Annex: Individual conclusions and recommendations
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
| Mr Gerry Adams MP
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| Belfast West |
| Mr Adam Afriyie MP
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| Windsor |
| Mr Afriyie did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Mr Nick Ainger MP
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| Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire
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| Mr Ainger's mortgage payments on his second home for the period April 2004 to December 2005 included both interest and capital element. Only the interest element is allowable under Green Book rules. On recalculation the excess amounts to £777.77.
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| Total repayment recommended: £777.77
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £810.85
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Peter Ainsworth MP
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| East Surrey |
| Mr Ainsworth has no issues.
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| Rt Hon Robert Ainsworth MP
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| Coventry North East |
| Mr Ainsworth was paid £575 for an antique Welsh dresser in February 2007. Antiques are not allowable under Green Book rules.
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| He was also paid £951.50 for a new gate and a fence, and installing a drainage gully and a consumer board in March 2006. These items had already been paid for as part of the MP's July 2005 claim.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,526.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,526.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Danny Alexander MP
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| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
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| Mr Alexander was overpaid £40.83 for utilities and £4.75 for insurance (totalling £45.58) in 2008-09.
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| He was paid £125 in April 2007 for financial planning advice which is not allowable under Green Book rules.
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| He was paid £781 for council tax in 2007-08. This was £120.24 in excess of the council tax charged for that year.
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| Total repayment recommended: £290.82
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £512.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
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| Paisley & Renfrewshire South |
| Mr Alexander has no issues.
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| Mr Graham Allen MP
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| Nottingham North |
| Mr Allen was overpaid by £3,182.23 for mortgage interest from April 2004 to March 2006.
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| He was also overpaid by £159.51 for service charges in 2007-08.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,341.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,679.72
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr David Amess MP
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| Southend West |
| Mr Amess was paid £139.50 for a TV licence in October 2008, having already been paid for it in August 2008.
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| He was overpaid £960.56 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,100.06
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,100.06
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC DL MP
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| Devizes |
| Mr Ancram was paid a total of £11,250 for cleaning costs over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08, thereby exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £3,250.
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| He was also paid a total of £5,702.34 for gardening costs over the period 2005-06 to 2007-08, thereby exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £2,702.34.
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| He was also paid a total of £171.08 in May 2006 for servicing a swimming pool boiler (£98.58) and for servicing the boiler in a cottage attached to his second home (£72.50), neither of which are allowable under the Green Book.
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| He was also paid £159.01 in July 2006 for repairs to a garden tractor, which is not regarded as necessary.
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| Total repayment recommended: £6,282.43
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,282.43
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr David Anderson MP
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| Blaydon |
| Mr Anderson has no issues.
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| Mrs Janet Anderson MP
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| Rossendale & Darwen |
| Mrs Anderson has no issues.
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| Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP
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| North East Hampshire |
| Mr Arbuthnot was paid £150 for garden compost between June and September 2008. This was not allowable under the Green Book rules.
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| He was paid for maintenance works in 2008-09. This included £2,241.85 for the renovation and repair of a summerhouse, which was not a necessity.
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| He was paid £10,840.38 for gardening from 2004-05 to 2008-09. This exceeds £1,000 a year by a total of £5,840.38.
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| He was paid £2,608.10 in 2007-08 and £6,630 in 2008-09 for cleaning. This exceeds £2,000 a year by a total of £5,238.10.
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| Total repayment recommended: £13,470.33
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £13,470.33
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP
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| North West Durham |
| Ms Armstrong has no issues.
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| Mrs Charlotte Atkins MP
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| Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Mrs Atkins was paid a total of £9,601.44 for a new bathroom in 2007, exceeding the guideline price of £6,968.50 by £2,632.94.
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| She was paid cleaning costs of £5,060 over a two-year period from April 2004 to March 2006, exceeding the allowable maximum by £1,060.
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| She was also paid a total of £2,427 for gardening costs (£1,320 in 2005-06 and £1,107 in 2007-08), exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £427.
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| She was also overpaid £868.96 in 2005-06 as a result of a duplicated claim.
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| She was further overpaid £445.16 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £5,434.06
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £10,226.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Peter Atkinson MP
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| Hexham |
| Mr Atkinson has no issues.
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| Mr Ian Austin MP
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| Dudley North |
| Mr John Austin MP
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| Erith & Thamesmead |
| Mr Richard Bacon MP
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| South Norfolk |
| Mr Adrian Bailey MP
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| West Bromwich West |
| Ms Vera Baird QC MP
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| Redcar |
| Ms Baird was overpaid by £1,279.23 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,279.23
Reduced on appeal by: £1,279.23
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Tony Baldry MP
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| Banbury |
| Mr Baldry was overpaid by £12,197.36 for mortgage interest for the financial years 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £12,197.36
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £12,197.36
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
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| Normanton |
| Mr Balls shares a second home with his wife, who is also an MP. They could each therefore receive payment for half their mortgage interest under the Green Book rules. On this basis, Mr Balls was overpaid for mortgage interest by £13.44 in 2006-07 and by £1,349.73 in 2008-09, making a total overpayment of £1,363.17.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,363.17
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,363.44
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Gordon R Banks MP
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| Ochil & South Perthshire |
| Mr Gregory Barker MP
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| Bexhill & Battle |
| Ms Barlow was paid £635 for a mortgage valuation on her main home in August 2005. This was not allowable under the Green Book rules.
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| Total repayment recommended: £635.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £635.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr John Baron MP
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| Billericay |
| Mr Baron extended his mortgage in June 2004 by £34,035 to allow him to pay for other expenses. Re-mortgages were not allowed under Green Book rules except for maintenance and improvements. He received a total of £8,821.10 over the period 2004-05 to 2008-09 for the increase in the mortgage.
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| Total repayment recommended: £8,821.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £8,821.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr John Barrett MP
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| Edinburgh West |
| Mr Barrett has no issues.
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| Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP
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| Rother Valley |
| Rt Hon John Battle MP
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| Leeds West |
| Mr Hugh Bayley MP
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| City of York |
| Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
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| Derby South |
| Mrs Beckett's payments for gardening costs exceeded the allowable maximum by a total of £2,539.75 (£520 in 2005-06, £274 in 2006-07 and £1,745.75 in 2007-08).
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,539.75
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,539.75
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| Miss Anne Begg MP
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| Aberdeen South |
| Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP
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| Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Sir Alan was overpaid by a total of £1,841.23 for rent (£592.25 in 2004-05 and £1,248.98 in 2005-06), taking into account contributions from his spouse.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,841.23
Reduced on appeal by: £1,841.23
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Sir Stuart Bell MP
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| Middlesbrough |
| Sir Stuart has no issues.
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| Mr Henry Bellingham MP
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| North West Norfolk |
| Mr Bellingham has no issues.
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| Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
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| Leeds Central |
| Mr Joseph Benton MP
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| Bootle |
| Mr Richard Benyon MP
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| Newbury |
| Rt Hon John Bercow MP
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| Buckingham |
| Mr Speaker was overpaid by £978.51 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £978.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £978.51
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Sir Paul Beresford MP
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| Mole Valley |
| Sir Paul was paid a total of £1,352.02 more than the agreed proportion of his mortgage costs (£475.02 in 2004-05, £239.49 in 2005-06 and £637.51 in 2006-07).
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,352.02
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,352.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Dr Roger Berry MP
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| Kingswood |
| Dr Berry was paid £1,067.49 in December 2005 for a washer/dryer, which exceeded the guideline price of £550.00 by £517.49.
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| He was also paid £574.28 in December 2005 for a dishwasher, which exceeded the guideline price of £415 by £159.28.
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| He was also paid £499.00 in May 2007 for a lamp table, which exceeded the guideline price of £220.00 by £279.00.
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| He was further paid £502.00 each in February 2008 for two bedside cabinets, which exceeded the guideline price of £110.00 per item by £282.00.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,237.77
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,873.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Clive Betts MP
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| Sheffield Attercliffe |
| Mr Betts was overpaid by a total of £169.14 for mortgage interest in 2004-05 and 2006-07.
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| Total repayment recommended: £169.14
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,642.63
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Brian Binley MP
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| Northampton South |
| Ms Elizabeth Blackman MP
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| Erewash |
| Ms Blackman has no issues.
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| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP
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| City of Durham |
| Dr Blackman-Woods has no issues.
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| Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
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| Salford |
| Ms Blears was paid £445 in March 2005 for a glass shelving unit, which exceeded the guideline price of £220 by £225.
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| Total repayment recommended: £225.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £225.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Robert Blizzard MP
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| Waveney |
| Mr Blizzard was overpaid a total of £3,872.79 for mortgage interest (£2,444.65 in 2005-06, and £1,428.14 in 2008-09).
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,872.79
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,437.87
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,434.92
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| Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
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| Sheffield Brightside |
| Mr Blunkett has no issues.
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| Mr Crispin Blunt MP
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| Reigate |
| Mr Blunt was paid for mortgage interest for April - July 2004 on a mortgage of £340,000 that had been used to purchase both his main and second homes. The full amount of the mortgage interest was claimed, rather than the proportion related to the purchase of the second home. Mr Blunt has not provided evidence of the portion of the mortgage that related to the purchase of the second home, in the absence of which the validity of the ACA payments is determined on the basis that it was half the total, which came to £3,077.42.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,077.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,077.42
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Peter Bone MP
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| Wellingborough |
| Mr David Borrow MP
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| South Ribble |
| Mr Timothy Boswell MP
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| Daventry |
| Mr Boswell has no issues.
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| Mr Peter Bottomley MP
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| Worthing West |
| Mr Bottomley has no issues.
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| Mr Benjamin Bradshaw MP
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| Exeter |
| Mr Bradshaw has no issues.
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| Mr Graham Brady MP
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| Altrincham & Sale West |
| Mr Brady was paid £1,815 for a sofa in instalments, starting in July 2004. This exceeded the guideline price of £1,100 by £715.
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| Total repayment recommended: £715.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £715.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Thomas Brake MP
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| Carshalton & Wallington |
| Mr Brake did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Mr Julian Brazier MP
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| Canterbury |
| Mr Brazier was paid £248.49 in January 2005 for mobile phone costs. These are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
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| Total repayment recommended: £248.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £414.03
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Colin Breed MP
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| South East Cornwall |
| Mr Breed was overpaid by a total of £2,575.81 for mortgage interest (£581.50 in 2004-05, £264.14 in 2005-06, £170.50 in 2006-07, £678.87 in 2007-08 and £880.80 in 2008-09).
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| He was also overpaid by a total of £1,063.68 in 2004-05 and 2005-06 for a mortgage protection policy, which was not an allowable expense.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,639.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,639.49
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Kevin Brennan MP
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| Cardiff West |
| Mr Brennan was overpaid by a total of £171.40 for his mortgage interest (£53.15 in 2004-05; £30.40 in 2005-06; and £87.85 in 2008-09).
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| Total repayment recommended: £171.40
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £171.40
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr James Peter Brokenshire MP
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| Hornchurch |
| Mr Brokenshire has no issues.
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| Ms Annette Brooke MP
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| Mid Dorset & Poole North |
| Ms Brooke was paid £238.78 in 2004 for mobile phone costs, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
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| She was also paid a total of £1,300 in error for two rental payments in April and June 2006.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,538.78
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,538.78
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
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| Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath |
| The Prime Minister was paid a total of £21,189.53 for cleaning costs between April 2004 and March 2009, exceeding the maximum allowable by £11,189.53.
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| He was also paid £1,396 twice in April and July 2006 for internal redecoration.
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| He was further paid £1,302.50 in 2007-08 for garden maintenance, exceeding the allowable maximum by £302.50.
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| Total repayment recommended: £12,888.03
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £13,723.04
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Ms Lyn Carol Brown MP
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| West Ham |
| Ms Brown shared her second home with two other MPs. In 2007-08 they received £2,402.03 for cleaning costs, exceeding the allowable maximum by £402.03. Ms Brown's share of the excess was £134.01.
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| Total repayment recommended: £134.01
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £134.01
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP
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| Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend
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| Mr Brown was paid cleaning costs totalling £8,697.65 over the four-year period 2004-05 to 2007-08, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £697.65.
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| Total repayment recommended: £697.65
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £697.65
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| Mr Russell Brown MP
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| Dumfries & Galloway |
| Mr Brown was paid for 13 months' rent in 2008-09, resulting in an overpayment of £1,146.63.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,146.63
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,146.63
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Desmond Browne MP
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| Kilmarnock & Loudoun |
| Mr Jeremy Richard Browne MP
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| Taunton |
| On his election in 2005, Mr Browne extended the mortgage on his London home to assist in the purchase of a home in his constituency. As he designated the London home as his second home, the loan extension was not within the Green Book rules. The amount paid was £17,894.24.
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| Total repayment recommended: £17,894.24
Reduced on appeal by: £17,894.24
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mrs Angela Browning MP
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| Tiverton & Honiton |
| Mrs Browning has no issues.
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| Mr Malcolm Bruce MP
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| Gordon |
| Mr Bruce was paid a total of £622 twice for insurance (£309.87 in October 2004 and £312.13 in September 2006).
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| Total repayment recommended: £622.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £622.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Chris Bryant MP
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| Rhondda |
| Mr Bryant was overpaid by £4,439.28 for mortgage interest in 2008-09 because his claims did not reflect the element of his mortgage actually used to purchase his second home.
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| Total repayment recommended: £4,439.28
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,743.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Richard Burden MP
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| Birmingham Northfield |
| Mr Burden was overpaid by a total of £458.01 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
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| Total repayment recommended: £458.01
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £718.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
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| Leigh |
| Mr Burnham was paid service charge costs twice for the following periods: £563.68 in July 2007 and January 2008; £583.06 in June and September 2008; and £291.53 in December 2008 and January 2009. The duplicated payments thus total £1,438.27.
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| He was paid twice for rent of £1,402.92 for November 2005.
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,841.19
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,181.13
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Simon Burns MP
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| Chelmsford West |
| Mr Burns was overpaid by a total of £3,305.76 for rent (£2,236.60 in 2004-05; £715.16 in 2005-06; and £354 in 2006-07).
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,305.76
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,731.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr David Burrowes MP
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| Enfield Southgate |
| Mr Burrowes did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Mr Paul Burstow MP
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| Sutton & Cheam |
| Mr Burstow did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Mr Alistair Burt MP
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| North East Bedfordshire |
| Mrs Lorely Burt MP
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| Solihull |
| Mrs Burt was paid £1,087.50 twice for mortgage interest for April 2006.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,087.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,087.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Ms Dawn Butler MP
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| Brent South |
| Sir John Butterfill MP
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| Bournemouth West |
| Sir John was over-paid by a total of £2,032.47 for mortgage interest (£1,407.85 in 2006-07 and £624.62 in 2008-09).
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| He was also overpaid by a total of £331.66 for council tax in 2005-06 (of which £47.66 was due to payments not being reduced for dissolution, and £284.00 due to an incorrect adjustment when moving house).
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,364.13
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £17,478.43
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP
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| North Tyneside |
| Mr Byers was paid cleaning costs totalling £9,125 over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,125.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,125.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,125.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Liam Byrne MP
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| Birmingham Hodge Hill |
| Mr Byrne was paid £111.84 for mobile telephone costs in October 2004, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
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| Total repayment recommended: £111.84
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,269.01
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Dr Vincent Cable MP
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| Twickenham |
| Dr Cable did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP
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| Sheffield Central |
| Mr David Cairns MP
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| Inverclyde |
| Mr Cairns was overpaid by a total of £2,782.30 for his service charge and parking space for January to June 2007.
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,782.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,782.30
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon David Cameron MP
|
| Witney |
| Mr Cameron was overpaid by £237.07 for mortgage interest in April to November 2006.
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| Total repayment recommended: £237.07
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £965.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Alan Campbell MP
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| Tynemouth |
| Mr Campbell has no issues.
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| Mr Gregory Campbell MP
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| East Londonderry |
| Mr Campbell was overpaid by a total of £741 for hotel stays between October 2004 and March 2006.
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| He was also overpaid by a total of £1,456.54 for service charges between November 2006 and October 2007.
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| He was overpaid by a total of £458.56 for ground rent (£303.23 for November 2007 - April 2008, and £155.33 for May 2008 - March 2009).
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| He has also not provided sufficient evidence to support payments of £1,017.28 for mortgage interest for the month of December 2008, in default of which I must regard this payment as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Campbell should repay the whole of this sum.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,673.38
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £3,673.38
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| Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP
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| North East Fife |
| Sir Menzies was paid £1,490.66 over the period 2006 - 2008 for the services of an interior designer, which are regarded as unnecessary.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,490.66
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,772.94
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Ronnie Campbell MP
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| Blyth Valley |
| Mr Campbell received duplicate payments for council tax totalling £829.22 during 2004 and 2007.
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| He also received duplicate payments totalling £912.61 in 2005 for ground rent and service charge (£555.13) and electricity costs (£357.48).
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| He was also paid for full council tax of £1,509.58 in 2008-09 when in receipt of a 10% discount, thus being overpaid by £150.96.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,892.79
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,892.79
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Alistair Carmichael MP
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| Orkney & Shetland |
| Mr Carmichael was paid a total of £243.90 twice for three items: phone bill in September 2005, £70.12; phone bill in December 2005, £42.28; and TV licence in July 2006, £131.50.
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| He was also paid £90 for legal costs associated with non-payment of council tax in 2007-08 and £146.88 legal fees due to late payment of service charge/ground rent in May 2007. These costs, totalling £236.88, were not allowable under the Green Book rules.
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| Total repayment recommended: £480.78
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £480.78
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| Mr Douglas Carswell MP
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| Harwich |
| Mr Carswell moved home in January 2008 and claimed a deposit on the new flat without repaying the £2,010 deposit paid for the old one.
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| He was also paid £149 twice in March and April 2006 for a council tax single payment notification.
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,159.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,159.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Cash was paid £14,840 from April 2004-April 2005 for rent under a tenancy agreement with his daughter. This was a conflicted transaction.
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| He was paid £429.33 towards the purchase of an antique desk and chair in December 2005. The purchase of antiques is not allowable under Green Book rules.
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| Total repayment recommended: £15,269.33
Reduced on appeal by:£14,840.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £429.33
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Ian Cawsey MP
|
| Brigg & Goole |
| Mr Colin Challen MP
|
| Morley & Rothwell |
| Mr Challen was paid a total of £8,795 for renting a room from his own Senior Researcher, at £60 per night, from November 2006 to January 2008. This was a conflicted transaction.
