpeting in “Berwick

Sand” cost a further £1,913

Lynne Jones used upmarket Farrow & Ball wallpaper for a redecoration programme at her

second home in London

Martyn Jones rents a flat and a car space (for £165 a month) near Parliament. Usually

claimed £400 a month for food and a sofa bed cost £764. A new microwave was £129

Tessa Jowell is not eligible to claim for the second home allowance as an inner London

MP, but receives the London Supplement, which was £2,812 last year

Eric Joyce claimed on a house in Croydon which he sold in 2007 for £383,000. He did not

pay capital gains tax on the profit when he sold the house. He claimed £3500 for a new

kitchen in 2005. Now stays in hotels in the capital

Sadiq Khan is ineligible for the second home allowance as an inner London MP. He claims

the smaller “London supplement”. Claimed more than £4,500 through his office expenses

for “consultancy” provided by Scarlett MccGwire, a media trainer. Also submits monthly

bills for three mobile phones.

Gerald Kaufman charged the taxpayer £1,851 for a rug he imported from a New York

antiques centre and tried to claim £8,865 for a television

Sally Keeble claimed £4,112 for windows at her Northampton house under the second home

allowance, £3,072 for a new boiler and £950 for “essential maintenance” on the bathroom

Barbara Keeley claimed £13,000 for stamp duty when she bought a new flat in Westminster

for £470,000 after living in rented accommodation

Alan and Ann Keen claimed almost £40,000 a year on a central London flat although their

family home was less than 10 miles away

Paul Keetch's mortgage jumped from £145,000 to £300,000 when he sold a flat in

Stockwell in London last year and moved around the corner. The new flat was furnished

with a sofa-bed costing £690 and a wardrobe at £624

Ruth Kelly has claimed more than £31,000 to redecorate and furnish her designated

second home in the past five years. She also claimed thousands of pounds to pay for

flood damage at her home, despite having a building insurance policy

Fraser Kemp made repeat purchases of household items over the space of several weeks

Jane Kennedy regularly claimed £400 a month for food, as well as £200 for utilities,

£200 for telephone bills and £200 for service and maintenance on her second home, a

flat in Lambeth

David Kidney said he was were paying back £2,450. Claimed only £600 on food in one

year. Most of his claims comprise rent, utility bills and council tax payments

Peter Kilfoyle has claimed the maximum second home allowance over the past four years.

Claims mortgage interest on a flat near Westminster and also charged taxpayers £1,770

in service charges

Jim Knight moved from renting one second home in London to buying another and his

claims rose from £931 to £1,111. Claimed £89.99 vacuum cleaner, £14.99 shoe box and

£39.99 for an ironing board

Ashok Kumar claimed mortgage interest payments of £1,933.72 per month on a second home

in London. Also claimed for food, council tax, utilities and cleaning

Stephen Ladyman claimed property in Ramsgate as second home with a £1,000 monthly

mortgage interest between 2005 and 2008.Charged for regular £80 cleaning bills, £95

utilities, £50 telephone bill and £340 for food

David Lammy is MP for an outer London constituency but does not claim the second homes

allowance. He instead claims the smaller London Supplement, which amounted to £2,812

last year

Mark Lancaster claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,115 on home in Olney, near

Milton Keynes in 2005. Two years later rented flat in London

Bob Laxton insisted he was 'too busy' to shop around when he attempted to claim £1,049

for a TV

Mark Lazarowicz paid back £2,675 for legal and professional fees last week but insisted

he had not broken any rules. Afterwards said he felt he may have “over-reacted”

David Lepper he was placed 545th out of 645 MPs in 2007-08, claiming only £11,175 of

his second home allowance

Tom Levitt agrees the fees office was right to reject a claim of £16.50 for a

Remembrance Sunday wreath

Ivan Lewis claimed mortgage interest payments of £1,469 per month on his second home in

London. Threatened with disconnection by British Gas after failing to pay his bill

