Dog Food Refund
The Telegraph newspaper has named and shamed 'honourable members' who repaid money at the height of the scandal over MPs' expenses - who have since been quietly refunded under a secret deal with the House of Commons authorities.
My personal favourite is the £4.47 refunded to the former Welsh Secretary - Cheryl Gillam - for dog food - how can the purchase of dog food possibly be a legitimate working expense?
But there are other examples - some involving substantial sums of public money.
For example, Sir John Butterfill - a former Tory backbencher - received a £15,000 refund after previously announcing he would return money received to help run the servants’ quarters at his Surrey mansion.
Amazing - here's the full list:
Roger Berry £635.25 refund for furniture
Chris Bryant £1,303.74 for mortgage and water rates
Sir John Butterfill £15,114.30 for servants’ quarters
Liam Byrne £1,349.41 for mobile phone and rent
John Cummings £2,727.06 for cleaning
Paul Flynn £440.87 for life insurance
Cheryl Gillan £4.47 for dog food
Geoff Hoon £245.47 for TV licence and insurance
Stewart Jackson £876 for maintenance
Sally Keeble £3737.74 for mortgage overpayments
Alan Keen £976.85 for claiming for second home which was uninhabitable while repairs being carried ou
Ann Keen £976.86 for claiming for second home which was uninhabitable while repairs being carried out
Andrew Lansley £138.80 for repairs and decorations to Tudor cottage shortly before selling
Christine McCafferty £2,086.75 for mortgage overpayments and fitted wardrobe
William McCrea £878.79 for furniture
Bill Olner £660.97 for cleaning
Lembit Opik £40 for court summons for late payment of council tax
Baroness Quin £1,504 for repair of broken shower
John Reid £4,604.63 for “overlapping” claims between renting and leasing properties
Joan Walley £1,303 for furniture
Richard Younger-Ross £3,170.92 for furniture
My personal favourite is the £4.47 refunded to the former Welsh Secretary - Cheryl Gillam - for dog food - how can the purchase of dog food possibly be a legitimate working expense?
But there are other examples - some involving substantial sums of public money.
For example, Sir John Butterfill - a former Tory backbencher - received a £15,000 refund after previously announcing he would return money received to help run the servants’ quarters at his Surrey mansion.
Amazing - here's the full list:
Roger Berry £635.25 refund for furniture
Chris Bryant £1,303.74 for mortgage and water rates
Sir John Butterfill £15,114.30 for servants’ quarters
Liam Byrne £1,349.41 for mobile phone and rent
John Cummings £2,727.06 for cleaning
Paul Flynn £440.87 for life insurance
Cheryl Gillan £4.47 for dog food
Geoff Hoon £245.47 for TV licence and insurance
Stewart Jackson £876 for maintenance
Sally Keeble £3737.74 for mortgage overpayments
Alan Keen £976.85 for claiming for second home which was uninhabitable while repairs being carried ou
Ann Keen £976.86 for claiming for second home which was uninhabitable while repairs being carried out
Andrew Lansley £138.80 for repairs and decorations to Tudor cottage shortly before selling
Christine McCafferty £2,086.75 for mortgage overpayments and fitted wardrobe
William McCrea £878.79 for furniture
Bill Olner £660.97 for cleaning
Lembit Opik £40 for court summons for late payment of council tax
Baroness Quin £1,504 for repair of broken shower
John Reid £4,604.63 for “overlapping” claims between renting and leasing properties
Joan Walley £1,303 for furniture
Richard Younger-Ross £3,170.92 for furniture