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| Mr Challen was paid a total of £1,078 in June 2005 for two items of furniture (a display cabinet at £719 and a chair at £359), which exceeded the relevant guideline prices by a total of £363.
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| Total repayment recommended: £9,158.00
Reduced on appeal by:£8,795.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £363.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Ben Chapman MP
|
| Wirral South |
| Mr Chapman was paid a total of £6,600.25 for gardening over the five years of the review period, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,600.25.
|
| He was also paid £1,229 in January 2006 for a fridge-freezer, exceeding the guideline price of £550 by £679.
|
| He was also paid £1,108.66 twice for council tax in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,387.91
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,387.91
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Chaytor MP
|
| Bury North |
| Mr Chaytor has no issues.
|
| Mr Christopher Chope MP
|
| Christchurch |
| Mr Chope was overpaid by a total of £252.61 for mortgage interest (£119.00 in 2006-07, £133.61 in 2007-08).
|
| He was also paid £105.25 in April 2004 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £357.86
Reduced on appeal by:£357.86
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Michael Clapham MP
|
| Barnsley West & Penistone |
| Mr Clapham has no issues.
|
| Mr James Clappison MP
|
| Hertsmere |
| Mr Clappison has no issues.
|
| Mr Gregory Clark MP
|
| Tunbridge Wells |
| Ms Katy Clark MP
|
| North Ayrshire & Arran |
| Ms Clark was paid a total of £336.39 between November 2006 and January 2007 for mobile phone bills and accessories, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| She was also paid £446.50 in January 2007 for removal expenses from the former second home to the main address in August 2006, which was also not allowable.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £782.89
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £782.89
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Clark MP
|
| Gillingham |
| Mr Clark was paid £549.95 for a new washing machine in October 2004, which exceeded the guideline price of £385 by £164.95.
|
| In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £11,750.35 for 2008-09, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Clark should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £11,915.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £508.43
Balance recommended to be repaid: £11,406.87
|
| Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP
|
| Norwich South |
| Mr Clarke was overpaid by a total of £743.64 for mortgage interest in two years (£400.34 in 2004-05 and £343.30 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £743.64
Reduced on appeal by:£743.64
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
|
| Rushcliffe |
| Mr Clarke was paid a total of £7,345 for cleaning (£2,210 in 2006-07; £2,470 in 2007-08; and £2,665 in 2008-09), exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,345.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,345.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,345.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE JP MP
|
| Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
|
| Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
|
| Sheffield Hallam |
| Mr Clegg was paid a total of £3,910 gardening costs for the period July 2006 to March 2009. This exceeds £1,000 a year by a total of £910.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £910.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £989.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Clelland MP
|
| Tyne Bridge |
| Mr Clelland increased his mortgage in June 2004 from £116,000 to £161,500 in order to buy out his partner's share in the second home. Consequently he was paid an additional £12,970 under the Green Book rules over the review period to cover the additional mortgage interest. He and his partner were subsequently married. In these circumstances, the transaction appears conflicted, and Mr Clelland ought to repay the additional interest.
|
| He was also paid £431.36 in May 2004 for legal fees for the purchase mentioned above. This payment is also invalid for the same reason.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £13,401.36
Reduced on appeal by:£13,101.36
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £300.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
|
| Cotswold |
| Mr Clifton-Brown has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP
|
| Cynon Valley |
| Mrs Clwyd was overpaid by a total of £3,085.42 for mortgage interest (£826.08 in 2006-07; £230.38 in 2007-08; and £2,028.96 in 2008-09).
|
| She was also overpaid by a total of £1,097 for council tax (£594 in 2006-07, and £503 in 2008-09).
|
| She was also paid £1,390 for two chairs purchased during 2005-06 and 2006-07, which exceeded the guideline price for two chairs of £1,100 by £290.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,472.42
Reduced on appeal by:£2,360.62
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,472.42
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Vernon Coaker MP
|
| Gedling |
| Ms Ann Coffey MP
|
| Stockport |
| Ms Coffey was paid a total of £1,381.08 more than the maximum allowable for cleaning costs over the five years of the review period (£2,140.00 in 2004-05; £2,201.08 in 2005-06; £2,360.00 in 2006-07; £2,600.00 in 2007-08; and £2,080.00 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,381.08
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,381.08
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Harry Cohen MP
|
| Leyton & Wanstead |
| Mr Cohen was paid £325 in July 2004 for a bedside cabinet, which exceeded the guideline price of £110 by £215.
|
| He was also paid £150 in December 2004 for a flower vase, which appears excessive.
|
| He was also overpaid by £155.01 for council tax in 2006-07.
|
| He was also paid £205 for a bed/mattress in February 2008: this was the fourth payment for such an item, which appears excessive.
|
| He was further overpaid by a total of £208.37 over the five years of the review period for various items not allowable under Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £933.38
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £933.38
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Michael Connarty MP
|
| Linlithgow & East Falkirk |
| Mr Connarty was overpaid by £309.02 for service charges during 2004-05.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £4,872.54 for mortgage interest for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,181.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,181.56
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Derek Conway TD MP
|
| Old Bexley & Sidcup |
| Mr Frank Cook MP
|
| Stockton North |
| Mr Cook was paid £1,238.41 for a refrigerator in April 2004, which exceeded the guideline of £605 by £633.41.
|
| He was also overpaid by £271.27 for council tax in 2005-06.
|
| He was further overpaid by a total of £748.03 for council tax in the last three years of the review period (£146 in 2006-07; £296.03 in 2007-08; and £306 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,652.71
Reduced on appeal by:£633.41
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,019.30
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Rosie Cooper MP
|
| West Lancashire |
| Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
|
| Pontefract & Castleford |
| Ms Cooper shares a second home with her husband, who is also an MP. They could each therefore receive half their mortgage interest under the Green Book rules. On this basis, Ms Cooper was overpaid for mortgage interest by £13.48 in 2006-07 and by £1,349.73 in 2008-09, making a total overpayment of £1,363.21.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,363.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,363.48
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Patrick Cormack MP
|
| South Staffordshire |
| Sir Patrick was paid cleaning costs of £2,610 in 2004-05; £2,592 in 2006-07 and £2,820 in 2007-08. These exceed the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by a total of £2,022.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,022.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,022.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jim Cousins MP
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central |
| Mr Cousins has no issues.
|
| Mr Geoffrey Cox QC MP
|
| Torridge & West Devon |
| Mr Stephen Crabb MP
|
| Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Mr Crabb was overpaid by a total of £1,495 for rental payments for July 2005 - July 2006.
|
| He was also overpaid by £144.30 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,639.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,495.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Crausby MP
|
| Bolton North East |
| Mr Crausby was paid £1,904 in May 2005 which wasn't correctly reduced for dissolution.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £307.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £307.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Mary Creagh MP
|
| Wakefield |
| Ms Creagh was overpaid by £633.47 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| She also received a total of £367.75 twice in the same year, 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,001.22
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,001.22
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jon Cruddas MP
|
| Dagenham |
| Mr Cruddas was overpaid by a net total of £361.52 for service charges in 2004-05.
|
| He was also paid £173.84 twice for electricity in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £535.36
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £855.30
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Ann Cryer MP
|
| Keighley |
| Mrs Cryer was paid a total of £16,646.45 for the rental between 1 April 2004 and 19 July 2005 of a flat from her son-in-law. This was a conflicted transaction.
|
| She was also paid a total of £2,973.50 for furnishings in March 2007, including £1,350 for a table and £795 for a rug. This exceeds the guideline prices of £660 and £330 respectively by a total of £1,155.
|
| She was also overpaid by a total of £441.25 for a carpet in March 2009.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £18,241.70
Reduced on appeal by:£16,646.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,596.25
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Cummings MP
|
| Easington |
| Mr Cummings was paid cleaning costs totalling £10,130 over the five-year period. This exceeds £2,000 a year by a total of £130. The payments also included a Christmas bonus of £50 which is not allowed, bringing the total overpayment to £180.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £180.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,907.06
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jim Cunningham MP
|
| Coventry South |
| Mr Cunningham was overpaid by £240.59 for rent in 2005-06. He had submitted a claim in May 2005 for an underpayment in March 2005, which could not be attributed to the ACA for 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £240.59
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £240.59
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tony Cunningham MP
|
| Workington |
| Mr Cunningham was overpaid by a total of £2,718.02 for mortgage interest (£431.93 in 2005-06; £348.29 in 2006-07; and £1,937.80 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,718.02
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,718.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon David Curry MP
|
| Skipton & Ripon |
| Mr Curry was paid a total of £8,512.75 in 2008 for professional advice and renovations to his second home. Out of this total, £3,483.29 was for the work, while £5,029.46 was paid to a firm of consulting engineers for professional services, technical advice and project management. The latter payment appears excessive, and Mr Curry should repay one-third of it, which is £1,676.48.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,676.48
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,676.48
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas MP
|
| Crosby |
| Ms Curtis-Thomas was paid £191.12 in 2008-09 for expenses related to mobile phones and computers. These are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £191.12
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £191.12
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
|
| Edinburgh South West |
| Mr Darling was paid £1,104 for a chest of drawers in February 2007. That exceeded the guideline price of £550 by £554.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £554.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,512.04
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Edward Davey MP
|
| Kingston & Surbiton |
| Mr Davey did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Wayne David MP
|
| Caerphilly |
| Mr David was paid a total of £6,184.16 (£155.23 a month from April 2004 to March 2008) for critical illness insurance cover, which is not allowable under the ACA.
|
| In August 2007, he changed mortgage providers and increased the amount borrowed for a purpose not allowable under the ACA. As a result, he was overpaid by a total of £6,038.33.
|
| He was also paid £430 for a bedroom chair in March and again in July 2007.
|
| He was further overpaid by £262.20 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £12,959.69
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £13,149.67
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Ian Davidson MP
|
| Glasgow South West |
| Mr Davidson was overpaid £474.47 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| He was paid a total of £120 for court costs associated with non-payment of council tax (£55 in July 2005, and £65 in June 2007).
He was also overpaid by £646.92 for council tax in 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,241.39
Reduced on appeal by:£474.47
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £766.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Dai Davies MP
|
| Blaenau Gwent |
| Mr Davies was paid expenses in November 2006 for his constituency office - £328.00 for council tax, £48.35 for telephone and £63.45 for repairs. These expenses, which came to a total of £439.8,0 are not allowable under the ACA, and should have been submitted under Incidental Expenses.
|
| He was paid for 12 payments of council tax in 2008-09. The evidence provided shows that only 10 payments were required. One additional payment was disallowed by the Fees Office, so the MP received an overpayment of £110.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £549.80
Reduced on appeal by:£439.80
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £110.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Davies MP
|
| Monmouth |
| Mr Davies was overpaid by a net total of £2,021.39 for mortgage interest in September 2006, and for council tax in May 2007.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,021.39
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,033.87
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Phillip Davies MP
|
| Shipley |
| Mr Davies was paid £232.64 in May 2005 for a telephone and answer machine, telephone line installation and telephone and broadband line rental, which were for his constituency office. These expenses were not allowable under the ACA, and should have been submitted under Incidental Expenses.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £232.64
Reduced on appeal by:£232.64
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Quentin Davies MP
|
| Grantham & Stamford |
| Mr Davies was paid cleaning costs of £6,658 over three years as follows: £2,168 in 2004-05; £2,090 in 2005-06; £2,400 in 2006-07. That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £658.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £658.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £658.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon David Davis MP
|
| Haltemprice & Howden |
| Mr Davis was overpaid by £134.00 for mortgage interest in March 2006.
|
| He was also paid more than £1,000 a year for gardening for three years of the review period. He received £1,126.83 in 2004-05, £1,328.54 in 2006-07 and £1,294.34 in 2008-09. This resulted in a total payment of £749.71 above £1,000 a year.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £883.71
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £917.76
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon John Denham MP
|
| Southampton Itchen |
| Mr Denham was paid £1,590 for two armchairs in August 2005. This exceeded the guideline price of £1,100 by £490.
|
| He was also overpaid by £775.51 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,265.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,265.51
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jim Devine MP
|
| Livingston |
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda MP
|
| Gloucester |
| Mr Dhanda was overpaid for mortgage interest by a total of £2,208.28 (2005-06 by £256.36; 2006-07 by £1,043.35; and 2008-09 by £908.57).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,208.28
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,208.28
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Dismore MP
|
| Hendon |
| Mr Dismore has no issues.
|
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly MP
|
| Huntingdon |
| Mr Djanogly was paid gardening costs of £11,066.66 over the five-year period (2004-05 to 2008-09). That exceeds £1,000 a year by a total of £6,066.66.
|
| He was also paid cleaning costs of £21,192.35 over the five-year period (2004-05 to 2008-09). That exceeds £2,000 a year by a total of £11,192.35.
|
| He was paid £105.75 in 2007 for call-out charges for the repair of a laptop computer at a property not listed as his second home.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £17,364.76
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £25,000.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jim Dobbin MP
|
| Heywood & Middleton |
| Mr Nigel Dodds OBE MP
|
| Belfast North |
| Mr Pat Doherty MP
|
| West Tyrone |
| Mr Doherty has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP
|
| Lagan Valley |
| Mr Donaldson was overpaid by £535.23 for quarterly service charges (based on a 50% share) from 2006-07 to 2008-09.
|
| He was also paid £633.50 between April 2004 and January 2006 for room service charges in hotels, which were not allowable.
|
| He was further paid £690 between April 2004 and December 2006 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,858.73
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,858.73
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Brian Donohoe MP
|
| Central Ayrshire |
| Mr Donohoe has no issues.
|
| Mr Frank Doran MP
|
| Aberdeen North |
| Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP
|
| Charnwood |
| Mr Dorrell was overpaid by a total of £1,530.16 for service charges for the period April to September 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,530.16
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,624.60
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Nadine V Dorries MP
|
| Mid Bedfordshire |
| Ms Dorries was paid £882.31 twice for hotel expenses in January 2007.
|
| She was also paid £161.04 twice for internet service in April 2007.
|
| She was further paid £271.02 twice for a telephone bill in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,314.37
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,314.37
|
| Mr James P Duddridge MP
|
| Rochford & Southend East |
| Mr Duddridge was paid for council tax relating to two separate properties in the year 2006-07, with over-lapping periods. The rebate due was not offset against the second claim, resulting in an overpayment of £480.98.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £480.98
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £480.98
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Alan Duncan MP
|
| Rutland & Melton |
| Mr Duncan was paid £610 in November 2007 for electrical services carried out at both his main and second homes. In the absence of records apportioning the bill, half is attributed to the main home, on which basis he was overpaid by £305.
|
| He was also paid £575.75 in January 2008 for a pole saw, which is not allowable under the ACA.
|
| He was paid £194.92 in April - May 2005 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was paid a total of £5,281 over the five years of the review period for gardening costs, thus exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £281.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,356.67
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,704.86
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
|
| Chingford & Woodford Green |
| Mr Duncan Smith has no issues.
|
| Mr Philip Dunne MP
|
| Ludlow |
| Mr Dunne did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Ms Angela Eagle MP
|
| Wallasey |
| Ms Maria Eagle MP
|
| Liverpool Garston |
| Mrs Louise Ellman MP
|
| Liverpool Riverside |
| Mrs Ellman was overpaid by £278 for mortgage interest for February to November 2006.
|
| She was also overpaid a total of £1,132.15 during the years 2004-05 to 2007-08 for council tax, by reason of direct debits covering the whole year which were not collected in February and March (excepting March 2007).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,410.15
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,573.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tobias Ellwood MP
|
| Bournemouth East |
| Mr Ellwood was overpaid by £940.98 for mortgage interest during 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £940.98
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £940.98
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Natascha Engel MP
|
| North East Derbyshire |
| Ms Engel was overpaid by £1,339.25 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| She was also overpaid £595 in 2005-06 for an unreturned deposit.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,934.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,934.25
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jeffrey Ennis MP
|
| Barnsley East & Mexborough |
| Mr William Etherington MP
|
| Sunderland North |
| Mr Etherington was overpaid by a total of £434.71 for mortgage interest for the period January - March 2009.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £434.71
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £434.71
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Nigel Evans MP
|
| Ribble Valley |
| Mr Evans received a total of £858.33 in duplicate payments for service charge and ground rent in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £858.33
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,030.31
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Evennett MP
|
| Bexleyheath & Crayford |
| Mr Evennett did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Michael Fabricant MP
|
| Lichfield |
| Mr Fabricant has no issues.
|
| Mr Michael Fallon MP
|
| Sevenoaks |
| Mr Fallon was paid a total of £7,700 for cleaning costs for the financial years 2004-05 to 2006-07 (£2,250, £3,000 and £2,450 respectively). That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £1,700.
|
| He was also paid £300 twice in October and November 2004 for service charges.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,000.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,000.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Farrelly MP
|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Mr Farrelly was paid £123.93 twice for his BT phone bill in 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £123.93
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £123.93
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tim Farron MP
|
| Westmorland & Lonsdale |
| In June 2008 Mr Farron was paid £235.00 for removal costs from his second home in London to his main home in Cumbria. In the circumstances this expenditure was unnecessary.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £235.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £235.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Lynne Featherstone MP
|
| Hornsey & Wood Green |
| Ms Featherstone did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon Frank Field MP
|
| Birkenhead |
| Mr Field was paid a total of £19,885 over the five years of the review period for the services of a housekeeper, cleaning and gardening. No other MP is known to have claimed in this form, and the detailed content of the resulting payments is not easy to allocate to recognised headings. Mr Field has provided examples, from which it would appear that some of the housekeeping services involved were clearly allowable; some consisted of further cleaning and garden maintenance, and were thus allowable up to defined limits; some were clearly not allowable; and some were arguable either way. The proportions of these various elements are not clear. In the unusual circumstances, I recommend what is admittedly a rough-and-ready solution. This is to take Mr Field's total claim (£19,885), give him the full benefit of the annual cleaning and garden maintenance allowances (£15,000), and then allow one half of the remainder (£4,885) as valid and regard the other half as invalid. On this basis, Mr Field would be treated as having been overpaid by £2,442.50.
|
| He was also paid £800 for petty cash and household sundries from July to December 2004. From June to December 2005 he was paid a further £1,000 in unspecified incidental costs and sundry expenses. Petty cash in any form is not payable under the ACA, so under this head he was overpaid a total of £1,800.