Martin Linton represents an inner London constituency and is therefore ineligible to

claim the second homes allowance. He claimed the smaller London Supplement which

amounted to £2,812 last year

Tony Lloyd rented a flat in London as his second home for just over £1,000 per month

and made few other claims apart from food and £21 for a new set of door keys

Andy Love claimed £3,500 in legal and property costs, £2,895 on redecoration. £929 for

a television and £549 for a sideboard at a second home in London

Ian Lucas made £45,000 profit when he sold a London flat on which he had claimed second

home expenses

Andrew MacKinlay claimed £980 rent per month on a second home in London. His few other

claims included £44.99 on a digital set top box so he could watch the Parliament

Channel

Denis MacShane claimed £850 monthly payments for his second home in London. Also

claimed monthly amounts for food, utilities, cleaning and maintenance

Fiona MacTaggart claimed just £3,392 on her second homes allowance in 2007/08

Alice Mahon repaid a £20,000 home improvement loan using her parliamentary expenses

Khalid Mahmood enjoyed nine nights with his girlfriend at a luxury London hotel,

costing the taxpayer £175 a night

Shahid Malik claimed £66,000 on his second property while paying less than £100 a week

for his main house. He twice tried to claim for Remembrance Sunday wreaths on expenses

despite being told this was not allowed under Commons rules

Judy Mallaber rarely claims for food

Lord Mandelson faces questions over the timing of his house claim which came after he

had announced he would step down

John Mann claimed £700 rent a month for second home in London in 2004-05. Regular

claims for newspapers and unspecified “household requisites”. A year later, claimed

room in Premier Inn while repairs done at flat

David Marshall designated a flat in Dolphin Square, London, as his second home and

claimed rent before moving to another rented flat in the square. A £99 claim for a

travel case was rejected. Claimed £225 for a duvet and £98.99 for a replacement video

recorder. Stood down in 2008 citing ill health.

Bob Marshall-Andrews claimed £118,000 for expenses at his second home, including stereo

equipment, extensive redecoration and a pair of Kenyan carpets.

Gordon Marsdon claimed just £9,739 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Michael Martin used taxpayers' money to pay for chauffeur-driven cars to his local job

centre and Celtic's football ground

Eric Martlew claimed £900 for monthly mortgage interest in 2006-07. Claimed £450 for

food in November 2004, had £50 taken off by fees office. Claimed twice for council tax

in 2006, second claim refused by the fees office

Tommy McAvoy claimed £86,565 in second home allowances between 2004 and 2008 for his

flat in Westminster

Steve McCabe over-claimed on his mortgage by £4,059 during the course of two years

Chris McCafferty submitted receipt for £1,945 worth of carpet in March 2005 and £235 to

have asbestos removed. Claimed £1,699 for bed, citing spinal problems, which was

approved

Kerry McCarthy registered second home in Bristol in 2005. Claimed £117 hotel while

claiming £600 in rent, refused by fees office. Bought house in London, claimed £3,657

for stamp duty and moving costs

Sarah McCarthy-Fry tried to claim a pair of £100 hair straighteners on her

parliamentary expenses.

Ian McCartney spent £16,000 furnishing and decorating his designated second home but

paid the money back two years later. McCartney, a former Labour Party chairman, will

not stand at general election, citing "health reasons"

Siobhan McDonagh: outer London MP, but opted for London supplement instead of second

home allowance. She said: “The only personal expense I re-claim is for transport.”

John McDonnell: as an outer London MP, he could have claimed for a second home

allowance, but opted for the London supplement instead, which was £2,812 last year

Pat McFadden bought a new home at taxpayers' expense and then spent thousands of pounds

at upmarket furniture stores

John McFall: second home in London. Claimed monthly mortgage interest of £850 in 2006,

which rose to £1,000 in 2007. Made regular maximum monthly £400 claims for food

Jim McGovern stayed in London hotels in 2005 before buying flat in the city at the end

of the year. Claimed £106 for a toaster, £25 for a sandwich cage and £47 for an ironing

board

Anne McGuire claimed rent for London flat. Between 2005-07 sometimes put through

maximum monthly £400 claim for food. She said MPs needed “the help of an independent

body” to regulate the claims system

Shona McIsaac claimed more than £4,600 on furniture in 2005-06 and 2006-07 including a

sofa, dresser and wardrobe. Billed for a £80 coat stand

Ann McKechin claimed £852 for furniture from John Lewis, including three band rug,

chest of drawers, Toshiba 24in flat screen television and Philips DVD player. Claimed

for £168 furnishings and £120 garden bill at second home in London

Rosemary McKenna claims of £1,895 for work on shower in her Westminster flat, also new

carpet and flooring at £1,633. Claimed £254 for air-conditioning unit and £1,600 for

furniture

Tony McNulty claimed £60,000 of expenses on his parents' home and more than £2,000-

worth of accountancy bills

Michael Meacher claimed just £32,825 on his second homes allowance between 2004-8

