London costs £148,904 Office running costs Staff cover & other £11,236m £516,054

Cost of staying away from main home (second home) £10.544m London costs £148,904Total claimed 2008/09 Office running costs Communications Staffing costs allowance Staff cover & other £11,236m£59.69m £5,113m £516,054 A year in expenses Parliament yesterday released the full details of MPs’ claims for 2008-09. This is a£95.58m snapshot Cost of staying Who claimed the most? Smallest repayment Average total claim, by MP Strange paybacks Big lunches away from main Who repaid the most? £2,422m stationary/postage provided Centrally £1-£4,999 NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE Average claims by party for different allowances How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance Travel home (second home) £516,054 Staff cover & other £148,904 costs London 35 £19,999 £15,000-

Total claimed Conservative £139,460 31 £14,999 £5,000- Centrally £5.907m £10.544m London costs provided Total claimed

Labour £5,113m allowance Communications 40p £151,140 Conservative

£180181 MPs 6,777 2008/09 £148,904 stationary/postage 8 total Communications 3 Labour’s Mike Gapes, LibDem paid back by Shahid Malik, 0 guests were entertained in the Staffing costs £10.544m home (second home) away main from Cost of staying £158,000 £5.907m Travel Office47 £22,999 £20,000- running costs

MP for Ilford South was MP for Dewsbury, for a 22 £24,006 Maximum House of Commons by Keith

£2,422m £2,422m stationary/postage provided Centrally £1-£4,999 NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE

Average claims by party for different allowances allowance How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance asked to pay this after massage chair. Meanwhile Vaz, MP for Leicester East, £59.69m £516,054 Staff cover & other £148,904 costs London 35 £19,999 £15,000-

Totals are dominatedStaff cover by& other geography. £11,236m Total claimed Conservative Sir Paul Kennedy ruled Clare Short had to pay back £139,460 who hosted £5,113m 58 events there. 31 £14,999 £5,000- MPs from Scotland – including many Staffing costs 35 Mohammad Sarwar £192,987 £24,000 £23,000- Barbara£95.58m Follett £42,458.21 that he was entitled £88,841 £3,188, including excessive The most events were hosted Glasgow Central to claim a council tax Liberal Democrats£516,054 representing far claims for gardening and a £1,206 by Evan Harris, Lib Dem MP for Stevenage

Labour £5,113m allowance Communications £151,140 Conservative payment after all northern constituencies will have higher mobile phone claim against her Oxford West and Abingdon – 89 181 MPs Roger Godsiff £189,338 travel costs,£94,159 for instance second home allowance Bernard Jenkin8 £36,909.17 total 3 Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath Cost of staying LibDem North Essex 0 £10.544m home (second home) away main from Cost of staying How many MPs claimed how much second£158,000 home allowance £5.907m Travel 47 £22,999 £20,000- 22 £24,006 Maximum

away from main £ Office running costs Angus Robertson £188,164 £94,253 0 0Travel Andrew Mackay0 £31,193.00 home (second home) £1-£4,999 Second £1-£4,999 Maximum £1-£4,999 Maximum 11,236m

Moray £95.58m Bracknell London costs 8 3 12 3 £24,006 1 1 £24,006

Maximumhome£1-£4,999 Staffing costs 35 £24,000 £23,000- 0 Danny Alexander £187,625 £24,006 £88,841 Centrally £5.907m27 David Heathcoat-Amory£5,000- £23,000- £29,691.93 £10.544m allowance £14,999 £24,000 Second home Second £17,126 22 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey £148,904 £5,000- Total claimed provided £23,000- Wells 5 10

£14,999 91 £14,999 £5,000- claims£23,000-£94,159 £5,000- £24,000 Michael Connarty £187,032 Office running costs 31 2008/09 stationary/postage£14,999 John Gummer £29,398.46 £15,771 £24,000 50 Linlithgow & Falkirk East Communications ConservativeAverage35 total 91 Labour Suffolk Coastal LibDem Staffing costs £ Office running costs £2,422m Total claimed Staff cover & other £11,236m 80 £19,999 £15,000- total individual£94,253 claim, total £15,000- total 11,236m allowance 321 MPs Eric Joyce £186,548 Julie£19,999 Kirkbride2008/09 £29,243.00 12 Labour £16,541 £15,000- 181 MPs by party 321 MPs £20,000- 55 MPs £95.58m Falkirk £19,999total £59.69m £22,999 Bromsgrove18 £1-£4,999 3 £516,054 £5,113m 0 58 £20,000- £95.58m35 £15,000- £22,999 Fabian Hamilton £20,000- Jonathan Djanogly