|
| He was also paid a total of £228.55 for three BT bills which did not relate to his second home address: £80.79 in December 2004; £75.35 in April 2007 and £72.41 in August 2007.
|
| He was further paid twice for the following items: electricity, £19.58, in September 2004 and November 2004; gas, £17.41, in September 2004 and November 2004; clock radio, £79.95, in May 2007 and August 2007 (total overpayment £116.94).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,587.99
Reduced on appeal by:£428.55
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,159.44
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Fisher MP
|
| Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| Mr Robert Flello MP
|
| Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Mr Flello was paid an extra month's rent of £1,200 in 2005-06 (duplicate payment for June 2005).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,200.00
Reduced on appeal by:£1,200.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Caroline Flint MP
|
| Don Valley |
| Ms Flint was paid £572 for a washing machine in July 2004, which exceeded the guideline price by £187.
|
| She was also paid £385 twice, in May and June 2005, for tree services.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £572.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £734.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Flynn MP
|
| Newport West |
| Mr Flynn was overpaid a total of £2,625.61 for mortgage interest (£404.49 for 2004-05, £499.09 for 2005-06, £53.89 for 2006-07, £1,487.99 for 2007-08 and £180.15 for 2008-09). This total includes a duplicate payment for £1,359.52 covering April to June 2007.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,625.61
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,066.48
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Follett was paid a total of £34,776.30 from April 2004 to November 2008 for mobile security patrols at her second home. This went beyond the Green Book provisions limiting claims to 'basic security measures'.
|
| She was also paid a total of £8,908.36 for six telephone lines at her second home between April 2004 and November 2008. The number of lines and the amount claimed are excessive, and half the allowance, i.e. £4,454.18, should be repaid.
|
| Ms Follett was further overpaid by an estimated £2,812.95 in 2004-05 - 2006-07 for an additional household insurance premium for fine art, which is not allowable.
|
| She was also paid £221 twice for boiler insurance in June 2004 and again in August 2004.
|
| She was also paid £193.78 for pest control in April-June 2006 for an address other than her second home.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £42,458.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £32,976.17
Balance recommended to be repaid: £9,482.04
|
| In August 2005, Mr Foster took out an additional mortgage on his second home for a purpose not allowable under the ACA. As a result, he was overpaid a total of £3,557.02 for mortgage interest.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £193.72 for mortgage interest for April - June 2007.
|
| He was further paid £525 twice in 2008-09 for mortgage and term variation fees.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,275.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £4,275.74
|
| Mr Michael Jabez Foster DL MP
|
| Hastings & Rye |
| Mr was overpaid by £515.76 for mortgage interest during the period April and May 2005 when Parliament was dissolved.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £515.76
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £515.76
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Michael John Foster MP
|
| Worcester |
| Mr Foster was overpaid by a total of £438.71 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £438.71
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £466.25
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Liam Fox MP
|
| Woodspring |
| Dr Fox was overpaid by a total of £22,476.03 for mortgage interest (£2,045.17 in 2004-05, £6,004.93 in 2005-06, £4,673.25 in 2006-07, £4,223.70 in 2007-08 and £5,528.97 in 2008-09).
|
| He was paid £762.42 twice for service charges in September 2006.
|
| He was further paid £125 twice for service charges in July 2007.
|
| He was paid a total of £1,514.82 twice for expenses in November 2008 (£1,248.41 for mortgage interest, £71 for utilities; £159 for council tax and £36.41 for insurance).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £24,878.27
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £24,878.27
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Hywel Francis MP
|
| Aberavon |
| Dr Francis was overpaid by a total of £618.05 for food in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £618.05
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £618.05
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Francois MP
|
| Rayleigh |
| Mr Francois has no issues.
|
| Mr Christopher Fraser MP
|
| South West Norfolk |
| Mr Fraser's rent payments were not reduced for dissolution during May 2005, resulting in an overpayment of £193.55.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £193.55
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £251.55
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Roger Gale MP
|
| North Thanet |
| Mr Gale was paid a total of £2,098.47 for office mobile phone bills between April 2004 and June 2005. Mobile phone costs are not allowed under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also paid 13 times for rent in 2008-09. The March claim for £354 covered a payment for rent in April 2009, which should have been paid in the following financial year.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,452.47
Reduced on appeal by:£2,452.47
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr George Galloway MP
|
| Bethnal Green & Bow |
| Mr Galloway was paid £3,187.28 for mobile phone charges for April to November 2004. Mobile phone bills are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,187.28
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,187.28
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mike Gapes MP
|
| Ilford South |
| Mr Gapes was paid £186.89 for council tax in April 2004, relating to a period in the previous financial year (21 November 2003 - 31 March 2004). This was not an allowable expense for 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £186.89
Reduced on appeal by:£186.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.40
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Barry Gardiner MP
|
| Brent North |
| Mr Gardiner was overpaid by £174.17 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 (claim not reduced for dissolution).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £174.17
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £15,404.07
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Edward Garnier QC MP
|
| Harborough |
| Mr Garnier was paid £1,920 for gardening in 2005-06. This exceeded £1,000 a year by £920.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £301.68 for rent in 2006-07 (£295.68) and 2008-09 (£6.00).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,221.68
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,221.68
|
| Mr David Gauke MP
|
| South West Hertfordshire |
| Mr Andrew George MP
|
| St Ives |
| Mr George was paid £1,397.34 twice for hotel costs for May 2005.
|
| He was overpaid by a total of £159.44 for food during 2004-05 and 2005-06.
|
| He was also overpaid by £233.83 for hotel costs for June 2006.
|
| He was further overpaid by £694.44 for council tax in 2008-09, the amount of a rebate which should have been claimed.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £1,695.12 for mortgage interest in 2008-09, as a result of two monthly claims being duplicated.
|
| He was overpaid by a total of £168.08 in 2008-09, through duplicate payments of telephone and electricity costs.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,348.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,160.41
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,187.84
|
| Rt Hon Bruce George MP
|
| Walsall South |
| Mr Neil Gerrard MP
|
| Walthamstow |
| Mr Gerrard did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Nicolas Gibb MP
|
| Bognor Regis & Littlehampton |
| Mr Gibb was overpaid by a total of £780.83 for mortgage interest (2004-05 by £332.95; 2005-06 by £55.73; and 2006-07 by £392.15).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £780.83
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £780.83
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Sandra Gidley MP
|
| Romsey |
| Ms Michelle Gildernew MP
|
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
| Ms Gildernew has no issues.
|
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan MP
|
| Chesham & Amersham |
| Mrs Gillan was overpaid by £434.98 for mortgage interest in 2006-07 and £1,449.25 in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,884.23
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,888.70
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Linda Gilroy MP
|
| Plymouth Sutton |
| Mrs Gilroy was overpaid for rent by £751 in 2005-06.
|
| She was also overpaid by £480 for council tax in 2005-06.
|
| She was further paid £1,748.33 twice in September and November 2007.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,979.33
Reduced on appeal by:£1,842.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,510.88
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Roger Godsiff MP
|
| Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath
|
| Mr Godsiff was overpaid by a total of £2,224.30 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,224.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,224.30
|
| Mr Paul Goggins MP
|
| Wythenshawe & Sale East |
| Mr Goggins was paid £2,826 for a suite of furniture on 21 January 2006. This exceeded the guideline price of £2,200 by £626.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £449.31 for mortgage interest: £170.92 in 2004-05 and £279.01 in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,075.93
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £21,307.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Julia Goldsworthy MP
|
| Falmouth & Camborne |
| Mrs Goldsworthy was overpaid by £171.32 for mortgage interest in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £171.32
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,176.32
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Helen Goodman MP
|
| Bishop Auckland |
| Ms Goodman has no issues.
|
| Mr Paul Goodman MP
|
| Wycombe |
| Mr Goodman was overpaid by a total of £2,318.90 for mortgage interest (£572.57 in 2005-06, £3.04 in 2006-07, £122.93 in 2007-08 and £1,620.36 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid a total of £1,310.17 in 2004-05 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also overpaid by £252 for council tax in 2006-07 (payment for 12 instalments when only ten required).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,881.07
Reduced on appeal by:£3,881.07
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Goodwill MP
|
| Scarborough & Whitby |
| Mr Goodwill has no issues.
|
| Mr Michael Gove MP
|
| Surrey Heath |
| Mr James Gray MP
|
| North Wiltshire |
| Mr Gray was paid £687.35 for newspapers during April 2004 to March 2007. These are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £1,055.56 for rent (£638.10 in 2005-06 and £417.46 in 2006-07).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,742.91
Reduced on appeal by:£1,418.07
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £324.84
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Chris Grayling MP
|
| Epsom & Ewell |
| Mr Grayling was overpaid by a total of £136.59 for mortgage interest (£34.04 in 2004-05; £61.54 in 2005-06; and £41.01 in 2006-07).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £136.59
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,226.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Damian Green MP
|
| Ashford |
| Mr Green was overpaid by a total of £902.14 for mortgage interest (£143.03 in 2004-05 and £759.11 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid cleaning costs totalling £5,200 for 2007-08 and 2008-09, exceeding the allowable maximum by £1,200.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,102.14
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,102.14
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Greenway MP
|
| Ryedale |
| Mr Greenway was paid a total of £537.47 for garden plants in the period April 2004 to June 2005, and also in February 2009. These are not an allowable expense under the Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £537.47
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £537.47
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Dominic Grieve MP
|
| Beaconsfield |
| Ms Nia Griffith MP
|
| Llanelli |
| Ms Griffith was overpaid by a total of £4,099.77 for mortgage interest in three years (£475.89 in 2006-07; £2,248.25 in 2007-08; and £1,375.63 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,099.77
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,099.77
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Nigel Griffiths JP MP
|
| Edinburgh South |
| Mr Griffiths was overpaid by a total of £4,005.84 for mortgage interest (£464.51 in 2004-05; £961.38 in 2005-06; and £2,579.95 in 2006-07). Mr Griffiths' mortgage lender has acknowledged that the interest calculations they provided to the MP, and were used as the basis of his claims, contained errors. The mortgage lender is therefore arranging to reimburse the House of Commons directly for this element, which has yet to be determined.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,005.84
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,005.84
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon John Gummer MP
|
| Suffolk Coastal |
| Mr Gummer was paid £612.81 in 2007-08 for repair and maintenance of a lawnmower. This was not an allowable cost.
|
| He was also paid cleaning costs of £19,693.67 over a four-year period (£3,900 in 2004-05; £5,304.67 in 2005-06; £5,000 in 2006-07; and £5,489 in 2007-08). That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £11,693.67.
|
| He was further paid for gardening costs of £21,091.98 over the same four-year period (£8,639.35 in 2004-05; £6,001.91 in 2005-06; £4,926.71 in 2006-07; and £1,524.01 in 2007-08). That exceeds the maximum allowable of £1,000 a year by a total of £17,091.98.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £29,398.46
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £29,398.46
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Gwynne MP
|
| Denton & Reddish |
| Mr Gwynne was overpaid by a total of £2,969.56 for mortgage interest (£226.73 in 2006-07; £284.50 in 2007-08; and £2,458.33 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid £358 twice in 2006 for the same item of furniture.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,327.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,327.56
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon William Hague MP
|
| Richmond (Yorkshire) |
| Mr Hague was overpaid a total of £601.14 for mortgage interest (£308.91 in 2005-06 and £292.23 in 2006-07)
|
| Total repayment recommended: £601.14
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £601.14
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
|
| Neath |
| Mr Mike Hall MP
|
| Weaver Vale |
| Mr Hall was paid a total of £10,364.28 during the period 2004-05 to 2007-08 for cleaning, laundry, dry cleaning and ironing. This exceeds £2,000 per year by £2,364.28.
|
| He was paid £250 per month for petty cash from April to August 2004. This is not allowable under Green Book rules.
|
| He was also paid £250 per month for incidental expenses in September and October 2004. Incidental expenses are not allowed under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was also paid a total of £8,789 for household sundries (variable amounts up to £250 per month during the period November 2004 to March 2008, and £24 a month for 11 months in 2008-09). No receipts were provided.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £12,639.28
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £12,639.28
|
| Mr Patrick Hall MP
|
| Bedford |
| Mr Hall was overpaid by £266.10 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £266.10
Reduced on appeal by:£266.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Hamilton MP
|
| Midlothian |
| Mr Hamilton was overpaid by a total of £2,595.51 for mortgage interest (£783.36 in 2004-05; £511.10 in 2005-06; £304.24 in 2006-07; and £996.81 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,595.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,595.51
|
| Mr Fabian Hamilton MP
|
| Leeds North East |
| Mr Hamilton was over-paid by a total of £1,693.93 for mortgage interest (£341.75 in 2004-05 and £1,352.18 in 2008-09).
|
| Mr Hamilton was also paid £980 for the redecoration of the hall, stairs and kitchen of his second home, in February 2006, which was only two months before he completed the purchase of a new second home.
|
| He was also paid £7,060.81 twice on duplicate claims in April and May 2006 which included the cost of a new kitchen installation and a bed.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £9,734.74
Reduced on appeal by:£3,186.59
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,548.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Philip Hammond MP
|
| Runnymede & Weybridge |
| Mr Hammond has no issues.
|
| Mr Stephen Hammond MP
|
| Wimbledon |
| Mr Hammond did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Mike Hancock MP
|
| Portsmouth South |
| Mr Hancock was overpaid a total of £2,674.26 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 to 2008-09 (£89.95 in 2005-06; £447.66 in 2006-07; £669.49 in 2007-08; and £1,467.16 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,674.26
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,674.26
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Harper MP
|
| Forest of Dean |
| Dr Evan Harris MP
|
| Oxford West & Abingdon |
| Mr Tom Harris MP
|
| Glasgow South |
| Mr Nicholas Harvey MP
|
| North Devon |
| Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP
|
| Saffron Walden |
| Sir Alan was paid gardening expenses of £13,358.81 for the five-year period of the review, thus exceeding the allowable maximum of £1,000 a year by £8,358.81.
|
| He was also paid cleaning costs of £11,321.00 for the period 2004-05 to 2007-08, thus exceeding the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by £3,321.00.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £11,679.81
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £14,574.82
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Dai Havard MP
|
| Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney |
| Mr John Hayes MP
|
| South Holland & The Deepings |
| Mrs Sylvia Heal MP
|
| Halesowen & Rowley Regis |
| Mr Oliver Heald MP
|
| North East Hertfordshire |
| Mr John Healey MP
|
| Wentworth |
| Mr Healey was overpaid by a total of £2,354.35 for mortgage interest (£460.00 in 2004-05; £359.49 in 2005-06; £447.65 in 2006-07; £639.50 in 2007-08; and £447.72 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,354.35
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,354.35
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Heath MP
|
| Somerton & Frome |
| Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory MP
|
| Wells |
| Mr Heathcoat-Amory was paid cleaning costs of £12,995.35 over the five years of the review period. That exceeded £2,000 a year by a total of £2,995.35.
|
| He was also paid a total of £30,696.58 for gardening during the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08. This exceeded £1,000 a year by £26,696.58.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £29,691.93
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,122.24
Balance recommended to be repaid: £23,569.69
|
| Mr John Hemming MP
|
| Birmingham Yardley |
| Mr Hemming has no issues.
|
| Mr Douglas Henderson MP
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne North |
| Mr Henderson has no issues.
|
| Mr Mark Hendrick MP
|
| Preston |
| Mr Hendrick was overpaid by a net total of £2,117.83 for mortgage interest over the review period.
|
| He was also paid £3,868.87 for replacement doors and window frames in March 2007, one month before changing the designation of his second home to his constituency address, which appears an unnecessary use of the allowance.
|
| Mr Hendrick was also overpaid by a total of £899 in August 2004 for a dining table and a wardrobe, which exceeded guideline prices.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £6,885.70
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £9,003.53
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Charles Hendry MP
|
| Wealden |
| Mr Hendry was paid combined cleaning and gardening costs of £3,223.26 in 2005-06, thus exceeding the combined allowable maximum of £3,000 a year by a total of £223.26.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £223.26
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £473.18
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stephen Hepburn MP
|
| Jarrow |
| Mr Hepburn was overpaid by a total of £2,321.44 for mortgage interest (2005-06 by £891.31; 2006-07 by £358.39; and 2007-08 by £1,071.74).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,321.44
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,321.44
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Heppell MP
|
| Nottingham East |
| Mr Heppell has no issues.
|
| Mr Nick Herbert MP
|
| Arundel & South Downs |
| Mr Herbert was over-paid by a total of £988.95 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £988.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £988.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Lady Sylvia Hermon MP
|
| North Down |
| Lady Hermon has no issues.
|
| Mr Stephen Hesford MP
|
| Wirral West |
| Mr Hesford was overpaid by a total of £4,256.91 for mortgage interest between 2005 and 2009.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,256.91
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,256.91
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP
|
| Leicester West |
| Mr David Heyes MP
|
| Ashton under Lyne |
| Mr Hoban was overpaid by £93.94 in January 2005 for a washing machine which exceeded the guideline price of £385.
|
| He was also paid £150 twice for food in April 2004.
|
| He was also overpaid by £165 for a bookshelf in 2006 which exceeded the guideline price of £220.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £408.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £613.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP
|
| Barking |
| Mrs Hodge did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP
|
| Gateshead East & Washington West
|
| Mrs Hodgson has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP
|
| Sleaford & North Hykeham |
| Mr Hogg was overpaid by a total of £20,639.42 during the five year period (£4,925.81 in 2004-05; £9,348.81 in 2005-06; £1,404.26 in 2006-07; and £4,960.54 in 2007-08).
This arose because Mr Hogg claimed, and was paid, one twelfth of the annual ACA allowance each month, relying on a list of expenses associated with his second home. The total cost of these exceeded the annual maximum allowance in every year, and the list of expenses included numerous items that were not allowable, including expenses for a housekeeper, a gardener, utilities and repair work for other buildings within the grounds of Mr Hogg's second home.