Alan Meale spent more than £13,000 on his garden in four years, billing the taxpayer

for a new storage building, repairs to his fencing and gates, and bark to keep the

weeds down

Gillian Merron claims £4,200 for food in one year. Bills taxpayer for £1,200 worth of

furniture and rugs, and more than £1,700 of electrical goods including new washer dryer

and hundreds of pounds of household items

Alun Michael claims £4,800 for food in one year, and £2,600 for repairs to his roof at

his constituency home in Penarth. Claims for £1,250 cost of repairing a wall and

building a 13ft chain link fence

David Miliband's spending was queried by his gardener. Faces questions over party

funding after it emerged he paid rent to the Labour Party from expenses. Claimed for

party political propaganda and was one of at least five ministers who paid a Labour

MP's husband for personal tax advice

Ed Miliband claimed just £7,670 on his second home allowance in 2007/08. Hired Scarlett

MccGwire for “consultancy” services on the public purse

Alan Milburn claimed £565 for six Habitat “Tallow” chairs, and a £1,009 kitchen table

and bench. Also claimed for £1,565 in repairs to an apartment and a £24 DVD player.

Claimed for £570 coffee table and rug

Andrew Miller claimed for a £549 LG 17 in widescreen LCD television, and a £843

replacement carpet. Also claimed more than £1,100 for repairs, plumbing and decorating,

as well as a £199 water softener

Austin Mitchell claimed for security shutters, ginger crinkle biscuits and the cost of

reupholstering his sofa. He has offered to donate his old sofa coverings to make amends

Anne Moffat charged £600 a month in mortgage interest payments and up to £400 for food.

Among her claims were: £3,819 for electrical work and flooring, £1,825 for decorating,

£917 wood preservation, £1,000 bed, £2,300 boiler, £648 bedstead.

Laura Moffatt has given up a riverside apartment she used to pay for on her

parliamentary expenses in favour of a camp bed in her House of Commons office

Chris Mole charged £3,174 bill for stamp duty and legal fees on home in south London.

Also claimed £851 for carpets and furnishings, as well as £380 for DVD recorder

Madeleine Moon spent thousands in furniture shops near her Welsh constituency house and

claimed the money back on her London designated second home allowance

Margaret Moran switched the address of her second home, allowing her to claim £22,500

to fix a dry rot problem. She has agreed to repay the money while insisting she acted

within the rules. She could face an investigation for allegedly using Commons

stationery to keep neighbours away from her fourth property in Spain. She also billed

the taxpayer for nearly £4,000 in legal fees in settling a dispute with one of her

staff and faces a challenge at the next general election from Esther Rantzen . On May

28, announced she is to stand down at next election but maintains she did nothing

wrong.

Jessica Morden claimed £1,068 a month in mortgage interest payments in 2007-08. In the

same year put through claims of £1 for cleaning wipes, and £16.82 for pasting table and

spoons

Julie Morgan makes do with a small flat in south London costing the taxpayer less than

10,000 a year

Estelle Morris claimed thousands of pounds to refurbish her London flat just months

before she stepped down

Elliot Morley claimed parliamentary expenses of more than £16,000 for a mortgage which

had already been paid off. He was suspended by the Labour Party but has now announced

that he will stand down at the next election

Kali Mountford: second home is an apartment in Dolphin Square, where her monthly rent

was £1,256 in 2007-08. Also claims for food, cleaning services and utility bills. The

previous year claimed £550 for a fridge

George Mudie claimed £62,000 in expenses for his London flat in four years, while

having a mortgage of just £26,000

Chris Mullin watches a 30-year-old black and white television at his second home and

claims the £45 cost of the licence on his expenses

Meg Munn's husband has been paid more than £5,000 in parliamentary expenses to provide

personal tax advice to at least five ministers, including David Miliband, the Foreign

Secretary. She claimed the maximum second home allowances in three of the four years.