£184,071 home Second £25,000.00

27 £17,126 £22,999 £19,999 20 Leeds North East Cost of staying £6,897 47 80 Huntingdon91 £14,999 £5,000- 50 £24,000 £23,000- 58 £22,999 £20,000- Roberta Blackman-Woods £183,993 Travel £15,771 Liam Fox £24,878.27 away from main £24,006 Maximum How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance

NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE Total claimed City of Durham £9,770 80 £19,999 £15,000- Woodspring

home (second home) 321 MPs 0 0 0 2008/09 12 Travel £16,541 £1-£4,999 Labour £1-£4,999 Maximum £1-£4,999 Maximum Graham Allen £183,487 total Paul Goggins £21,307.15£24,006 £24,006 3 0 3 1 1 £10.544m £10,842 8 3 Maximum 12 Nottingham North Wythenshawe £23,000- 0 Centrally £5.907m £24,006 27 £5,000- Total claimed 27 £14,999 £24,000 Phil Willis £183,075 Douglas Hogg £20,639.42 £1-£4,999 22 2008/09provided Average claims by party for£6,897 different allowances £5,000- £23,000- 5 10

£14,999 50 £24,000 £23,000- Harrogate & Knaresborough £23,000- 58 £22,999 £20,000- Sleaford &£5,000- North Hykeham £24,000 stationary/postage Travel £14,999 Communications 31 £24,000 £24,006 Maximum 50 Staffing costs18 £19,999 £15,000- Does not include91 Phil Hope, who repaid more allowance £2,422m £9,770 Conservative 35 £59.69m Staffing costs Labour LibDem total than was recommended total £15,000- total £59.69m 5 £14,999 £5,000- £19,999 Cost of the inquiry £10,842 £15,000- 181 MPs 321 MPs £20,000- 55 MPs £158,000 £5,113m £151,140 £19,999 £22,999 18 £95.58m £20,000- £2,422m stationary/postage provided Centrally £1-£4,999 NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE Average claims by party for different allowances How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance £516,054 Staff cover & other £148,904 costs London 55 MPs £139,460 LibDem 35 58 £22,999 1 Totals repaid£15,000- by party

total £20,000- £1-£4,999 35 £19,999 £15,000- 1 0 £19,999 Total claimed Conservative 20 £22,999 £139,460 31 £14,999 £5,000- 80 £94,159 £94,253 10 £24,000 £23,000- 47 £88,841 18 £19,999 £15,000- £17,126 £15,771 £16,541 £6,897 £9,770 £10,842 £59.69m Staffing costs How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance Labour £5,113m allowance Communications Conservative

20 £22,999 £20,000- £151,140 Conservative Labour LibDem

£1.12m NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE 181 MPs 8 Travel 0 0 0 5 £4,227£14,999 £5,000- Total paid back by MPs £1-£4,999 £1-£4,999 StaffingMaximum costs £1-£4,999Second home TravelMaximum total 3 Total claimed 0 £24,006 Maximum 0 £24,006 LibDem£24,006 Average individual £10.544m home (second home) away main from Cost of staying £158,000 £5.907m Travel 47 £22,999 £20,000- 3 12 3 1 1 £519,862 8 Maximum Conservative repayment 22 £24,006 Maximum

£519,8620 55 MPs Centrally £5.907m 27 £5,000- £23,000- LibDem £24,006 1

£14,999 £24,000 total 1 22 0 provided £5,000- £23,000- 5 10 £14,999 Average claims by party for different allowances 10 £24,000 £23,000- Staffing costs 35 stationary/postage £23,000- £5,000- £24,000 £427,152 £88,841 £24,000 £23,000- 31 £24,000 £14,999 50

91 20 £22,999 £20,000- Conservative 35 Labour LibDem £3,237 £47,745 £15,000- £1.16m £2,422m £94,159 £427,152 total total total £19,999 Average individual £24,006 Maximum £15,000- 181 MPs 321 MPs £20,000- 55 MPs 0 Total cost of £19,999 £22,999 18 Labour repayment

£20,000- £ Office running costs £158,000 £151,140 £94,253 inquiry by Sir 35 58 £22,999