In May 2009, Mr Hogg repaid £2,200 that he had received for moat cleaning, but this was in respect of the year 2003-04, before the review period began.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £20,639.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £20,639.42
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Phillip Hollobone MP
|
| Kettering |
| Mr Hollobone was overpaid by £1,115.83 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,115.83
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,115.83
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Adam Holloway MP
|
| Gravesham |
| Mr Holloway was paid £271.98 twice in 2007-08 for water rates.
|
| He was also paid £1,011.75 in excess of his council tax liability for the financial year 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,283.73
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,332.73
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Holmes MP
|
| Chesterfield |
| Mr Holmes was paid £920 for a wardrobe in July 2007, which was £150 above the guideline price.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £150.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £150.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr James Hood MP
|
| Lanark & Hamilton East |
| Mr Hood was overpaid a total of £1,185 in 2006-07 (for the following items: £400 for food, £80 for utilities, £75 for council tax, £100 for telephone and telecommunications, £200 for cleaning, £200 for service/maintenance and £130 for repairs, insurance, security).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £3,783.35 for mortgage interest (£2,434.46 in 2004-05 and £1,348.89 in 2005-06).
|
| He was further overpaid by £445.14 for mortgage interest in 2006-07.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,413.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,413.49
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0,00
|
| Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP
|
| Ashfield |
| Mr Hoon was overpaid by £1,013.13 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| He was also paid £138.29 twice for a gas bill, also in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,151.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £383.76
Balance recommended to be repaid: £767.66
|
| Mr Hope was overpaid by a total of £1,431.64 for mortgage interest (£158.50 in 2004-05, £319.03 in 2005-06 and £954.12 in 2006-07).
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| He was paid a total of £447.95 during the period June 2004-June 2005 for gardening equipment items and a barbecue, which are not allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was also paid £116.99 in April 2006 for an electric razor, which is also not allowable.
|
| He was paid £4,769.07 in 2007-08 for wooden flooring and fitting, which exceeded the guideline price of £2,400 by £2,369.07.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,365.65
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £42,674.13
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Kelvin Hopkins MP
|
| Luton North |
| Mr Hopkins has no issues.
|
| Mr John Horam MP
|
| Orpington |
| Mr Martin Horwood MP
|
| Cheltenham |
| Mr Horwood has no issues.
|
| Mr Stewart Hosie MP
|
| Dundee East |
| Mr Hosie was paid £379.45 in February 2009 for staying in a hotel when his home was flooded. This cost should have been reclaimed from the insurance company.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £379.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £379.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP
|
| Folkestone & Hythe |
| Mr Howard was paid a total of £18,058.45 over the five year period for the costs of employing a gardening company. The company has stated that one-third of the work related to maintenance of the house, resulting in a gardening cost of £12,039. That exceeds £1,000 a year by a total of £7,039.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £7,039.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £7,039.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Howarth MP
|
| Cambridge |
| Mr Howarth did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr George Howarth MP
|
| Knowsley North & Sefton East |
| Mr Howarth has no issues.
|
| Mr Gerald Howarth MP
|
| Aldershot |
| Mr Howarth was paid a total of £1,894 for gardening in 2004-05, exceeding the maximum of £1,000 by £894.
|
| He was also paid a total of £284 for a barbecue and garden chairs in 2004, and for garden furniture in 2005. These items are not allowable under Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,178.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,178.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Howell OBE MP
|
| Henley |
| Rt Hon Kim Howells MP
|
| Pontypridd |
| Dr Howells was overpaid by a total of £665.11 for mortgage interest (£144.78 in 2006-07, £399.68 in 2007-08 and £120.65 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £288 for gas bills in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £953.11
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £294.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £659.11
|
| The Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP
|
| Chorley |
| Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP
|
| Stretford & Urmston |
| Mr Christopher Huhne MP
|
| Eastleigh |
| Mr Huhne was paid gardening costs of £1,975.80 for the year 2008-09. This exceeds £1,000 a year by £975.80.
|
| He was paid twice for the following items: £117.50 for gardening services in June 2006 and again in August 2006; and £58.75 for gardening services in August 2006 and again in September 2006. This resulted in a total overpayment of £176.25.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,152.05
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,152.05
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Joan Humble MP
|
| Blackpool North & Fleetwood |
| Mrs Humble has no issues.
|
| Mr Jeremy Hunt MP
|
| South West Surrey |
| Mr Mark Hunter MP
|
| Cheadle |
| Mr Nicholas Hurd MP
|
| Ruislip Northwood |
| Mr Hurd did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon John Hutton MP
|
| Barrow & Furness |
| Mr Hutton was paid £1,568.09 for gardening costs in 2008-09, exceeding the allowable maximum by £568.09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £568.09
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £568.09
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Brian Iddon MP
|
| Bolton South East |
| Mr Eric Illsley MP
|
| Barnsley Central |
| Mr Illsley has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP
|
| East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
|
| Mr Huw Irranca-Davies MP
|
| Ogmore |
| Mr Irranca-Davies was overpaid by a total of £2,008.19 for mortgage interest (2004-05 by £1,441.35; 2005-06 by £43.11; 2006-07 by £233.66; 2007-08 by £30.87; and 2008-09 by £259.20).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,008.19
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,750.27
Balance recommended to be repaid: £257.92
|
| Rt Hon Michael Jack MP
|
| Fylde |
| Mr Jack was overpaid by a total of £832.74 for council tax in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08.
|
| He was also paid £1,200 for a fridge freezer in 2008. This exceeded the guideline price of £605 by a total of £595.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,427.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,694.34
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stewart Jackson MP
|
| Peterborough |
| Mr Jackson was paid £304.10 for swimming pool maintenance in July 2006. This is not allowable under the ACA.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £304.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,277.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Sian James MP
|
| Swansea East |
| Ms James was paid £1,150 for council tax in 2006-07. She moved her second home in the period, but the supporting evidence shows that the total annual charge was £869. In 2007-08, she was paid £2,100 against a charge for £1,180.94 for council tax and £294.42 for water rates. She was thus overpaid a total of £905.64.
|
| She was overpaid by £200 for rent in November and December 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,105.64
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,105.64
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Hon Bernard Jenkin MP
|
| North Essex |
| Mr Jenkin was paid £63,250 over the review period to rent his second home from his sister-in-law. This was a conflicted transaction.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £63,250.00
Reduced on appeal by:£27,000.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £36,909.17
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Brian Jenkins MP
|
| Tamworth |
| Mr Jenkins was overpaid £484.85 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £484.85
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £484.85
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
|
| Hull West & Hessle |
| Mr Johnson has no issues.
|
| Ms Diana Johnson MP
|
| Hull North |
| Ms Johnson has no issues.
|
| Mr David Jones MP
|
| Clwyd West |
| Mr Jones was paid twice for mortgage interest claims in November 2006 and September 2007, amounting to an overpayment of £2,056.62.
|
| He was also paid for two items of furniture purchased in July 2005, namely a chair that exceeded the guideline price of £550 by £326, and a sofa bed that exceeded the guideline price of £1,210 by £241.38. The total excess was thus £567.38.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,624.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,624.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Helen Jones MP
|
| Warrington North |
| Ms Jones was overpaid by £793.68 for mortgage interest in April 2005 (payment not reduced for dissolution).
|
| She was also overpaid by £46.37 for mortgage interest in March 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £840.05
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £840.05
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Kevan Jones MP
|
| North Durham |
| Dr Lynne Jones MP
|
| Birmingham Selly Oak |
| Dr Jones was paid £815 twice for heating and radiator repair costs in July and August 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £815.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £815.00
|
| Mr Martyn Jones MP
|
| Clwyd South |
| Mr Jones was over-paid by a total of £310.36 for rent (£77.02 in 2004-05 and £233.34 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £310.36
Reduced on appeal by:£310.36
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Joyce was over-paid by a total of £5,002.56 for mortgage interest (£1,645.77 in 2004-05, £1,037.59 in 2006-07 and £2,319.20 in 2007-08).
|
| In addition Mr Joyce was paid twice for a claim of £3,000 for mortgage interest for the period November to December 2007.
|
| He was also paid twice in the same period for council tax, cleaning and service/maintenance claims totalling £600.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £8,602.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £8,602.56
|
| Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman MP
|
| Manchester Gorton |
| Sir Gerald was paid £240.95 in 2006-07 for two Waterford grapefruit bowls, purchased as replacements for breakage. This should have been claimed on household insurance, which was available under the ACA.
|
| He was also paid £1,851.74 for a rug in 2007. This exceeded the guideline price of £330 by £1,521.74.
|
| He was further paid £4,791.00 for cleaning and laundry for the year 2008-09. This exceeded £2,000 a year by £2,791.00.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,533.69
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,533.69
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Daniel Kawczynski MP
|
| Shrewsbury & Atcham |
| Mr Kawczynski has no issues.
|
| Ms Sally Keeble MP
|
| Northampton North |
| Ms Keeble was overpaid mortgage interest by a total of £451.45 for the years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £451.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,189.19
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Barbara Keeley MP
|
| Worsley |
| Mr Alan Keen MP
|
| Feltham & Heston |
| Mr Keen was paid £1,790 in 2006-07 for cleaning costs. In the same year his wife, Ann Keen MP, was paid £1,000 for cleaning costs for the same property. The total amount paid for cleaning this property in 2006-07 thus exceeded the allowable maximum by a total of £790. Mr Keen should repay half of the excess.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £345.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £345.00
|
| Mrs Ann Keen MP
|
| Brentford & Isleworth |
| Mrs Keen was paid £1,000 in 2006-07 for cleaning costs. In the same year her husband, Alan Keen MP, was paid £1,790 for cleaning costs for the same property. The total amount claimed for cleaning for this property in 2006-07 thus exceeded the allowable maximum by a total of £790. Mrs Keen should repay half of the excess.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £345.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,643.71
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Keetch MP
|
| Hereford |
| Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP
|
| Bolton West |
| Ms Kelly was overpaid by a net total of £441.47 for mortgage interest for the years 2004-05 to 2006-07 and 2008-09.
|
| She was also paid £476.39 twice for her February 2008 claim.
|
| She was further paid a total of £157.90 in 2008-09 for newspapers, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| She was also paid £631.58 in November 2008 for a mortgage arrears payment relating to 2003, which is also not allowable.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,707.34
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,707.34
|
| Mr Fraser Kemp MP
|
| Houghton & Washington East |
| Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP
|
| Ross, Skye & Lochaber |
| Mr Kennedy has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP
|
| Liverpool Wavertree |
| Ms Kennedy was paid £281 for a mobile phone bill in 2004-05. Mobile phone costs are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| She was also overpaid by a total of £431.61 in 2008-09 (£151 for council tax, £90.71 for utilities; £89.90 for telephone bills; and £100 for service and maintenance).
|
| She was also overpaid by £1,304.96 for mortgage interest in 2004-05 and by £552.26 in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,569.83
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,569.83
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Key MP
|
| Salisbury |
| Mr Key was paid for a replacement microwave and oven in March 2008. The total cost was £1,400, plus £250 for installation (including rewiring). The guideline price for a gas cooker is £770. £100 would seem a reasonable cost for a microwave. This leaves an excess of £530.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £530.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £541.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Kidney MP
|
| Stafford |
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle MP
|
| Liverpool Walton |
| Mr Kilfoyle was overpaid by a total of £324.16 for mortgage interest (£208.79 in 2005-06; £18.15 in 2006-07; and £97.22 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £324.16
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £324.16
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Miss Julie Kirkbride MP
|
| Bromsgrove |
| Miss Kirkbride is married to another MP. She designated her constituency home as her second home, while her husband nominated it as his main home. She designated her husband's second home, a flat in London, as her main home. This meant that, between them, the couple had no main home which was not funded by the ACA. Throughout the five years of the review period, they both claimed at or close to the full allowance to support their two homes. These arrangements obtained a financial benefit for the couple which appears unintended under the Green Book rules, and as such contrary to the principles governing it. Had they made different designations, each MP might reasonably have claimed up to two-thirds of the full allowance on a shared second home. On this footing, each of them was overpaid by one-third of the maximum ACA for each year of the review period. This is £29,243.
|
| In May 2008, Miss Kirkbride extended the mortgage on her designated second home to fund the construction of an additional bedroom, mainly for the use of her brother to provide childcare for her family. The total interest paid under the ACA to fund the additional loan was £2,584.26. As these payments were used to provide accommodation for a non-dependent family member, the transaction was conflicted.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £31,827.26
Reduced on appeal by:£2,584.26
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £29,243.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Greg Knight MP
|
| Yorkshire East |
| Mr Knight was overpaid by a total of £1,619.99 for mortgage interest (£264.09 in 2005-06; £975.89 in 2006-07; £281.56 in 2007-08; £98.45 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £640 for council tax for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,259.99
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,259.99
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jim Knight MP
|
| South Dorset |
| Mr Knight was overpaid by £223.50 in April 2005 (payment incorrectly reduced for dissolution).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £2,657.11 for mortgage interest (£678.59 in 2007-08 and £1,755.02 in 2008-09).
|
| Mr Knight was further paid £571.06 in August 2005 for a computer, which is not an allowable expense under the ACA, although it could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,451.67
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,265.84
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,185.83
|
| Ms Susan Kramer MP
|
| Richmond Park |
| Ms Kramer did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Dr Ashok Kumar MP
|
| Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
|
| Dr Kumar was paid for various items of furniture in July 2004, including a sofa at £1,700 and a chair at £950, which exceeded the guideline price by a total of £450.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £450.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £450.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Stephen Ladyman MP
|
| South Thanet |
| Dr Ladyman has no issues.
|
| Mrs Eleanor Laing MP
|
| Epping Forest |
| Ms Jacqui Lait MP
|
| Beckenham |
| Ms Lait was overpaid by a total of £622.94 for mortgage interest (£606.54 in January to March 2007, and £16.40 in 2007-08).
|
| She has not provided sufficient evidence to support claims of £418.65 for the period January to March 2009, in default of which I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mrs Lait should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,041.59
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £87.67
Balance recommended to be repaid: £953.92
|
| Mr Norman Lamb MP
|
| North Norfolk |
| Rt Hon David Lammy MP
|
| Tottenham |
| Mr Lammy did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Mark Lancaster MP
|
| Milton Keynes North East |
| Mr Lancaster has no issues.
|
| Mr Andrew Lansley CBE MP
|
| South Cambridgeshire |
| Mr Lansley was paid £632.40 in August 2005 for fitted blinds and curtains shortly before he re-designated his second home. This appears unnecessary so close to the move.
|
| He was also paid a total of £2,960 for internal and external decoration only a month before re-designating his second home, which also appears unnecessary.
|
| He was further overpaid by a total of £607.56 for mortgage interest (£512.95 in 2005-06 and £94.61 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid by £962.72 for mortgage interest in 2006-07, having claimed for repayments of mortgage interest on an increase in his loan for the second home to fund improvements on his main home.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,162.68
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,301.48
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Bob Laxton MP
|
| Derby North |
| Mr Mark Lazarowicz MP
|
| Edinburgh North & Leith |
| Mr Lazarowicz has no issues.
|
| Mr John Leech MP
|
| Manchester Withington |
| Mr Edward Leigh MP
|
| Gainsborough |
| In October 2005, Mr Leigh took out an additional mortgage for £100,000 for purposes not shown to be allowable under the ACA. As a result he was overpaid by a total of £5,025.94 for mortgage interest (£2,208.16 in 2005-06; £2,626.17 in 2006-07; and £191.61 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid a total of £11,700 over the five years of the review period for cleaning costs, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,700.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £6,725.94
Reduced on appeal by:£3,613.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,112.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Lepper MP
|
| Brighton Pavilion |
| Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP
|
| West Dorset |
| Mr Letwin was paid twice, in October and December 2004, for an annual charge of £155.00 for AGA maintenance.
|
| He was paid £458.70 in March 2005 for repainting and decorating following a burst water tank. This should have been claimed on home insurance, which is available under the Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £613.70
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,883.70
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tom Levitt MP
|
| High Peak |
| Mr Levitt was overpaid by a net total of £800.95 for mortgage interest between April 2004 and March 2006.
|
| He was also paid £1,599 for a sofa bed in October 2004. This exceeded the nearest relevant guideline price of £1,210 by £389.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,189.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £412.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £777.95
|
| Mr Ivan Lewis MP
|
| Bury South |
| Mr Lewis was paid £1,278.35 twice for mortgage interest in April 2006.
|
| He was also paid £1,170.80 twice for internal decoration in May and June 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,449.15
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,449.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Julian Lewis MP
|
| New Forest East |
| Dr Lewis was overpaid by £829.85 in July 2006 for mortgage interest relating to the previous year.
|
| He was paid £789 for a washer/drier in July 2006. This exceeded the guideline price of £550 by £239.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,068.85
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,068.85
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
|
| Bridgwater |
| Mr Liddell-Grainger was paid £2,350 for cleaning costs in 2008-09, thus exceeding the allowable maximum by £350.
|
| He was also over-paid by a total of £2,146.23 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,496.23
Reduced on appeal by:£2,146.23
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £350.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Lidington MP
|
| Aylesbury |
| Mr Lidington has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP
|
| Hitchin & Harpenden |
| Mr Lilley purchased his second home in 2003 using a loan from his wife, but since this happened before the review period I make no comment on this arrangement. In 2005, he replaced that loan with a mortgage held jointly with his wife, repaying her the original loan. Over the rest of the review period, he was paid a total of £41,057.36 for mortgage interest on this second loan. In substance, this loan appears to have released capital, which was not permitted under the ACA other than for the purpose of improving or repairing the home.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £41,057.36
Reduced on appeal by:£41,057.36
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tony Lloyd MP
|
| Manchester Central |
| Mr Lloyd was overpaid by a total of £2,210 for rent in the years 2006-07 and 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,210.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,210.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd MP
|
| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Mr Llwyd was paid £279.99 twice for an air conditioning unit in 2005.
|
| He was also paid £642.67 twice for ground rent and service charges in March and May 2007.
|
| He was further overpaid a total of £271.94 for mortgage interest (£77.93 in 2004-05; £179.98 in 2005-06; and £14.03 in 2008-9).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,194.60
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,194.60
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Michael Lord MP
|
| Central Suffolk & North Ipswich |
| Sir Michael was paid a total of £8,784.76 for gardening costs from March 2005 to January 2009, thus exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £4,784.76.
|
| He was also overpaid a total of £289.72 for mortgage interest (£173.87 in 2005-06, and £115.85 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,074.48
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £5,074.48
|
| Mr Timothy Paul Loughton MP
|
| East Worthing & Shoreham |
| Mr Loughton was overpaid £1,070.94 for mortgage interest in 2006-07.
|
| He was also overpaid £107.94 for the servicing of his boiler in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,178.88
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,178.88
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Love MP
|
| Edmonton |
| Mr Love was overpaid for mortgage interest by £736.70 in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £736.70
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £736.70
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Peter Luff MP
|
| Mid Worcestershire |
| Mr Luff had a complex offset mortgage arrangement from April 2004 until March 2007, covering mortgages for his main and second home, offset by personal savings. In these circumstances, the amounts he received under the ACA have been compared with the amounts he actually paid to his mortgagee in respect of the second home. On this footing, he was overpaid by a total of £1,391.57 in two years of the review period (£424.54 in 2005-06, and £967.03 in 2006-07).