From 2005 she claimed £1,350 per month in interest on the mortgage of her home in

Westminster. Like many colleagues, claimed hundreds of pounds in office expenses for

financial advice services provided by her husband.

Denis Murphy: second home is a flat in Kennington, where he claims £500 a month in

mortgage interest payments. In 2005-06 spent £120 on “jewelled tulip” curtains. In

2007-08 spent £1,430 on redecoration

Jim Murphy: nominates his constituency home in Glasgow as second home, where he claimed

£780 a month mortgage interest payments in 2007-08. Also claimed £4,884 for bathroom

renovation from B&Q but paid £3,499 back into allowance

Paul Murphy had a new plumbing system installed at taxpayers’ expense because the water

in the old one was “too hot”

Doug Naysmith: nominates a flat near Parliament as second home, paying £1,358 a month

rent. Claimed £2,600 on food in 2007-08. Year before, spent £40 on crockery and glass

Dan Norris nominates a house near Bristol as second home, on which he claims around

£700 a month in mortgage interest payments. Claimed £4,000 for food in 2007-08. Year

before, claimed £59 for a lawnmower and £54 for a strimmer

Mike O’Brien: in 2006-07 claimed £825 for a 32in Sony television, which he repayed in

full in April 2008 in order to move it to his other home. Year later, claimed £17.49

for a carbon monoxide detector

Edward O’Hara: spent £6,300 on replacement windows, £5,293 on a bathroom, £1,460 on

bedroom furniture and £733 on window blinds at his second home in his constituency

Bill Olner: claimed £1,408.33 per month rent for a second home in London. Also claimed

for food, utilites, council tax and cleaning

Sandra Osborne rented flat in London as second home and paid £3,670 a quarter in 2006-

07. Claimed full annual rent by Dec 2006 and told fees office no more rent claims would

be made until following April. Claimed £963 for carpets and £95 for two rugs

Albert Owen: designated second home in London and claimed monthly mortgage interest of

£1,288 in August 2007. Claimed £629 for television, £73 for painting and decorating and

£89 for cutlery

Nick Palmer rents second home in London. Switched between rental properties, claiming

£424 in August 2005 for removal costs. Later switched back to rental flat in the

original block

Ian Pearson has second home in West Midlands, claims mortgage interest. Other claims:

£240 for 20 hours of gardening

James Plaskitt asked by fees office not to claim nominal sums such as £400 or £300 a

month for groceries without submitting evidence of expenditure

Greg Pope claimed £1,590 for shopping at John Lewis in March 2006. In September 2006,

submitted claim of £560 for two paintings, for which a receipt with no company

letterhead was submitted

Stephen Pound is not eligible for second home allowance. Claimed £160 for guided tour

of Palace of Westminster under Incidental Expenses Provision (IEP)

Bridget Prentice is not eligible for the second home allowance as she is an inner-

London MP. Office IEP expenses include £230 in 2004 for accountant to prepare her tax

return

Gordon Prentice claimed £2,262 for items bought at John Lewis, including a £749

television, £649 fridge freezer and various furniture for London flat on top of £900-a

-month mortgage

John Prescott claimed for two lavatory seats in two years

Dawn Primarolo claimed on second home in Bristol. In 2004, switched to London flat and

claimed mortgage interest payments

Mark Prisk accidentally claimed £1,726 rather than £1,182 for one month’s mortgage

interest on London home. Error was spotted by officials

Gwyn Prosser paid his brother from his taxpayer-funded expenses to carry out work on

his London flat - despite the fact that he lived almost 200 miles away.

Ken Purchase spent £1,465 on new blinds for second home in south London in 2005-06.