–9% 11,236m £15,000-

£20,000- £139,460

£19,999 Thomas Legg ▶ £22,999 The drop in 20 £95.58m £2,422m stationary/postage provided Centrally £1-£4,999 NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE Average claims by party for different allowances How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance £516,054 Staff cover & other £148,904 costs London 47 80 payments for £1-£4,999 35 £19,999 £15,000- £94,159 £94,253 Total claimed Conservative second homes home Second 31 £14,999 £5,000-

£139,460 £88,841 £17,126 £17,126 £15,771 £16,541 How many MPs claimed how much second home allowance NOTE: EXCLUDES LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE 91 £14,999 £5,000- £6,897 £9,770 £10,842 Conservative Labour LibDem

0 Labour 0 £5,113m allowance Communications £151,140 0 Conservative £15,771 £1-£4,999 £1-£4,999 Maximum £1-£4,999 Maximum 181 MPs

8 Total claimed Staffing costs Second home Travel Top 5 Communications costs Top 5 Staffing costs Top 5 Office costs Top 5 Travel costs Total claimed 3 £24,006 1 1 £24,006 80 £19,999 £15,000- 8 3 12 total Maximum 321 MPs 2008/09 3 0 0 LibDem 27 £5,000- £23,000- 12 £16,541 Labour £10.544m home (second home) away main from Cost of staying £158,000 £5.907m Travel £24,006 Average claim, 47 £22,999 £20,000- Average claim, total Michael Spicer £24,817 Greg Clark ▶ £114,909 AverageAngus claims Robertson by party for ▶ different allowances£33,821£14,999 £24,00022 £24,006 Maximum Eric Joyce £38,550 3 22 by party by party 0 Worcestershire West Tunbridge£5,000- Wells Moray £23,000- 5 10 Falkirk £14,999 £5,000- £24,000

£23,000- 27 Mark Field £23,939 Roger31 Godsiff £113,729£24,000 £14,999 Bridget Prentice ▶ £31,982 Alistair Carmichael £35,472 Staffing costs 35 50 £24,000 £23,000- 91£88,841 £6,897 £1,910 50 £24,000 £23,000- Cities of London & Westminster B’ham SparkbrookConservative & Small Heath35 LabourLewisham East LibDem Orkney and Shetland 58 £22,999 £20,000- Travel Average individual total total £15,000- total £24,006 Maximum Francis Maude £22,373 Nick Herbert £112,456 Dave Watts £19,999£31,968 Charles Kennedy £35,260 Lib Dem repayment £158,000 £15,000- 181 MPs £94,159321 MPs £151,140 £20,000- 55 MPs £9,770 £19,999 £22,999 18

Horsham Arundel & South Downs £139,460 St Helens North Ross, Skye & Lochaber 35 58 £20,000- £22,999 £ Office running costs Tony Baldry £21,856 Margaret Beckett £20,000-£112,213 £94,253£15,000- Evan Harris £31,066 John Thurso £34,405 £10,842

£19,999 20 11,236m £22,999 £94,159 £94,253

Banbury Derby South Oxford West and Abingdon Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross £88,841 £95.58m 47 80 £47,745 £17,126 £15,771 £16,541 £1-£4,999 £1-£4,999 Andrew Pelling £21,694 Stephen Pound £111,938 Helen Jones £30,218 Danny£6,897 £9,770 Alexander£10,842 £32,949 Conservative Labour LibDem

Second home Second £17,126 Croydon Central (Ind.) EalingNOTE: EXCLUDES North LONDON MPS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE Warrington North Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 18 £19,999 £15,000- Total claimed Staffing costs Second91 home£14,999 £5,000- Travel £59.69m Staffing costs £15,771 5 £14,999 £5,000- Total claimed 80 £19,999 £15,000- 321 MPs 2008/09 12 Labour

£16,541 55 MPs LibDem 1 Average claims by party for different allowances total total 3 0 1 0 10 £24,000 £23,000- 27 £6,897 20 £22,999 £20,000- 50 £24,000 £23,000- 58 £22,999 £20,000- Travel £24,006 Maximum £158,000 £151,140

£9,770 £24,006 Maximum 0 £139,460 £10,842 £94,159 £94,253 £88,841 £1-£4,999 £17,126 £15,771 £16,541 £6,897 £9,770 £10,842 Conservative Labour LibDem

Total claimed Staffing costs Second home Travel 18 £19,999 £15,000- £59.69m Staffing costs 5 £14,999 £5,000- 55 MPs LibDem 1 total 1 0 10 £24,000 £23,000- 20 £22,999 £20,000- £24,006 Maximum 0