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| He was also overpaid by £255 for cleaning in 2004-05.
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| He was also overpaid by £523.77 for various kitchen accessories and china in January 2008.
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| Total repayment recommended: £2,170.34
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,868.23
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Andrew Mackay MP
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| Bracknell |
| Mr Mackay is married to another MP. He designated his London flat as his second home, while his wife nominated it as her main home. He designated his constituency home as his main home while his wife nominated it as her second home. This meant that, between them, the couple had no main home which was not funded by the ACA. Throughout the five years of the review period, they both claimed at or close to the full allowance to support their two homes. These arrangements obtained a financial benefit for the couple which appears unintended under the Green Book rules, and as such contrary to the principles governing it. Had they made different designations, each MP might reasonably have claimed up to two-thirds of the full allowance on a shared second home. On this footing, each of them was overpaid by one-third of the maximum ACA for each year of the review period. This is £29,243.
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| He was also paid £9,950 for cleaning over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08, thus exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,950.
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| Total repayment recommended: £31,193.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £31,193.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Andrew MacKinlay MP
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| Thurrock |
| Mr MacKinlay was overpaid by a total of £792.34 for rental between December 2004 and October 2005.
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| Total repayment recommended: £792.34
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £816.77
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon David MacLean MP
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| Penrith & The Border |
| Mr MacLean has no issues.
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| Mr Angus MacNeil MP
|
| Na h-Eileanan An Iar |
| Mr MacNeil was overpaid by £133 for council tax in 2007-08.
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| Total repayment recommended: £133.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £133.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Denis MacShane MP
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| Rotherham |
| Dr MacShane was paid cleaning costs totalling £7,354.34 (£3,000.00 in 2004-05; £2,341.34 in 2005-06; and £2,013.00 in 2007-08). This exceeded £2,000 a year by £1,354.34.
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| In September and October 2008, he was paid £153.39 for gas without providing sufficient evidence to show that this was a cost incurred at his second home, since the only address on the bill related to his main home.
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| He should also provide mortgage interest statements to support payments totalling £6,001.34 for the period April 2004 to January 2006. I recommend that he should be allowed until 1 March 2010 to do this. If he does not do so, then in the absence of any special or exceptional reasons to the contrary, he should repay the whole amount of the allowance involved.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,507.73
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,354.33
Balance recommended to be repaid: £153.40
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| Ms Fiona Mactaggart MP
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| Slough |
| Ms Mactaggart has no issues.
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| Mr Khalid Mahmood MP
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| Birmingham Perry Barr |
| Mr Mahmood was overpaid by £211.30 for mortgage interest in April - September 2004. During April - July 2005, he was also overpaid by a total of £332.91 for rent.
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| Total repayment recommended: £544.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £544.21
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| Ms Anne Main MP
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| St Albans |
| Ms Main was overpaid by a total £925.00 for rent from June 2005 to October 2006.
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| She was also paid £463.59 twice for service charges for the half year January - June 2007.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,388.59
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,788.49
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Shahid Malik MP
|
| Dewsbury |
| Mr Malik was paid £1,050 for a television in February 2006. This exceeded the guideline price of £825 by £225.
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| He was overpaid by a total of £935.56 for council tax (£284.47 in 2005-06, £586.09 in 2006-07 and £65.00 in summons costs, which are not allowable under Green Book rules).
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| He was also paid £730 for an armchair in September 2007, exceeding the guideline price of £550 by a total of £180.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,340.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,304.43
Balance recommended to be repaid: £36.14
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| Mr Humfrey Malins CBE MP
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| Woking |
| Mr Malins was overpaid by a total of £1,039.46 for mortgage interest (£17.70 in 2004-05; £369.83 in 2005-06; £22.94 in 2006-07; £138.79 in 2007-08; and £490.20 in 2008-09).
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| He was also overpaid by £289.76 for council tax in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,329.22
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £9,954.39
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Ms Judy Mallaber MP
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| Amber Valley |
| Ms Mallaber has no issues.
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| Mr John Mann MP
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| Bassetlaw |
| Mr John Maples MP
|
| Stratford-on-Avon |
| Mr Rob Marris MP
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| Wolverhampton South West |
| Mr Marris was overpaid by a total of £1,153.98 for mortgage interest (£253.06 in 2004-05; £287.47 in 2005-06; £253.06 in 2006-07; £170.41 in 2007-08; £189.78 in 2008-09).
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,153.98
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,600.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Gordon Marsden MP
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| Blackpool South |
| Mr Marsden was paid £1,135.40 in 2004-05 for mobile phone costs, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,135.40
Reduced on appeal by:£1,135.40
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews QC MP
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| Medway |
| Mr Marshall-Andrews was overpaid by £231 for council tax in 2007-08.
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| Total repayment recommended: £231.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £231.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Eric Martlew MP
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| Carlisle |
| Mr Martlew has no issues.
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| Mr John Mason MP
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| Glasgow East |
| Rt Hon Michael Mates MP
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| East Hampshire |
| Rt Hon Francis Maude MP
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| Horsham |
| Rt Hon Theresa May MP
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| Maidenhead |
| Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP
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| Rutherglen & Hamilton West |
| Mr Steve McCabe MP
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| Birmingham Hall Green |
| Ms Christine McCafferty MP
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| Calder Valley |
| Ms McCafferty was overpaid by a total of £818.81 for mortgage interest for 2004-05 and April - May 2005.
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| She was also paid £1,481.00 in February 2008 for a fitted wardrobe, which exceeded the guideline price of £770.00 by £711.00.
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| Total repayment recommended: £1,529.81
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,666.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Ms Kerry McCarthy MP
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| Bristol East |
| Ms McCarthy has no issues.
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| Ms Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
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| Portsmouth North |
| Ms McCarthy-Fry was overpaid by £134.01 for cleaning costs in 2007-08, being her share of the excess over the allowable maximum for a second home shared with two other MPs.
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| Total repayment recommended: £134.01
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £134.01
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
|
| Makerfield |
| Mr McCartney has no issues.
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| Dr William McCrea MP
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| South Antrim |
| Dr McCrea was overpaid by a total of £661.21 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| He was also paid £139.50 twice for a TV licence in 2008-09.
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| He was also paid £4,694.12 for bedroom furniture in 2006, exceeding the guideline price of £1,540 by £3,154.12.
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| He was further overpaid a total of £496.12 for service charges in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £4,450.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,329.74
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Ms Siobhain McDonagh MP
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| Mitcham & Morden |
| Ms McDonagh did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP
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| Belfast South |
| Dr McDonnell has no issues.
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| Mr John McDonnell MP
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| Hayes & Harlington |
| Mr McDonnell did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
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| Mr Patrick McFadden MP
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| Wolverhampton South East |
| Mr McFadden has no issues.
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| Rt Hon John McFall MP
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| West Dunbartonshire |
| Mr James McGovern MP
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| Dundee West |
| Mr McGovern was overpaid by £266.54 in December 2005 for various items of furnishings and hardware.
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| Total repayment recommended: £266.54
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £794.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Edward McGrady MP
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| South Down |
| Mr McGrady stayed in hotels during the review period. During that time he was paid a total of £3,854.00 for sundry items and utility bills which were not allowable under the Green Book rules.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,854.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,854.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Martin McGuinness MP
|
| Mid Ulster |
| Mr McGuinness was mistakenly paid £3,000 twice for rent covering the period July to August 2006.
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,000.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,000.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Anne McGuire MP
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| Stirling |
| Mrs McGuire has no issues.
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| Miss Anne McIntosh MP
|
| Vale of York |
| Miss McIntosh was paid a total of £4,948 for gardening costs over four years of the review period. That exceeded the maximum allowable by £948.
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| Total repayment recommended: £948.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £948.00
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| Ms Shona McIsaac MP
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| Cleethorpes |
| Ms McIsaac has no issues.
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| Miss Ann McKechin MP
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| Glasgow North |
| Miss McKechin has no issues.
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| Mrs Rosemary McKenna CBE MP
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| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
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| Mrs McKenna was overpaid by a total of £3,008.93 for rent (2005-06 by £1,195.85 and 2007-08 by £1,813.08).
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| Total repayment recommended: £3,008.93
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,008.93
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
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| West Derbyshire |
| Mr McLoughlin was paid cleaning costs totalling £13,136.67 over the five-year review period, exceeding the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by a total of £3,136.67.
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| He was also overpaid a total of £921.87 for mortgage interest over the review period (£168.79 in 2004-05; £126.70 in 2005-06; £245.74 in 2006-07; £180.00 in 2007-08 and £200.64 in 2008-09).
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| Total repayment recommended: £4,058.54
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,058.54
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Anthony McNulty MP
|
| Harrow East |
| Mr McNulty has no issues.
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| Rt Hon Michael Meacher OBE MP
|
| Oldham West & Royton |
| Mr Meacher was overpaid by a total of £447.62 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
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| Total repayment recommended: £447.62
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,034.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Alan Meale MP
|
| Mansfield |
| Mr Meale was paid a total of £1,527.14 for mobile telephone charges (£212.87 in June 2004; £93.53 in July 2004; £144.29 in August 2004; £271.61 in October 2004; £166.24 in November 2004; £156.95 in December 2004; £85.99 in January 2005; £151.90 in February 2005; and £162.74 and £81.02 in March 2005). These were not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
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| He was also paid cleaning costs of £2,151.64 in 2004-05 and £2,096.82 in 2005-06. That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £248.46.
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| He was paid £390 twice, in October 2005 and March 2006, for a radiator cover.
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| He was paid £1,900 in March 2006 for furniture which does not appear to have been necessary.
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| He was paid £700 in March 2006 for garden furniture. This was not allowable under the Green Book rules.
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| He was paid twice, in October and December 2006, for intruder alarm annual service charges of £210.33.
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| He was also paid £1,367.76 for stairs and landing carpet in February 2009 at a cost of £56.99 per square metre. This exceeded the guideline price of £35 per square metre by a total of £527.76.
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| He was further paid gardening costs of £11,355.78 over the five year period, which exceeds the maximum allowable of £1,000 a year by a total of £6,355.78.
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| Total repayment recommended: £11,859.47
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £11,859.47
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Mr Patrick Mercer OBE MP
|
| Newark |
| Mr Mercer was paid £2,273.06 twice for mortgage interest in August and September 2004.
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| He was also overpaid by £1,099.51 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,372.57
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,273.06
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,099.51
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| Ms Gillian Merron MP
|
| Lincoln |
| Ms Merron was overpaid by a total of £6,305.17 for mortgage interest (£3,400.13 in 2007-08, and £2,904.87 in 2008-09).
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| Total repayment recommended: £6,305.17
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,305.17
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Alun Michael MP
|
| Cardiff South & Penarth |
| Mr Michael was paid a total of £18,889.56 from 2005-06 to 2008-09 for mortgage interest on additional loans not shown to have been for an eligible purpose.
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| He was also overpaid by £280 for council tax in 2004-05 (payment for 12 instalments when only ten required).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £19,169.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £19,169.56
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP
|
| Darlington |
| Mr Milburn was overpaid a total of £10,107.16 for mortgage interest (2004-05 by £3,480.29; 2005-06 by £3,829.18; 2006-07 by £2,713.63; and 2008-09 by £84.06).
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| He was also paid £133.34 twice for the service charge year-end adjustment in 2008-09.
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| He was further paid for council tax payments for 12-month periods (instead of 10) in each of the years 2004-05 to 2007-08. The February and March payments in those years total £1,360.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £11,600.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £11,600.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon David Miliband MP
|
| South Shields |
| Mr Miliband was overpaid by £808.34 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £808.34
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £808.24
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
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| Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
|
| Doncaster North |
| Mr Miliband has no issues.
|
| Mr Andrew Miller MP
|
| Ellesmere Port & Neston |
| Mr Miller was overpaid by £316 for council tax costs in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £316.00
Reduced on appeal by:£126.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £189.26
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Maria Miller MP
|
| Basingstoke |
| Mrs Miller has no issues.
|
| Ms Anne Milton MP
|
| Guildford |
| Mr Andrew Mitchell MP
|
| Sutton Coldfield |
| Mr Mitchell was overpaid by £371.17 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £2,302.16 for council tax in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,673.33
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,673.33
Balance recommended to be repaid: 0.00
|
| Mr Austin Mitchell MP
|
| Great Grimsby |
| Mr Mitchell was overpaid by a total of £10,627.07 for mortgage interest (£2,066.11 in 2005-06; £2,568.18 in 2007-08; and £5,992.78 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £10,627.07
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £10,627.07
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Anne Moffat MP
|
| East Lothian |
| Ms Moffat was overpaid by £1,617.09 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| She was also paid a total of £1,256.44 in 2008-09 for items that related to her main home (£152.16 for insurance, £476.09 for telephone bills and £628.19 for a Sky package).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,873.53
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,873.53
|
| Ms Laura Moffatt MP
|
| Crawley |
| Ms Moffatt has no issues.
|
| Mr Christopher Mole MP
|
| Ipswich |
| Mrs Madeleine Moon MP
|
| Bridgend |
| Mrs Moon was paid £599.25 for the cost of removals from Wales to London of furniture and other effects, which had been purchased locally in 2005. The cost of these removals appears excessive.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £599.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £88.96
Balance recommended to be repaid: £510.29
|
| Mr Michael Moore MP
|
| Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
|
| Ms Margaret Moran MP
|
| Luton South |
| Ms Moran was over-paid by a total of £109.59 for mortgage interest in 2006-07.
|
| She was also paid a net total of £527.20 twice in 2005-06 for a mattress.
|
| She was paid a total of £3,140.42 in March and April 2007 for gardening costs. This exceeded the allowable maximum by a total of £1,140.42.
|
| She was further paid £2,282.65 for repairs after a front room roof collapse in April 2007. Home insurance should have covered a substantial part of this cost, but the cover had run out two months previously.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,059.86
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,000.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Jessica Morden MP
|
| Newport East |
| Ms Morden was paid £380.55 twice for household goods in January 2006.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £380.55
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £380.55
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Julie Morgan MP
|
| Cardiff North |
| Ms Morgan was overpaid a total of £838.94 for mortgage interest (£645.47 in 2006-07 and £193.47 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £838.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £838.13
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Elliot Morley MP
|
| Scunthorpe |
| Mr Malcolm Moss MP
|
| North East Cambridgeshire |
| Ms Kali Mountford MP
|
| Colne Valley |
| Ms Mountford received net payments amounting to £340.40 between April 2004 and May 2005 for taxis, which are not allowable under the ACA.
|
| She was also overpaid by £832.97 for council tax in 2007-08.
|
| She was overpaid by a total of £792.42 for rent (£758.69 in 2005-06, £33.73 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,965.79
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,965.79
|
| Mr George Mudie MP
|
| Leeds East |
| Mr Mudie was overpaid by £182.51 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £182.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £182.51
|
| Mr Greg Mulholland MP
|
| Leeds North West |
| Mr Mulholland has no issues.
|
| Mr Christopher Mullin MP
|
| Sunderland South |
| Mr Mullin was paid £399.99 twice for the 2005-06 home contents insurance on his second home.
|
| He was also paid £899 in August 2008 for a mortgage acceptance fee that was added to the mortgage capital balance. His claims for interest included an element for this fee so the payment was in effect duplicated.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,298.99
Reduced on appeal by:£899.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £439.99
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Mundell MP
|
| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
|
| Mr Mundell was paid for 13 months of rent in 2006-07. This included a payment for rent for March 2006, which was not identified as such and which had not been included in claims for 2005-06. The overpayment involved was £1,300.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,300.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,300.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Meg Munn MP
|
| Sheffield Heeley |
| Mr Conor Murphy MP
|
| Newry & Armagh |
| Mr Denis Murphy MP
|
| Wansbeck |
| Mr Murphy was over-paid by a total of £139.16 for mortgage interest (£31.23 in 2004-05, and £107.93 in 2005-06).
He was also paid £25 for a rejected direct debit fee in June 2007, and £25 for a collect fee in February 2008, neither of which was allowable under the ACA.
|
| He was paid a total of £9,652.68 for cleaning costs over the four year period 2004-05 to 2007-08. That exceeded the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by a total of £1,652.68.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,841.84
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,841.84
|
| Mr Jim Murphy MP
|
| East Renfrewshire |
| Mr Murphy was overpaid a total of £197.46 for mortgage interest over two years of the review period (£9.94 in 2004-05; £187.52 in 2006-07).
|
| He was also paid £380 twice for food in May 2004.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £577.46
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £577.46
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP
|
| Torfaen |
| Mr Murphy was paid cleaning costs of £2,830 for 2004-05, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £830.
|
| He was also paid £1,280 in July 2005 for a wardrobe, exceeding the guideline price of £770 by £510.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £1,140.72 for mortgage interest (£333.12 in 2007-08, and £807.60 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,480.72
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £243.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,237.72
|
| Dr Andrew Murrison MP
|
| Westbury |
| Dr Murrison was overpaid by a total of £550.27 for mortgage interest (£300.69 in 2004-05; £202.51 in 2005-06; and £47.07 in 2007-08).