Regularly claims up to maximum £400 a month for food. Monthly mortgage interest

payments were £580 last year, leaving an ACA of £14,713

James Purnell avoided paying capital gains tax on the sale of his London flat after

claiming expenses for accountancy advice. Bought expensive gadgets. Spent taxpayers’

money advertising at football and rugby league matches

Bill Rammell claimed £475 a month mortgage interest in 2008 for second home located in

constituency. Claimed £1,360 for replastering and installing downlights in bedroom

John Randall was entitled to a second home allowance but instead claimed the less

lucrative London subsidy

Nick Raynsford: as an inner London MP, he is not eligible to claim a second home

allowance, but he claimed the maximum London Supplement of £2,812 last year

Andy Reed has a flat as second home in Westminster. In 2007, claimed £1,180 for the

flat but this fell to £727 for a mortgage interest payment in 2008. Website states he

claims about £450 aper month in mortgage interest payments

Jamie Reed claimed £8,640 stamp duty and £3,943 in legal fees when he bought London

home in May 2006. Claimed £2,336 for two beds and two mattresses, but this was reduced

to £1,000 by the fees office

John Reid used his allowance to pay for slotted spoons, an ironing board and a glittery

loo seat

Linda Riordan bought flat in Kennington in early 2006, claims for mortgage interest.

Claims for beds/headboards refused, but £219 bedding, £1,310 sofa bed/chair and £1,936

carpet approved. Regularly claims maximum £400 for unreceipted monthly food bills

John Robertson rents a second home in London for about £1,100 a month and has claimed

£675 in window cleaning at the property since 2005

Geoffrey Robinson has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

Terry Rooney claimed interest payments on mortgage for home in Bradford using second

home allowance. Between March 2007 and April 2008, claimed £1,200 for cleaning

Frank Roy claimed £455 on “assorted bedding, curtains and furnishings” in March 2006.

In July, submitted bill for £750 towards £795 HD-ready 32 in television with DVD

player. In January 2008, claimed £265 for sink waste disposal unit

Chris Ruane claimed £4,560 part costs of buying flat in March 2006, then claimed

£10,958 for remainder following month. Fees office noted on claim that this could not

be paid because costs were incurred in 2005-06 financial year and it was then 2006-07

Joan Ruddock claimed £235 for training on debt advice provided by Shelter, the charity,

in May 2008. Confirmed she paid tax on reimbursed accountacy fees

Christine Russell claims rent on second home in London, which she shares with fellow MP

Helen Southworth

Joan Ryan spent thousands of pounds on repairs and decorations at her constituency home

before switching her designated second home to a London property

Martin Salter has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

Mohammed Sarwar claimed almost £100,000 to cover mortgage interest that he paid from an

account with a Swiss bank.

Alison Seabeck claims £1,100 a month mortgage interest for her constituency home, but

billed £65 for a night in local hotel plus £10 breakfast after she had left her keys in

London

Virendra Sharma chose not to claim designated second home expenses under ACA after

entering Parliament in a by-election in July, 2007, although he was entitled to them as

an outer London MP. Took £1,958 in London supplement in 2007-08 and £15,988 in office

expenses.

Jonathan Shaw claimed £240 in London hotel bills plus £800 monthly flat renta in March

2005, saying it was being redecorated

Barry Sheerman claimed mortgage interest payments of about £900 a month on London

second home, £1,338 for 20 in Apple iMac on office expenses

Jim Sheridan used his allowances to reclaim the cost of a 42-inch plasma TV, leather

bed and hundreds of pounds worth of furniture. Claimed £2,091 for three-seater sofa,

two-seater sofa bed, coffee table and lamp table for London home bought from Edinburgh

dfs store in March 2006

Sion Simon claimed £5,400 in stamp duty after moving house in London in May 2008. Also

claimed £1,850 on refurbishing new home that month

Alan Simpson claimed £4,000 towards the cost of replacing the boiler at second home in

Lambeth. In September 2007, claimed £10,000 towards £11,020 on stripping out old

kitchen

Marsha Singh claimed mortgage interest payments for London flat as second home. Claimed

for £750 television, £229 DVD player and £400 music player with handwritten receipt

Andrew Slaughter is not eligible to claim ACA. In 2007, claimed for a fountain pen nib

costing £90 using his IEP

Andrew Smith spent more than £30,000 of taxpayers’ money giving his house a makeover

Angela Smith sought payment for four beds for a one-bedroom London flat.

