MPs' expenses claims published
8:37am Thursday 18th June 2009 in News By Oliver Evans
Wycombe MP Paul Goodman
EXPENSES for south Bucks MPs are now available online – and you can see them here.
Censored expenses for the last four years have been published for all MPs in PDF format.
Scroll down for a breakdown by MP.
For Wycombe MP Paul Goodman click here.
For Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan click here.
For Aylesbury MP David Lidington click here.
For Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve click here here. What do you think of the claims? Click below.
Cheryl Gillan:
Claimed £102.95 for a "Maharani chair" from John Lewis "for my parliamentary office at home".
Claimed £275 for five "10x8 portrait print/mount" in November 2007.
Regularly claimed petty cash between £200 and £300.
Charged £180.25 for a hotel bill, food and newspapers - but not £20.75 in drinks.
Charged £28 "beverage" costs on another stay and £31 for two breakfasts.
Did not charge £22.75 beverage costs for another stay in 2007/08. One another she notes "this is food!" for £28 for "restaurant 1 dinner beverage 3".
Claimed £998.75 for "correspondence with you regarding the process of your 2006 tax return and the tax repayment due by 31 January 2007". The payee is blacked out and the 19 September 2007 cost is claimed under the "staffing costs" Incidental Expenses Provision.
Figures for the four years show Mrs Gillan claimed £59,079.56 mortgage interests costs, £8,450 on food and £4,335 on cleaning.
Dominic Grieve:/p>
The Beaconsfield MP claimed £60,742.24 in rent, £1,511 council tax and £211.50 under property servicing costs.
Expenses also show regular donations to Beaconsfield Conservatives of £1,250 or £1,500.
There are also several receipts for snacks from Waitrose.
Paul Goodman
As previously reported by BFP, £57 for childs blinds and £70 for a cot in 2004/05.
Mr Goodman crossed off £20 for face cream. As previously revealed by BFP he claimed for items including a duvet and sponge mop refill.
Comments(10)
wycombenewbie
says...
9:08am Thu 18 Jun 09
pumpkin wrote:Well done pumpkin.
How could Paul Goodman claim £900-£1000 per month for a second home when Wycombe is only 30 miles from Westminster? No wonder he resigned.
You've really shown yourself to have a great understanding of the demands of working in the House of Commons.
I personally have no idea, but I do understand that I want my local MP to do the best possible job there and if that means avoiding an hour plus commute (each way) then I'm happy to pay for it.
Its not a 9-5 job you know.
Slacker
says...
10:00am Thu 18 Jun 09
1) Gardener
2) Virgin Media Services
3) rental of a watercooler
He also appears to have an addiction to ginger shortbread and ginger cookies.
Voyeur
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12:41pm Thu 18 Jun 09
Most MPs attend their constituencies on Fridays and surely our MP could afford the 40 minute train ride in terms of both time and money. If he had a late night in Wycombe I am sure no one would begrudge a taxi fare back home to London. I suspect that the total cost of all those taxi fares and train fares might not come up to the total allowance for a second home.
erm
says...
12:49pm Thu 18 Jun 09
sounds like a pórn site to me...I think questions need to be asked!
Slacker
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1:32pm Thu 18 Jun 09
erm wrote:By the looks of it, it is TV, Broadband and phone package.
"2) Virgin Media Services"
sounds like a pórn site to me...I think questions need to be asked!
TheT0nemeister
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1:48pm Thu 18 Jun 09
Exactly what does the Parliamentary office at home look like. I will ask at my work for a "Maharani chair" to try and get that parliamentary look. I have a feeling they might not see that as a valid business expense though!
Why am I paying for your third home?
says...
2:34pm Thu 18 Jun 09
MPs can only claim for mortgage interest not the repayment part of the mortgage. The maximum annual second home allowance claim possible rose from £20,902 in 2004/5 to £23,057 in 2007/8. According to figures published on the Commons website, during these four years Cheryl Gillan claimed all but £4 of the maximum permitted.
What justification is there for claiming 59k of taxpayers money over 4 years for a third home in Battersea when both her other homes are within easy commuting distance of Westminster? I can't think of any...
pumpkin
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10:25pm Thu 18 Jun 09
electricman
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1:46pm Fri 19 Jun 09
pumpkin says...
8:51am Thu 18 Jun 09