In addition, he was overpaid by a total of £1,563.26 for mortgage interest as a result of increasing his mortgage by £10,323 in September 2004 for a purpose not shown to be allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid £515.60 twice for service charge and ground rent in 2004-05.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £299.20 in March 2006 for a sofa and two dining chairs which cost £191 and £108.20 respectively more than the guideline prices.
|
| He was further paid £411.11, also in March 2006, for a carpet fitting service to take furniture from the second home to the main home, which was not an allowable expense.
|
| He was paid £800 over the period May 2006 to March 2008 for a home office, which was also not allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid £135 twice for a TV licence in 2007-08.
|
| He was also paid £408.78 twice for service charges in 2007-08.
|
| He was paid £199 twice for water rates in May - June 2008.
|
| He was paid £415.22 in May 2008 for service/maintenance charges without supporting evidence.
|
| He was paid £228.20 twice in November 2008 - February 2009 for a gas bill.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,525.64
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5536.24
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Doug Naysmith MP
|
| Bristol North West |
| Dr Naysmith has no issues.
|
| Mr Bob Neill MP
|
| Bromley & Chislehurst |
| Mr Neill was paid £157.50 in March 2005 for title insurance during the purchase of his second home. Only building and contents insurance is allowed under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid council tax costs of £1,389.15 in 2008-09 when the bill provided showed that the actual cost was £1,263.15 resulting in an excess of £126.00.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £283.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £283.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Brooks Newmark MP
|
| Braintree |
| Mr Newmark has no issues.
|
| Mr Dan Norris MP
|
| Wansdyke |
| Mr Norris was paid cleaning costs of £9,730.19 over a four year period (£2,544 in 2004-05; £2,653.85 in 2005-06; £2,424.17 in 2006-07; and £2,108.17 in 2007-08). That exceeded £2,000 a year by a total of £1,730.19.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,730.19
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,730.19
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Oaten MP
|
| Winchester |
| Mr Oaten was overpaid a total of £2,826.94 for mortgage interest (an estimated £1,265.79 for 2004-05; £233.22 for 2005-06, £43.30 for 2006-07, and £1,284.62 for April to August 2008).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,826.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,826.94
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mike O'Brien MP
|
| North Warwickshire |
| Mr O'Brien has no issues.
|
| Mr Stephen O'Brien MP
|
| Eddisbury |
| Mr O'Brien was paid cleaning costs of £2,115 in 2005-06. That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £115.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £115.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £115.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Edward O'Hara MP
|
| Knowsley South |
| Mr O'Hara was overpaid by a total of £5,244.23 for mortgage interest (£180.53 for 2005-06, £670.63 for 2006-07, £2,026.48 for 2007-08 and £2,366.59 for 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,244.23
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,244.23
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Bill Olner MP
|
| Nuneaton |
| Mr Olner was paid a total of £10,660.43 for cleaning costs over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08. That exceeds the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by a total of £2,660.43.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,660.43
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,321.40
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Lembit Opik MP
|
| Montgomeryshire |
| Mr Opik was paid £909.42 for mobile phone bills during the period November 2004 to March 2005. Mobile phone costs are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also paid £155 for court costs in relation to non-payment of council tax (£60 in March 2006 and £95 in October 2007).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,064.42
Reduced on appeal by:£909.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £195.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr George Osborne MP
|
| Tatton |
| Mr Osborne was overpaid by a total of £284.26 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £284.26
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £976.97
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Sandra Osborne MP
|
| Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock |
| Mrs Osborne was paid a total of £1,343.50 twice in April 2004 (£749 for furniture, £544.50 for council tax, and £50 for utilities).
|
| She was also overpaid by £1,268.62 for rent in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,612.12
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,612.12
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Richard Ottaway MP
|
| Croydon South |
| Mr Ottaway was overpaid by £102.47 for mortgage interest in 2005-06.
|
| He was also paid garden maintenance costs of a total of £5,382 for the three years 2004-05 to 2006-07, thus exceeding the allowable maximum of £1,000 a year by a total of £2,382.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,484.47
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,484.47
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Albert Owen MP
|
| Ynys Môn |
| Mr Owen was overpaid by a total of £400 for food in 2005-06.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £583.57 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £983.57
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £983.57
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr James Paice MP
|
| South East Cambridgeshire |
| Rt Hon Ian Paisley MLA MP
|
| North Antrim |
| Dr Paisley's payments were not reduced for dissolution in 2005, as a result of which he was overpaid by £1,181.94.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,181.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,181.94
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Nicholas Palmer MP
|
| Broxtowe |
| Mr Owen Paterson MP
|
| North Shropshire |
| Mr Paterson was overpaid by a total of £3,631 for the period April 2004 and June 2005, representing the capital element of the mortgage loan.
|
| He was also overpaid by a net remaining total of £924.04 for mortgage interest in the four years 2005-06 to 2008-09.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £402 for council tax in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
|
| He was paid £272.11 twice for annual maintenance for intruder alarms for the period September 2008-September 2009.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,229.15
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,229.15
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Ian Pearson MP
|
| Dudley South |
| Mr Pearson was overpaid by a total of £311.72 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| He was also paid cleaning costs of £2,153.86 in 2005-06. This exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £153.86.
|
| He was further paid £475.88 in April 2004 for computer repairs and wi-fi set up, which are not allowable costs under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £941.46
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £941.46
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Pelling MP
|
| Croydon Central |
| Mr Pelling did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Michael Penning MP
|
| Hemel Hempstead |
| Mr Penning has no issues.
|
| Mr John Penrose MP
|
| Weston-Super-Mare |
| Mr Penrose has no issues.
|
| Mr Eric Pickles MP
|
| Brentwood & Ongar |
| Mr Pickles was paid cleaning costs of £8,388 between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2008, exceeding the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £388.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £388.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £388.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr James Plaskitt MP
|
| Warwick & Leamington |
| Mr Plaskitt was paid £112 twice, in September and November 2004, for a TV licence.
|
| He was also overpaid for mortgage interest by a total of £2,846.09 during three years of the review period (£1,679.34 in 2004-05, £170.70 in 2005-06 and £996.05 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,958.09
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,958.09
Balance recommended to be repaid: 0.00
|
| Mr Gregory Pope MP
|
| Hyndburn |
| Mr Pope was overpaid by a total of £166.79 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £166.79
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,331.13
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stephen Pound MP
|
| Ealing North |
| Mr Gordon Prentice MP
|
| Pendle |
| Mr Prentice was overpaid by a total of £2,620.95 for mortgage interest (£504.46 in 2006-07; £64.53 in 2007-08; and £2,051.96 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,620.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,620.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon John Prescott MP
|
| Hull East |
| Mr Prescott has no issues.
|
| Mr Adam Price MP
|
| Carmarthen East & Dinefwr |
| Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
|
| Bristol South |
| Ms Primarolo has no issues.
|
| Mr Mark Prisk MP
|
| Hertford & Stortford |
| Mr Prisk was overpaid by £2,970.06 for mortgage interest in 2004-05, and by £1,155.02 in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,125.08
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,125.08
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Pritchard MP
|
| The Wrekin |
| Mr Pritchard was overpaid by £923.62 for rent in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £923.62
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £923.62
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Prosser paid his brother £650 in 2006 for carpeting and flooring work on his second home. This was a conflicted transaction and the payment was accordingly invalid.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £650.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £650.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr John Pugh MP
|
| Southport |
| Mr Kenneth Purchase MP
|
| Wolverhampton North East |
| Mr Purchase was overpaid by a total of £1,000.12 for mortgage interest (£236.66 in 2004-05; £422.89 in 2005-06; £13.13 in 2006-07; and £327.44 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,000.12
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,000.12
|
| Rt Hon James Purnell MP
|
| Stalybridge & Hyde |
| Mr Purnell has no issues.
|
| Mr Bill Rammell MP
|
| Harlow |
| Mr Rammell was paid a total of £169.98 in July and August 2005 for two items not allowable under Green Book rules (garden table and suitcase).
|
| He was further paid a total of £332.26 in 2005 for a printer and printing materials. These were not allowable items under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also paid a total of £2,280 for newspapers (£580 in 2004-05; £550 in 2005-06; £600 in 2006-07; and £550 in 2007-08). These were not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,782.24
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,782.24
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Randall MP
|
| Uxbridge |
| Mr Randall did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon John Redwood MP
|
| Wokingham |
| Mr Redwood was paid £112 in March 2005 for the cost of reseeding his lawn. This was not allowable under Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £112.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £112.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andy Reed MP
|
| Loughborough |
| Mr Reed was paid a total of £891.48 twice for quarterly service charge costs for the following periods and amounts: £310.61 in December 2004 to March 2005; £275.87 in December 2005 to March 2006; and £305 in June 2006 to September 2006.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £891.48
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £891.48
|
| Mr Jamieson R Reed
|
| Copeland |
| Mr Alan Reid MP
|
| Argyll & Bute |
| Rt Hon John Reid MP
|
| Airdrie & Shotts |
| Dr Reid was paid £1,410 twice in April 2007.
|
| In July 2007, he was paid £1,179.63 for removal costs. £975.00 of this was used for the transfer of furniture to a residence in Ireland, which was not an allowable expense.
|
| In April 2008, he was paid £346.88 for marketing the previous second home, which was also not allowable.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,731.88
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £7,336.51
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr William Rennie MP
|
| Dunfermline & West Fife |
| Mr Rennie was overpaid a total of £123.10 through duplicate payments for electricity in 2006-07.
|
| He was also overpaid a total of £2,450 through duplicated payments for rent (£1,250 in March 2006 and £1,200 in January 2007).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,573.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,573.60
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mrs Linda Riordan MP
|
| Halifax |
| Mrs Riordan was overpaid by £2,021.81 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| She was also paid £150 twice for ground rent in October - November 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,171.81
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,171.81
|
| Mr Andrew Robathan MP
|
| Blaby |
| Mr Robathan has no issues.
|
| Mr Angus Robertson MP
|
| Moray |
| Mr Robertson was paid £2,324 in February 2006 for a leather bed settee, exceeding what was necessary by £1,114.
|
| He was further overpaid by £103 in 2007-08 for a DVD player.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,217.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,217.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Hugh Robertson MP
|
| Faversham & Mid Kent |
| Mr Robertson has no issues.
|
| Mr John W Robertson MP
|
| Glasgow North West |
| Mr Robertson was paid a total of £1,750 in petty cash between April and November 2004. This was not an allowable expense under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid a total of £7,225 for cleaning costs (£2,350 in 2004-05; £2,350 in 2005-06 and £2,525 in 2006-07). These exceeded £2,000 a year by a total of £1,225.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,975.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,975.00
|
| Mr Laurence Robertson MP
|
| Tewkesbury |
| Mr Robertson has no issues.
|
| Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP
|
| Coventry North West |
| Mr Robinson did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mrs Iris Robinson MP
|
| Strangford |
| Mrs Robinson was paid £1,644.90 in January 2006 for the cost of a bed, which exceeded the guideline price of £1,100 by £544.90.
|
| She was paid £1,429.99 for service charges in May 2009 which appears to have duplicated the same payment to her husband who is also an MP.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,974.89
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,274.72
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP
|
| Belfast East |
| Mr Robinson has no issues.
|
| Mr Dan Rogerson MP
|
| North Cornwall |
| Mr Rogerson has no issues.
|
| Mr Terence Rooney MP
|
| Bradford North |
| Mr Rooney was overpaid by a total of £167.00 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 and 2007-08.
|
| He was also overpaid by a net £130.02 for mortgage interest in 2008-09 (taking account of an estimated underpayment in the last three months of the year).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £297.02
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £297.02
|
| Mr Andrew Rossindell MP
|
| Romford |
| Mr Rossindell has no issues.
|
| Mr Paul John Rowen MP
|
| Rochdale |
| Mr Frank Roy MP
|
| Motherwell & Wishaw |
| Mr Roy was overpaid by £545.79 for mortgage interest in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £545.79
Reduced on appeal by:£545.79
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Lindsay A Roy CBE MP
|
| Glenrothes |
| Mr Chris Ruane MP
|
| Vale of Clwyd |
| Mr David Ruffley MP
|
| Bury St Edmunds |
| Mr Ruffley has no issues.
|
| Mr Bob Russell MP
|
| Colchester |
| Mr Russell was overpaid by a total of £4,029.45 for mortgage interest (£849.67 in 2005-06; £913.13 in 2006-07; £849.49 in 2007-08; and £1,417.16 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £510 for council tax (£98 in 2005-06, £202 in 2006-07; and £210 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,539.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,539.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Christine Russell MP
|
| City of Chester |
| Ms Russell was overpaid by a total of £3,266.68 for rent (£1,083.34 in 2004-05; £1,083.34 in 2005-06; and £1,100 in 2007-08), representing 13 months' rent in each of these years.
|
| She was also overpaid by £860.85 for April-May 2005, through not reducing payments during the dissolution period.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,127.53
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,127.53
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Joan Ryan MP
|
| Enfield North |
| Miss Ryan was overpaid by a total of £5,121.74 for mortgage interest (£4,196.96 in 2004-05 and £924.78 in 2008-09), since the amounts involved included an element of capital repayment.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,121.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £322.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £4,799.29
|
| Mr Alexander Salmond MP
|
| Banff & Buchan |
| Mr Salmond has no issues.
|
| Mr Martin Salter MP
|
| Reading West |
| Mr Salter did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Adrian Sanders MP
|
| Torbay |
| Mr Sanders was overpaid by £691 in 2005-06 for rental payments not reduced during the dissolution of Parliament.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £691.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £691.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar MP
|
| Glasgow Central |
| Mr Sarwar was paid a total of £123.83 twice for telephone bills in 2005-06.
He was also paid £122.12 in February 2005 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £245.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £245.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Lee Scott MP
|
| Ilford North |
| Mr Scott did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Ms Alison Seabeck MP
|
| Plymouth Devonport |
| Ms Seabeck was paid £795 twice for rent in November 2005.
|
| She was also overpaid by a total of £1,167 for mortgage interest in October 2007.
|
| She was further over-paid £444.65 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,406.65
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,612.65
Balance recommended to be repaid: £794.00
|
| Mr Andrew Selous MP
|
| South West Bedfordshire |
| Mr Grant Shapps MP
|
| Welwyn Hatfield |
| Mr Virendra Sharma MP
|
| Ealing Southall |
| Mr Sharma did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Jonathan Shaw MP
|
| Chatham & Aylesford |
| Mr Barry Sheerman MP
|
| Huddersfield |
| Mr Sheerman was overpaid by £331.95 for mortgage interest (£277.51 in 2005-06 and £54.44 in 2006-07).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £225.26 for council tax (£208.07 in 2004-05 and £17.19 in 2005-06).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £557.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £311.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £245.26
|
| Mr Richard Shepherd MP
|
| Aldridge-Brownhills |
| Mr Shepherd was paid twice, in September and October 2007, for tree works at £705 (once on the quotation and once on the invoice).
|
| He was also paid £1,576 in gardening costs in 2005-06, exceeding the maximum allowable of £1,000 a year by a total of £576.
|
| He was also paid a total of £7,800 for cleaning costs (£2,520 in 2005-06; £2,620 in 2006-07; and £2,660 in 2007-08). That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £1,800. In 2005-06 there was also an additional overpayment of £110.88 for cleaning during the period of dissolution.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,191.88
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,191.88
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr James Sheridan MP
|
| Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
| Mr Sheridan was overpaid by £200 for food in October 2008.
|
| He was also overpaid by £200 for council tax in May - June 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £400.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £779.41
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Clare Short MP
|
| Birmingham Ladywood |
| Ms Short was paid £599.14 twice for house repairs in October and November 2006.
|
| She was overpaid by £189.90 in April and May 2005 for mortgage interest, when payments should have been reduced for the dissolution of Parliament.
|
| She was also paid a total of £1,206.50 for mobile phone bills during May 2004 to January 2009. Mobile phone costs are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| She was paid a total of £3,736 for gardening costs in three separate years (£1,332 in 2004-05; £1,280 in 2006-07; and £1,124 in 2007-08), thus exceeding the maximum allowable of £1,000 a year by £736.
|
| She was further paid cleaning costs of £2,456.40 in 2006-07 exceeding the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £456.40.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,187.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £599.14
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,588.80
|
| Mr Mark Simmonds MP
|
| Boston & Skegness |
| Mr Simmonds has no issues.
|
| Mr Sion Simon MP
|
| Birmingham Erdington |
| Mr Alan Simpson MP
|
| Nottingham South |
| Mr Simpson was overpaid by £1,503.67 for mortgage interest between April and December 2008.
|
| In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £2,265.00 for the period January to March 2009, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Simpson should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Mr Simpson was paid £2,527.50 for cleaning costs in 2004-05. That exceeds the allowable maximum by £527.50.
|
| He was also overpaid by £219.72 for water bills in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,515.89
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £219.72
Balance recommended to be repaid: £4,296.17
|
| Mr David Simpson MP
|
| Upper Bann |
| Mr Simpson was overpaid by £1,082.98 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| He was also paid £400 twice for food in May 2007.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,482.98
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,482.98
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Keith Simpson MP
|
| Mid Norfolk |
| Mr Simpson was paid twice, in September and October 2006, for a telephone bill of £120.74.
|
| He was also paid £209.87 between April and September 2004 for telephone bills that related to his constituency office rather than his second home.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £330.61
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £330.61
|
| Mr Marsha Singh MP
|
| Bradford West |
| Mr Singh was overpaid by a total of £4,505.44 for mortgage interest (£336 in 2004-05; £5.60 in 2005-06; £835.04 in 2006-07; and £3,328.80 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid £521.40 in 2005-06 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,026.84
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £5,026.84
|
| Mr Dennis Skinner MP
|
| Bolsover |
| Mr Skinner was paid £1,760.76 in October 2005 for a sofa bed. By reference to the nearest benchmark price, this was an overpayment of £550.76.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £550.76
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £880.38
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andy Slaughter MP
|
| Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush |
| Mr Slaughter did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP
|
| Oxford East |
| Ms Angela C Smith MP
|
| Sheffield Hillsborough |
| Ms Angela E Smith MP
|
| Basildon |
| Ms Smith was overpaid mortgage interest by a total of £1,428.81 (£578.76 in 2004-05; £362.34 in 2005-06; £281.07 in 2007-08; and £206.64 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,428.81
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,033.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £395.81
|
| Ms Geraldine Smith MP
|
| Morecambe & Lunesdale |
| Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
|
| Redditch |
| Ms Smith was paid cleaning costs totalling £9,309.87 over the four years 2004-05 to 2007-08, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £1,309.87.
|
| She was also paid £160 for garden furniture in September 2004, which is not allowed under the Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,469.87
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,469.87
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Smith MP
|
| Vale of Glamorgan |
| Mr Smith's payments for April and May 2005 were not reduced sufficiently to take account of the dissolution of Parliament resulting in an overpayment of £683.78.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £683.78
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £683.78
|
| Sir Robert Smith MP
|
| West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine |
| Sir Robert has no issues.
|
| Ms Anne Snelgrove MP
|
| South Swindon |
| Ms Snelgrove has no issues.
|
| Hon Nicholas Soames MP
|
| Mid Sussex |
| Mr Soames was overpaid by £1,345.55 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,345.55
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,345.55
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Peter Soulsby MP
|
| Leicester South |
| Mrs Helen Southworth MP
|
| Warrington South |
| Mrs Southworth has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon John Spellar MP
|
| Warley |
| Mr Spellar has no issues.