Angela C Smith spent nearly £11,000 over two years on setting up a second home in

London

Geraldine Smith spent £235 on picture and £185 on mirror for London flat in August

2005. Bought Bali table lamp, floor lamp and three cushions for total of £620 one month

later

Jacqui Smith claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund

their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought expensive gadgets

John Smith claimed £57,955 in second home expenses in four years without submitting a

single receipt.

Anne Snelgrove claimed £4,100 for furniture including a bedstead, sofa and chest of

drawers. Also claimed £499.97 for a television set, £454.70 for crockery and kitchen

equipment, £655 on a table, chairs and bookcase, and £55 on towels.

Sir Peter Soulsby fell behind with the rent at his offices but when the £472 bailiffs

bill arrived he billed the taxpayer

Helen Southworth claims rent on second home in London, which she shares with fellow MP

Christine Russell. Claimed £709 for a television, £259 for an air conditioning unit and

£239 for a Dyson cleaner

John Spellar claims for his constituency home in the West Midlands. Claimed £600 for a

tree surgeon, £1.99 for a washing up brush and 47p for a pair of rubber gloves

Caroline Spelman made no claims for mortgage interest or rent on her second home in

2006-07 and 2007-08

Phyllis Starkey claims for rent on home in consituency, along with utilities and

council tax. Also owns a house in Oxford from which rental income is received

Ian Stewart claims rent on flat in London. Also claimed for a £500 leather suite and a

£1,247 computer bought from the shopping channel QVC

Howard Stoate claimed thousands in DIY bills 'to ease the burden on the taxpayer'

Gavin Strang claims for his flat in London and for up to £400 per month in food. Also

receives rental income from farmland and woodland in Perthshire

Jack Straw only paid half the amount of council tax that he claimed on his

parliamentary allowances over four years but later rectified the over-claim. Used his

office expenses to pay for a degree studied by a member of his staff

Graham Stringer: hotel stays when in London and claims up to £4,800 per year for food.

Hotel bills have included snacks such as Pringles crisps at £1.75

Gisela Stuart claims for mortgage interest on constituency home in Birmingham and up to

£2,000 per year for food. Also owns a family home in Worcestershire and a flat in

London

Graham Stuart shares a flat in London with Conservative MP David Mundell, shares costs

with him and claims for rent, council tax and utilities. Bills for household items

included £426 for duvet, pillows and towels

Gerry Sutcliffe claims for mortgage interest on constituency home in Bingley. Claimed

£3,790 for fitted bedroom, £2,616 for new gutters and sofit boards, and £1,745 for two

sofas

Gareth Thomas used public money to settle a £1,000 accountancy bill to recover a tax

"over-payment" of £2,000. Has repaid more than £1,600 he claimed for gardening, £1,200

he overclaimed for council tax and mortgage interest payments and £30 for wine and

other personal items

Mark Tami has a second home in Bromley, Kent. Bought London home in Dec 2007, claimed

£9,000 stamp duty and mortgage interest rate increased to £1,300

Dari Taylor claimed flat in south-east London as second home and charged monthly

mortgage interest of £1,000 in 2008. Fees office asked for evidence of mortgage in

October 2007

Emily Thornberry is not entitled to claim for a second home as an inner London MP.

However, takes home the London Supplement, which was £2,812 last year

Stephen Timms is an outer London MP who chooses not to claim second homes allowance.

Claims the London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 last year

Paddy Tipping claimed mortgage interest payments of about £500 per month on a flat in

London. His overall claims were only just over half the maximum amount claimed by some

MPs

Mark Todd defended his expenses claims as "essentials" but included a marble table and

an espresso coffee machine

Don Touhig spent thousands of pounds redecorating his constituency home before

“flipping” his allowance to a flat in London

Jon Trickett claimed £761.68 per month in mortgage interest payments for a second home

in London. Also claimed for food, utilities and council tax

Paul Truswell stays in hotels in London while at Westminster, usually paying £119 for a

room, also claimed for £4.95 packets of nuts from the minibar. In 2007-08, claimed

£2,255 for food and £18 for laundry

Des Turner claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £450 per month on a flat in

London as his designated second home. Also claimed up to £400 per month food. Claimed

roughly half of the maximum available under the second homes allowance.

Neil Turner claimed for mortgage interest on flat in London, and up to £400 per month

for food some months. Also claims utilities, council tax and for small amounts of

furniture

Derek Twigg moved his designated second home from constituency to flat near Parliament

in 2004, now claims £1,343 a month in rent. Claimed £110 for an iron and radio in 2005,

and £77 for same items two years later

Kitty Ussher resigned as Treasury minister after he expenses files showed she avoided

paying up to £17,000 in tax on the sale of her constituency home

Keith Vaz claimed £75,500 for a second flat near Parliament even though he already

lived just 12 miles from Westminster

Rudi Vis receives second home allowance and claims £2,300 a month interest on a

mortgage he took out in 2006 on his constituency home. Says main home is in Suffolk

Joan Walley claimed for more than £4,400 of furniture in London flat in 2004-05 and a

£195 blanket. In 2005-06, claimed for £1,199 LCD Sony television. Fees office cut bill

to £750

Lynda Waltho claimed £1,680 for food in one year. Billed taxpayer for £472 bed, £81

sheets, towels and a pillow and £1,022 of electrical equipment. Also claimed for £380

armchair and £8.32 kettle

Claire Ward, the MP responsible for keeping the Queen informed about Parliament,

submitted monthly expense claims for hundreds of pounds of "petty cash" while claiming

maximum allowances.

Bob Wareing claimed for more than £4,000 in food bills in 2004-05. Then claimed for

£176 air conditioning unit, as well as a £19.99 kettle for his Westminster flat

Tom Watson and Iain Wright spent £100,000 of taxpayers' money on the London flat they

once shared

Dave Watts claimed for refurbishment to kitchen (£3,543), bathroom (£3,500) and £742

redecoration. Also claimed for £549 Philips LCD 26 in television

Alan Whitehead claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £730 per month on his second

home in London. Also claimed £1,942.98 for a replacement boiler

Malcolm Wicks was entitled to claim for a second home allowance because he is an outer

London MP but instead claimed for the more moderate London subsidy of £2,812

Alan Williams claimed just £5,221 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Betty Williams claimed mortgage interest payments of £519 per month on London flat.

Also claimed service charge, utilities, telephone and food but made few other claims

Michael Wills claims about £1,120 a month in interest for the mortgage on his house in

Wiltshire. On one occasion, the fees office agreed to pay £2,633 for a claim made two

months after the deadline for 2005-06 had passed. He said a “genuine mistake” had been

made by a “trusted and normally reliable member of staff”.

Phil Wilson claimed £1,250 per month in rent for a London flat, which he designated as

his second home. Also claimed £350 for a sofa bed

David Winnick claimed just £36,354 on his second homes allowance between 2004-8

Rosie Winterton submitted claims for “soundproofing” the bedroom of her London home and

received thousands of pounds for gardening and decorating. She paid back more than

£8,000 in mortgage payments that she claimed wrongly on her parliamentary expenses

Mike Wood claimed just over £500 per month to live in a flat in London. Also claimed

£3,421.76 for a central heating boiler, £599.99 for a television and £1,332 for a new

bathroom

Shaun Woodward received £100,000 to help pay mortgage

Phil Woolas submitted receipts including comics, nappies and women's clothing as part

of his claims for food

Anthony Wright claims rent for London flat, also claimed £498 for TV, £90 for trouser

press. Accepted £10,000 cash payment from owners of flat, which meant taxpayer-funded

rent went up

David Wright accepted a £16,787 payment from the owners of his flat in return for

giving up the right to cheap rent, then moved out. Claimed £599 for a TV but a £64.99

claim for a razor was turned down

Iain Wright and Tom Watson spent £100,000 of taxpayers' money on the London flat

Tony Wright claims for his rent in Dolphin Square complex in London, £995 for Venetian

blinds, £1,630 for a new sofa and chairs and £799 for a sideboard

could you please refer to me as gary of the smith family

Sincerely and without ill will, vexation or frivolity,

gary of the smith family