|
| Mrs Caroline Spelman MP
|
| Meriden |
| Mrs Spelman was paid £276.78 twice for a bill for electricity in June 2004.
|
| She was also paid £1,635.93 for mobile phone bills during 2004-05. Mobile phone costs were not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| She was also paid cleaning costs of £2,200 in 2005-06 and £2,288.80 in 2007-08, exceeding £2,000 a year by a total of £488.80.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,401.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2635.51
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Michael Spicer MP
|
| West Worcestershire |
| Sir Michael was paid a total of £15,612.87 for garden maintenance over the five-year period. That exceeds the allowable maximum of £1,000 a year by a total of £10,612.87.
|
| He was also paid a total of £10,179 for cleaning over three years of the review period. That exceeds the allowable maximum of £2,000 a year by a total of £4,179.
|
| He was also paid £730 for a dishwasher in December 2005. This exceeded the guideline price by £317.50.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £15,109.37
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,109.37
Balance recommended to be repaid: £10,000
|
| Dr Bob Spink MP
|
| Castle Point |
| Dr Spink was paid £2,051.38 twice for service/maintenance charges in January - June 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,051.38
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,401.88
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Richard Spring MP
|
| West Suffolk |
| Mr Spring was paid £510 twice for a mortgage arrangement fee in September and November 2006.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £510.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £510.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP
|
| Tonbridge & Malling |
| Dr Phyllis Starkey MP
|
| Milton Keynes South West |
| Dr Starkey has no issues.
|
| Mr Anthony Steen MP
|
| Totnes |
| Mr Steen was paid a total of £184.89 in May 2004 for skip hire, 23 garden plants, and a flagpole rope and binding. The plants (£39.39) were not allowable under the Green Book rules, and the skip hire (£117) and the flagpole rope and binding (£28.50) were claimed without evidence as to their necessity.
|
| He was also paid a total of £3,774.14 twice in May 2004 and January 2005 (£1,216.25 for decoration and refurbishment; £1,755.89 for water supply repair; and £802 for heating expenses).
|
| He was further paid a total of £10,252.22 for gardening costs over the three years 2005-06 to 2007-08, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £7,252.22.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £11,211.75
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £11,211.75
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stewart has no issues.
|
| Dr Howard Stoate MP
|
| Dartford |
| Rt Hon Gavin Strang MP
|
| Edinburgh East |
| Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
|
| Blackburn |
| Mr Straw was overpaid by a total of £600 in respect of two claims in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £600.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £600.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Gary Streeter MP
|
| South West Devon |
| Mr Streeter was overpaid by a total of £910.60 for mortgage interest over three years (£50.09 in 2004-05; £354.07 in 2006-07; and £506.44 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid £1,081.66 twice for mortgage interest in May 2004.
|
| He was further overpaid £702.51 for council tax in 2004-05, and by £152 for council tax in 2005-06.
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £227.61 for water charges in 2008-09 (£118.66 for a subsidiary property other than his second home, and £108.95 twice for June 2008).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,074.38
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,074.38
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Graham Stringer MP
|
| Manchester Blackley |
| Mr Stringer was overpaid by £146.67 for food in April 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £146.67
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £146.67
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Gisela Stuart MP
|
| Birmingham Edgbaston |
| Ms Stuart was overpaid by £447.86 for mortgage interest in 2005-06.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £447.86
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £447.86
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Graham Stuart MP
|
| Beverley & Holderness |
| Mr Stuart was paid £128.02 for a night in a hotel in London in July 2005, while in receipt of the ACA for a second home in his constituency.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £128.02
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £128.02
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Stunell MP
|
| Hazel Grove |
| Mr Stunell has no issues.
|
| Mr Gerry Sutcliffe MP
|
| Bradford South |
| Mr Sutcliffe was overpaid by £2,361 for mortgage interest in 2004-05, representing the capital element of the mortgage loan.
|
| He was also paid £125.14 in July 2007 for a mobile phone costs, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also overpaid by a net total of £300 on a number of miscalculated claims during the five years of the review.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,786.14
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,786.14
|
| Mr Desmond Swayne TD MP
|
| New Forest West |
| Ms Jo Swinson MP
|
| East Dunbartonshire |
| Ms Swinson has no issues.
|
| Mr Hugo Swire MP
|
| East Devon |
| Mr Swire was paid £1,788 for garden maintenance in 2008-09, thereby exceeding the maximum allowable by £788.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £788.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £788.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Mark Tami MP
|
| Alyn & Deeside |
| Mr Tami was overpaid by a total of £2,206.24 for mortgage interest (£50.83 in 2004-05, and £2,155.41 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid a total of £351.45 in March 2005 for a dishwasher at £469.95 and a fridge/freezer at £899.00, which exceeded guideline prices by £57.45 and £294.00 respectively.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,557.69
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,151.70
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Peter Tapsell MP
|
| Louth & Horncastle |
| Ms Dari Taylor MP
|
| Stockton South |
| Ms Taylor was paid £719.06 twice in May 2005 for her service charge, ground rent and reserves.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £719.06
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £719.06
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Ian Taylor MBE MP
|
| Esher & Walton |
| Mr Taylor was paid £1,958.85 for council tax in 2007-08 over eleven payments. The bill provided was for £1,780.85 spread over ten instalments, resulting in an overpayment of £178.00.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £178.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £908.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Matthew Taylor MP
|
| Truro & St Austell |
| Dr Richard Taylor MP
|
| Wyre Forest |
| Ms Sarah Teather MP
|
| Brent East |
| Ms Teather did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Gareth R Thomas MP
|
| Harrow West |
| Mr Thomas was overpaid by a total of £1,158.52 for mortgage interest (£836.57 in 2004-05 and, £321.95 in 2005-06).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,158.52
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,158.52
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Thurso MP
|
| Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
|
| Mr Thurso was overpaid a total of £548.21 for council tax in three years (£297.95 in 2005-06; £175.10 in 2006-07; and £75.16 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £548.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £548.21
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stephen Timms MP
|
| East Ham |
| Mr Timms did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Edward Timpson MP
|
| Crewe & Nantwich |
| Mr Timpson has no issues.
|
| Mr Paddy Tipping MP
|
| Sherwood |
| Mr Tipping has no issues.
|
| Mr Mark Todd MP
|
| South Derbyshire |
| Rt Hon Don Touhig MP
|
| Islwyn |
| Mr David Tredinnick MP
|
| Bosworth |
| Mr Tredinnick has no issues.
|
| Mr Jon Trickett MP
|
| Hemsworth |
| Mr Trickett has no issues.
|
| Mr Paul Truswell MP
|
| Pudsey |
| Mr Truswell has no issues.
|
| Mr Andrew Turner MP
|
| Isle of Wight |
| Mr Turner was paid £681.60 in 2006-07 for mortgage insurance, which is not an allowable expense. (The claim was made on his behalf while he was away ill.)
|
| Total repayment recommended: £681.60
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £874.64
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Des Turner MP
|
| Brighton Kemptown |
| Dr Turner was overpaid by a total of £1,930.94 for mortgage interest (£199.48 in 2004-05; £179.85 in 2005-06; £218.59 in 2006-07; £572.01 in 2007-08; and £761.01 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid a total of £2,476.72 for mortgage payment protection as part of his monthly insurance payments (£593.39 in 2004-05; £651.60 in 2005-06; £706.68 in 2006-07; and £525.05 in 2007-08), which is not allowable under the ACA.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £4,407.66
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £4,407.66
|
| Mr Turner was overpaid by a total of £6,654.58 for mortgage interest in two separate years (£3,249.02 in 2004-05 and £3,405.56 in 2008-09).
|
| He also received a duplicate payment of £131.50 for a TV licence in April 2007.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £6,786.08
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,786.08
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Tyrie MP
|
| Chichester |
| Mr Tyrie was overpaid by a total of £1,638.99 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,638.99
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,638.99
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Kitty Ussher MP
|
| Burnley |
| Ms Ussher was paid £16,723.93 in October 2008 for the installation of a new fitted kitchen, of which £4,452.48 related to re-wiring and re-plumbing work that is regarded as separate. The balance of the cost, £12,271.65, exceeded the guideline price of £11,000 by £1,271.65.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,271.65
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,271.65
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Vaizey was paid £790 for a dining table in March 2007, which exceeded the guideline price of £660 by £130.
|
| He was overpaid by £197.42 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| He was also overpaid by £136.00 for council tax in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £463.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,449.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Shailesh Vara MP
|
| North West Cambridgeshire |
| Mr Vara was paid £2,174 for cleaning costs in 2005-06, exceeding the allowable maximum by £174.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £174.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £174.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP
|
| Leicester East |
| Mr Vaz was paid £550 for a rug in December 2007. This exceeded the guideline price of £330 by £220.
|
| He was paid £2,614 for two chairs and a footstool in January 2008. The chairs at £1,100 each and the footstool at £414 exceeded the guideline prices (£550 for an armchair and £220 for a footstool) by £1,294.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,514.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £18,949.82
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Peter Viggers MP
|
| Gosport |
| Sir Peter had an arrangement with the Fees Office for periodic payments, on the basis that the total cost of running his second home exceeded the annual allowance. After allocating costs such as mortgage interest, utilities and specific repairs to each annual allowance, a balance of £15,293.12 was effectively paid for gardening out of the ACA. This exceeded the allowable maximum by a total of £10,511.62 (£1,682.67 in 2004-05; £2,019.60 in 2005-06; £6,395.55 in 2006-07; and £413.80 in 2007-08).
|
| He was also overpaid by £1,637.54 for roof repairs in respect of July 2007.
|
| He was further overpaid by £759.54 for mortgage interest for 2008-09.
|
| He was also overpaid by £555.60 for council tax (£387.34 in 2004-05 and £168.26 and 2005-06).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £13,464.30
Reduced on appeal by:£218.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £13,245.80
|
| Ms Theresa Villiers MP
|
| Chipping Barnet |
| Ms Villiers has no issues.
|
| Dr Rudi Vis MP
|
| Finchley & Golders Green |
| Mr Charles Walker MP
|
| Broxbourne |
| Mr Ben Wallace MP
|
| Lancaster & Wyre |
| Mr Wallace was overpaid by £1,079.99 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,079.99
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,079.99
|
| Ms Joan Walley MP
|
| Stoke-on-Trent North |
| Ms Walley was paid £819.11 twice for council tax in 2005-06.
|
| In March 2005, she was paid £1,399 for a desk, which seems extravagant. On the basis that £500 would be reasonable, she was overpaid by £899. At the same time she was paid £799 for a cabinet, which exceeded the guideline price of £550 by £249.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,967.11
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,447.04
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Walter MP
|
| North Dorset |
| Mr Walter was overpaid £371.32 for mortgage interest in August 2008.
|
| He was also paid £650 for a TV cabinet in August 2008, which exceeded the guideline price by £100.
|
| He was further paid gardening costs of £1,358 in 2008-09, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £358.00.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £829.32
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,228.32
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Lynda Waltho MP
|
| Stourbridge |
| Ms Waltho was overpaid by £134.01 for cleaning costs in 2007-08, being her share of the excess over the allowable maximum for a second home shared with two other MPs.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £134.01
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £134.01
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Miss Claire Ward MP
|
| Watford |
| Miss Ward was paid £850 for petty cash in 2004. Petty cash was not allowable under the ACA.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £850.00
Reduced on appeal by:£850.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Wareing MP
|
| Liverpool West Derby |
| Mr Wareing was paid cleaning costs of £11,462.58 over the five year period 2004-05 to 2008-09. That exceeds £2,000 a year by a total of £1,462.58.
|
| He was paid twice for expenses relating to the period 24 February to 17 March 2005, resulting in an overpayment of £1,296.30.
|
| His payments for mortgage interest were overstated by £574.31 in 2004-05 and £558.81 in 2005-06, resulting in a total overpayment of £1,133.12.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,892.00
Reduced on appeal by:£215.86
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £3,676.14
|
| Mr Nigel Waterson MP
|
| Eastbourne |
| Mr Waterson has no issues.
|
| Ms Angela Watkinson MP
|
| Upminster |
| Ms Watkinson has no issues.
|
| Mr Tom Watson MP
|
| West Bromwich East |
| Mr David Watts MP
|
| St Helens North |
| Mr Steven Webb MP
|
| Northavon |
| Dr Alan Whitehead MP
|
| Southampton Test |
| Dr Whitehead was overpaid by a net total of £1,081.36 for mortgage interest for the period April 2004 to January 2006 (overpayment of £5,381.36 through including a capital element, offset by a repayment of £4,300 in March 2006). He was also overpaid by £641.92 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,723.28
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,723.28
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Whittingdale OBE MP
|
| Maldon & Chelmsford East |
| Mr Whittingdale was overpaid a total of £301.58 for mortgage interest in 2007-08 and 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £301.58
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £301.58
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Malcolm Wicks MP
|
| Croydon North |
| Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP
|
| Maidstone & The Weald |
| Miss Widdecombe was paid gardening costs of £1,230 in 2004-05, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £230.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £230.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £402.80
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Bill Wiggin MP
|
| Leominster |
| Mr David Willetts MP
|
| Havant |
| Mr Willetts was overpaid by a total of £742.70 for council tax (£314.33 in 2004-05; £237.67 in 2005-06; and £190.70 in 2006-07).
|
| He was also over-paid by a total of £4,390.62 for mortgage interest (£100.83 in 2006-07, £1,996.58 in 2007-08 and £2,293.21 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,133.32
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,133.32
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Alan John Williams MP
|
| Swansea West |
| Mr Williams has no issues.
|
| Mrs Betty Williams MP
|
| Conwy |
| Mrs Williams was over-paid by a total of £750.25 for mortgage interest (£9.78 in 2004-05, £119.80 in 2005-06, £469.35 in 2006-07, £68.49 in 2007-08 and £82.83 in 2008-09).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £750.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £750.25
|
| Mr Hywel Williams MP
|
| Caernarfon |
| Mr Williams has no issues.
|
| Mr Mark Williams MP
|
| Ceredigion |
| Mr Williams has no issues.
|
| Mr Roger Williams MP
|
| Brecon & Radnorshire |
| Mr Williams has no issues.
|
| Mr Stephen Williams MP
|
| Bristol West |
| Mr Williams has no issues.
|
| Mr Philip Willis MP
|
| Harrogate & Knaresborough |
| Mr Willis was paid a total of £11,230 for cleaning costs over the four years 2005-06 to 2008-09. That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £3,230.
|
| He was overpaid a total of £588.25 for council tax (£167.66 in 2004-05; £71.34 in 2005-06; £174.04 in 2006-07; and £175.21 in 2007-08).
|
| He was paid £1,220.84 twice for his December 2006 claim.
|
| He was also overpaid by £250 for electricity, and by £74.65 for water, in 2008-09.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,363.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,363.74
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Jennifer Willott MP
|
| Cardiff Central |
| Ms Willott has no issues.
|
| Mr Michael Wills MP
|
| North Swindon |
| Mr Wills was overpaid by a total of £2,385.18 in October - December 2007, as a result of three duplicate payments for council tax. He repaid £1,369.38 in July 2008, leaving an outstanding overpayment of £1,015.80.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,015.80
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,015.80
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Wilshire MP
|
| Spelthorne |
| Mr Wilshire has no issues.
|
| Mr Philip Wilson MP
|
| Sedgefield |
| Mr Wilson was paid twice, in March 2009, for an electricity bill of £224.92.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £224.92
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £224.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Wilson MP
|
| Reading East |
| Mr Wilson did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Sammy Wilson MP
|
| East Antrim |
| Mr David Winnick MP
|
| Walsall North |
| Mr Winnick has no issues.
|
| Lady Ann Winterton MP
|
| Congleton |
| Lady Winterton was overpaid a total of £401.42 (£248 in March and May 2007 and £153.42 in March and August 2008) for gas bills. She was also paid £143.00 for an electricity bill in March 2009 when her husband (also an MP) had been paid for electricity for the same property for the same period.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £544.42
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £544.42
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Sir Nicholas Winterton DL MP
|
| Macclesfield |
| Sir Nicholas was overpaid by a total of £850.81 for council tax bills over four years of the review (£191.67 in 2004-05; £206.00 in 2005-06; £221.67 in 2006-07 and £231.87 in 2007-08).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £850.81
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £850.81
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
|
| Doncaster Central |
| Ms Winterton was overpaid by a total of £960.32 for council tax for the years 2004-05 to 2007-08.
|
| She was also paid a total of £1,462.38 for 12 payments for council tax in 2008-09, exceeding the amount due for the year by £122.82.
|
| She was also overpaid by a total of £8,889.21 for mortgage interest for three years of the review period (£4,472.40 in 2004-05; £4,133.14 in 2005-06; and £283.67 in 2006-07).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £9,972.35
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £9,972.35
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Peter Wishart MP
|
| Perth & North Perthshire |
| Mr Wishart was overpaid by £1,408.53 for rent in 2007-08.
|
| He was also overpaid a total of £223.97 in 2008-09 (£66.11 for a telephone bill, and £157.86 for an electricity bill).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,632.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,632.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Michael Wood MP
|
| Batley & Spen |
| Mr Wood was paid £1,076 twice for a service charge in 2006-7.
|
| He was paid £323.83 twice for a gas bill in the period February to March 2009.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,399.83
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,399.83
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP
|
| St Helens South |
| Mr Woodward was overpaid by £656.24 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
|
| He was also overpaid by £813.91 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 (payments not reduced for the dissolution period).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,470.15
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,426.42
Balance recommended to be repaid: £43.73
|
| Mr Phil Woolas MP
|
| Oldham East & Saddleworth |
| Mr Woolas was overpaid by £3,350.86 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
|
| He was also paid for gas standing charges of £60 in January, February and March 2008 which were not debited from his account, resulting in an overpayment of £180.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,530.86
Reduced on appeal by:£2,644.70
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £886.16
|
| Mr Anthony D Wright MP
|
| Great Yarmouth |
| Mr David Wright MP
|
| Telford |
| Mr Iain Wright MP
|
| Hartlepool |
| Mr Wright was paid for 13 months of mortgage interest in 2006-07. This included payment for interest for March 2006, which had not been included in his payments for 2005-06, resulting in an overpayment of £805.97.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £805.97
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £805.97
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Jeremy Wright MP
|
| Rugby & Kenilworth |
| Mr Wright was paid a total of £769.50 between September 2005 and March 2009 for mobile telephone costs, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £769.50
Reduced on appeal by:£769.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Dr Tony Wright MP
|
| Cannock Chase |
| Mr Derek Wyatt MP
|
| Sittingbourne & Sheppey |
| Mr Wyatt was overpaid by a total of £718.01 for mortgage interest (£279.61 for 2005-06 and £438.40 for 2008-09).
|
| He was also overpaid by a total of £776.76 in respect of service charges in 2004-05.
|
| He was paid a total of £666.43 twice for various items in 2005-06 and 2008-09 (home insurance, electricity and telephone bills).
|
| He was further overpaid by £1,290.30 for council tax (£1,039.39 in 2004-05, £99 in 2006-07, £22.68 in 2007-08 and £129.23 in 2008-09).
|
| He was also paid £160 twice for cleaning and ironing in November 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,611.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £3,611.50
|
| Mr Tim Yeo MP
|
| South Suffolk |
| Rt Hon Sir George Young Bt MP
|
| North West Hampshire |
| Sir George was overpaid by a total of £104.48 for electricity costs for the period April 2005 to September 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £104.48
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £104.68
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Richard Younger-Ross MP
|
| Teignbridge |
| Mr Younger-Ross was paid £1,475 for a five-drawer chest and £725 for a mirror in August 2004. These costs exceeded the guideline prices of £550 and £330 respectively by a total of £1,320.
|
| He was also paid £225 for a bedroom stool purchased in August 2004, exceeding the closest guideline price of £99 by £126.
|
| He was further paid a total of £1,263.34 for a hi-fi (£1,123.34) in November 2004 and loudspeaker stands (£140.00) in December 2004, which together exceeded the guideline price of £825.00 by £438.34.
|
| He was also paid £1,296.75 twice for his ACA claim in January 2008.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,181.09
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,352.01
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
FORMER MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
| Baroness Irene Adams
|
| Paisley North |
| Baroness Adams was paid £2,895 for cleaning costs in 2004-05, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £895.
|
| In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £4,110.00 for the period April 2004 to April 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Baroness Adams should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,005.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £5,005.00
|
| Mr Richard Allan
|
| Sheffield Hallam |
| Rt Hon the Lord Anderson
|
| Swansea East |
| Lord Anderson has no issues.
|
| Ms Candy Atherton
|
| Falmouth and Cambourne |
| Ms Atherton has no issues.
|
| Mr David Atkinson
|
| Bournemouth East |
| Mr Atkinson has no issues.
|
| Mr Harold Barnes
|
| North East Derbyshire |
| Mr Nigel Beard
|
| Bexleyheath & Crayford |
| Mr Beard was paid cleaning costs of £2,979.96 in 2004-05. That exceeds the allowable level of £2,000 a year by a total of £979.96.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £979.96
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £979.96
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew Bennett
|
| Denton and Reddish |
| Mr Bennett has no issues.
|
| Mr Harold Best
|
| Leeds North West |
| The Lord Bilston
|
| Wolverhampton South East |
| Lord Bilston was overpaid by £282.66 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £282.66
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,040.60
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Tony Blair
|
| Sedgefield |
| Rt Hon Paul Boateng
|
| Brent South |
| Mr Boateng did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
|
| South West Surrey |
| In 2004-05 Baroness Bottomley was paid a total of £13,198 for mortgage interest. The total amount actually charged was £10,673.39, so she was overpaid by £2,524.61.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,524.61
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,524.61
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Bradley
|
| Manchester Withington |
| Lord Bradley has no issues.
|
| Mr Bradley has no issues.
|
| The Lord Burnett
|
| Torridge and West Devon |
| Lord Burnett has no issues.
|
| Mr David Burnside
|
| South Antrim |
| Mr Burnside has no issues.
|
| Ms Anne Campbell
|
| Cambridge |
| Ms Campbell has no issues.
|
| No reply has been received from Mr Caplin to a number of letters sent to the address held by the House authorities. In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £17,865.33 for 2004-05 and April 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Caplin should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £17,865.33
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £17,865.33
|
| Mr Roger Casale
|
| Wimbledon |
| Mr Casale was paid £3,380 twice for quarterly rent in 2004-05.
|
| He was also paid £2,584.70 for a set of dining chairs and a dining table in June 2004, 17 months after they were purchased in January 2003. Payments so far out of time are invalid.
|
| Sir Sydney Chapman
|
| Chipping Barnet |
| Sir Sydney was over-paid by a total of £525.31 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £525.31
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £525.31
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr David Chidgey
|
| Eastleigh |
| Mr Chidgey has no issues.
|
| Mrs Helen Clark
|
| Peterborough |
| Mrs Clark was over-paid by a total of £3,012.02 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,012.02
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £3,012.02
|
| Lady Lynda Clark QC
|
| Edinburgh Pentlands |
| Lady Clark has no issues.
|
| Mr Anthony Clarke
|
| Northampton South |
| Mr Tim Collins
|
| Westmorland and Lonsdale |
| Mr Collins has no issues.
|
| Baroness Jean Corston
|
| Bristol East |
| Baroness Corston has no issues.
|
| Mr Brian Cotter
|
| Weston Super Mare |
| Mr James Cran
|
| Beverley and Holderness |
| In 2004-05, Mr Cran was overpaid by £780.23 for council tax.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £780.23
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £780.23
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| The Hon Mr Justice Cranston
|
| Dudley North |
| Mr Justice Cranston has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Cunningham
|
| Copeland |
| Lord Cunningham has no issues.
|
| Mr Tam Dalyell
|
| Linlithgow |
| Mr Dalyell was paid £750 more than the allowable maximum for cleaning costs in 2004-05.
|
| He was also paid £224.57 for a telephone bill for July 2004 to January 2005 relating to a property that was not his second home.
|
| He was paid a total of £6,951 twice for a claim covering the period 1 July to 31 December 2004.
|
| He was further paid £162.04 in January 2005 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £8,087.61
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £8,087.61
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Valerie Davey
|
| Bristol West |
| Rt Hon Denzil Davies
|
| Llanelli |
| Mr Geraint Davies
|
| Croydon Central |
| Mr Davies was paid mobile phone costs of £300 in 2004-05. These were not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was paid £864 in travel expenses in 2004-2005. These were not allowable under Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,164.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,164.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Terry Davis
|
| Birmingham Hodge Hill |
| Mr Hilton Dawson
|
| Lancaster & Wyre |
| Mr Dawson was overpaid by a total of £1,510.72 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,510.72
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,510.72
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Doughty has no issues.
|
| Ms Julia Drown
|
| South Swindon |
| Mr Peter Duncan
|
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale |
| Mr Edwards has no issues.
|
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons
|
| Rochdale |
| Ms Fitzsimons was paid £2,700 in June 2007 for a suite, which exceeded the guideline price of £2,200 by £500.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £500.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £500.00
|
| Mr Howard Flight
|
| Arundel and South Downs |
| Mr Flook was paid £158.69 twice for garden products in May and June 2004.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £158.69
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £158.69
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Foster
|
| Bishop Auckland |
| Lord Foster has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Foulkes
|
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Lord Foulkes has no issues.
|
| Mr Ian Gibson
|
| Norwich North |
| Mr Gibson was paid a total of £32,051.63 for mortgage interest and utilities for the period April 2004 to February 2008 for a flat which he shared with his adult daughter. He should have shared the cost with her.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £16,025.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £16,025.00
|
| Mr Parmjit Singh Gill
|
| Leicester South |
| Mr Gill was paid £514 for a washing machine and £440 for a tumble dryer in April 2005. These payments exceeded the relevant guideline prices by a total of £294 (£129 and £165 respectively).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £294.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £294.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Jane Griffiths
|
| Reading East |
| Ms Griffiths has no issues.
|
| Mr Winston Griffiths
|
| Bridgend |
| Mr Griffiths has no issues.
|
| Mr Nick Hawkins
|
| Surrey Heath |
| Mr Hawkins has no issues.
|
| Mr Ivan Henderson
|
| Harwich |
| Mr Henderson was paid for four dining chairs in February 2005 at a cost of £545.75 which exceeded the guideline price of £99 per chair (total £396) by £149.25.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £149.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £149.25
|
| Mr David Hinchliffe
|
| Wakefield |
| Mr Hinchliffe has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Howarth CBE
|
| Newport East |
| Lord Howarth has no issues.
|
| Mr Andrew Hunter
|
| Basingstoke |
| Mr Hunter was paid £315 for a replacement hedge cutter in July 2004. Garden equipment is not allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid a total of £286.90 for personal items, in breach of the Green Book rules.
|
| He was paid cleaning costs of £5,015.41 in 2004-05. That exceeds the maximum allowable of £2,000 a year by a total of £3,015.41.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £3,617.31
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,617.31
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Helen Jackson
|
| Sheffield Hillsborough |
| Ms Jackson was paid £6,500 for the supply and fitting of a full central heating system in her second home in March 2005, two months before standing down at the 2005 election.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £6,500.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,500.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Robert Jackson
|
| Wantage |
| Mr Jackson has no issues.
|
| Mr David Jamieson
|
| Plymouth Devonport |
| Mr Jamieson was paid £350 for a desk in September 2004. This exceeded the guideline price of £165 by £185.
|
| He was paid £162.50 twice, in February 2005, for garage rental costs.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £347.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £347.50
|
| Mr Johnson was overpaid by a total of £1,260 for council tax in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,260.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,260.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Ms Melanie Johnson
|
| Welwyn Hatfield |
| Ms Johnson has no issues.
|
| Mr Jon Owen Jones
|
| Cardiff Central |
| Mr Jones was overpaid by £513.10 for mortgage interest for April 2004 -April 2005.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £513.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £513.10
|
| The Lord Jones
|
| Cheltenham |
| Lord Jones was overpaid by £209.58 for council tax in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £209.58
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £209.58
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Andrew King
|
| Rugby and Kenilworth |
| Mr King was paid rental costs of £150.25 in 2005-06 more than was indicated on the evidence.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £150.25
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £150.25
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| The Lord Kirkwood
|
| Roxburgh and Burwickshire |
| Lord Kirkwood has no issues.
|
| Ms Jackie Lawrence
|
| Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Ms Lawrence has no issues.
|
| Mr Christopher Leslie
|
| Shipley |
| Ms Helen Liddell
|
| Airdrie and Shotts |
| Ms Liddell has no issues.
|
| Mr Luke was overpaid by a total of £205.00 for rent and council tax in 2004-05.
|
| He was also paid a total of £1,230 in 2004-05 for petty cash, which is not allowable under the ACA.
Total repayment recommended: £1,435.00
Reduced on appeal by:£1,230.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £205.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr John Lyons
|
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden |
| No reply has been received from Mr Lyons to a number of letters sent to the address held by the House authorities. In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £18,780.80 for 2004-05 and April 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Lyons should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £18,780.80
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £18,780.80
|
| Dr Calum MacDonald
|
| Western Isles |
| Dr MacDonald has no issues.
|
| Ms Mahon was overpaid by £155.74 for mortgage interest for 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £155.74
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £155.74
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Seamus Mallon
|
| Newry and Armagh |
| Mr Mallon was paid a total of £1,500 for petty cash for six months during 2004. This was not allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| He also received a total of £313 in 2004-05 for various items that were not allowable under the Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,813.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,813.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Mandelson
|
| Hartlepool |
| Lord Mandelson was paid gardening costs of £1,800 in 2004-05. That exceeded £1,000 a year by a total of £800.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £800.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £800.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Paul Marsden
|
| Shrewsbury and Atcham |
| Mr Marsden has no issues.
|
| Mr David Marshall
|
| Glasgow East |
| Mr Marshall has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Martin
|
| Glasgow North East |
| Lord Martin has no issues.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Mawhinney
|
| North West Cambridgeshire |
| Lord Mawhinney did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Kevin McNamara
|
| Hull North |
| Mr McNamara was overpaid by £261.94 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| He was also paid £800 twice for food in July and August 2004.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,061.94
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,061.94
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Tony McWalter
|
| Hemel Hempstead |
| Mr McWalter has no issues.
|
| Mr Lewis Moonie
|
| Kirkcaldy |
| Rt Hon Baroness Morris
|
| Birmingham Yardley |
| Baroness Morris was paid £5,301.02 to upgrade the boiler/cylinder in her second home in March 2005, just before the General Election at which she stood down.
|
| As a result of standing down, she was also overpaid for service charges to 31 July 2005. She later repaid £526.00, leaving another £263.18 to repay.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £5,564.20
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £6,090.20
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Archibald Norman
|
| Tunbridge Wells |
| Mr William O'Brien
|
| Normanton |
| Mr O'Brien has no issues.
|
| Lord O'Neill has no issues.
|
| Ms Diana Organ
|
| Forest of Dean |
| In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £15,964.01 for the period April 2004 to May 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Ms Organ should repay the whole of this sum.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £15,964.01
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £15,964.01
|
| Mr Richard Page
|
| South West Hertfordshire |
| Mr Page was paid £958.73 twice in 2004-05 for an annual maintenance charge.
|
| Also in 2004-05, he was paid £450 for an Afghan carpet, which exceeded the guideline price of £330.00 by £120.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,078.73
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £599.37
Balance recommended to be repaid: £479.36
|
| Ms Linda Perham
|
| Ilford North |
| Mr Colin Pickthall
|
| West Lancashire |
| Mr Pickthall has no issues.
|
| Mr Kerry Pollard
|
| St Albans |
| Mr Pollard was overpaid by a total of £112.30 for mortgage interest in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £112.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £112.30
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Christopher Pond
|
| Gravesham |
| Mr Pond was overpaid a total of £1,650.86 for mortgage interest (£1,592.30 for 2004-05 and £58.56 for April 2005).
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,650.86
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,650.86
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Rt Hon Baroness Quin
|
| Gateshead East and Washington West |
| Baroness Quin was paid £1,504 for replacement bathroom equipment, with the work done on 27 March 2005, a few days before Parliament was dissolved. She had previously announced her intention to stand down from the House of Commons.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,504.00
Reduced on appeal by:£1,504.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Lawrence Quinn
|
| Scarborough and Whitby |
| Mr Quinn was overpaid for rent by £954.49 in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £954.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £954.49
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Syd Rapson
|
| Portsmouth North |
| Ms Barbara Roche
|
| Hornsey and Wood Green |
| Ms Roche did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Dame Marion Roe
|
| Broxbourne |
| Dame Marion was also paid cleaning costs of £2,368 during 2004-05, which exceeds the allowable maximum of £1,000 a year by £368.
|
| Dame Marion received £1,140 for council tax for the year 2005-06, but decided not to stand in the May 2005 Election. The council tax payment for that financial year was not refunded.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,508.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,508.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Ernie Ross
|
| Dundee West |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge
|
| Aberdeen North |
| Mr Savidge has no issues.
|
| Mr Phillip Sawford
|
| Kettering |
| Mr Sawford has no issues.
|
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed
|
| Mid Bedfordshire |
| Ms Gillian Shephard
|
| South West Norfolk |
| Ms Shephard has no issues.
|
| Ms Debra Shipley
|
| Stourbridge |
| Ms Shipley was paid the full council tax for 2005-06 in March 2005. She did not stand in the May 2005 general election, thereby incurring an overpayment of £650.30.
|
| She was paid £118.45 twice for a water bill in July and again in October 2004.
|
| She was also paid a total of £633 for garden furniture during 2004-05, expenditure which was not allowable under the Green Book.
|
| She further received council tax payments twice for 2004-05, amounting to an overpayment of £567.96.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,969.71
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,969.71
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Llewellyn Smith
|
| Blaenau Gwent |
| Mr Martin Smyth
|
| Belfast South |
| The Lord Soley
|
| Ealing, Acton, Shepherd's Bush |
| Lord Soley did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Gerry Steinberg
|
| City of Durham |
| Mr Steinberg has no issues.
|
| Mr George Stevenson
|
| Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Mr Stevenson has no issues.
|
| Mr David Stewart
|
| Inverness East, Naim and Lochaber |
| Mr Stewart was overpaid by a total of £1,734.64 for mortgage interest (£1,667.55 in 2004-05, and £67.09 in 2005-06).
|
| He was also overpaid by £192.00 for council tax in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,926.64
Reduced on appeal by:£1,734.64
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £192.00
|
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe
|
| Wellingborough |
| Mr Stinchcombe was over-paid by a total of £1,482.00 in April 2004 for three items of furniture (a dining table, a coffee table and a bookcase/cabinet) whose purchase price exceeded guidelines.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £1,482.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £1,482.00
|
| Rt Hon Ann Taylor
|
| Dewsbury |
| Baroness Taylor has no issues.
|
| Mr John Mark Taylor
|
| Solihull |
| Mr Taylor was paid £231.97 for computer supplies in June 2004. These are not allowed under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was also paid £141.48 for mobile phone costs in 2004-05. Mobile phone costs are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
|
| He was further paid a total of £1,750 in monthly payments for petty cash from April to October 2004. Petty cash is not allowed under the Green Book rules.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £2,123.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,123.45
|
| Mr Teddy Taylor
|
| Rochford and Southend East |
| Mr Gareth Thomas
|
| Clwyd West |
| Mr Simon Thomas
|
| Ceredigion |
| Mr Thomas was overpaid for mortgage interest from April 2004 to March 2005 by £349.20.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £349.20
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £349.20
|
| Rt Hon Baroness Tonge
|
| Richmond Park |
| Baroness Tonge has no issues.
|
| Mr Trend did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Rt Hon the Lord Trimble
|
| Upper Bann |
| In 2005 Lord Trimble was paid £805 for his annual subscription for the Athenaeum Club. This was not an allowable expense under the ACA.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £805.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £805.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Stephen Twigg
|
| Enfield Southgate |
| Mr Twigg did not make any ACA claims during the period of the review.
|
| Mr Paul Tyler
|
| North Cornwall |
| Mr William Tynan
|
| Hamilton South |
| Mr Brian White
|
| Milton Keynes North East |
| Mr John Wilkinson
|
| Ruislip Northwood |
| Mr Wilkinson was paid £133.58 twice for electricity in 2004-05.
|
| Total repayment recommended: £133.58
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £133.58
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00
|
| Mr Brian Wilson
|
| Cunninghame North |
| Mr Tony Worthington
|
| Clydebank and Milngavie |
| Mr Worthington has no issues.
|
| Mr James Wray
|
| Glasgow Baillieston |
|
