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MPs claimed £23m in expenses - IPSA MPs claimed £23m in expenses - IPSA
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MPs claimed a total of £23m in expenses in the year to April, says the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).MPs claimed a total of £23m in expenses in the year to April, says the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).
That represents a saving of £10.9m on 2008/09, the year before the expenses scandal and the creation of IPSA, the watchdog said in an annual report.That represents a saving of £10.9m on 2008/09, the year before the expenses scandal and the creation of IPSA, the watchdog said in an annual report.
IPSA says it has saved taxpayers £35m in expenses payments in total, although it cost £6m to set up.IPSA says it has saved taxpayers £35m in expenses payments in total, although it cost £6m to set up.
The figures also show which MPs have to pay back profits from house sales.The figures also show which MPs have to pay back profits from house sales.
The biggest claimer in the period covered by the report was North Antrim DUP MP Ian Paisley JR, who received £100,204 in constituency, accommodation and travel expenses.The biggest claimer in the period covered by the report was North Antrim DUP MP Ian Paisley JR, who received £100,204 in constituency, accommodation and travel expenses.
Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski, claimed the most on accommodation - £26,982 - followed by Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk who claimed £26,939.Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski, claimed the most on accommodation - £26,982 - followed by Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk who claimed £26,939.
The DUP's Jim Shannon claimed the most on staff costs, £157,648, followed by Labour MP and shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, who claimed £155,434.The DUP's Jim Shannon claimed the most on staff costs, £157,648, followed by Labour MP and shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, who claimed £155,434.
Cult figure
Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland, claimed the highest travel expenses, £45,047, followed by Ian Paisley Jr, £45,039.
One MP - Conservative Zac Goldsmith of Richmond Park - made no claim, while Conservative MP and business minister Michael Fallon received just £38.74 and Conservative MP for Windsor Adam Afriyie £604.20.One MP - Conservative Zac Goldsmith of Richmond Park - made no claim, while Conservative MP and business minister Michael Fallon received just £38.74 and Conservative MP for Windsor Adam Afriyie £604.20.
And it reveals that 19 MPs claimed a total of £13,163 for bonuses to their staff - the highest amount claimed was by Conservative MP Brooks Newmark who shared £1,800 between three members of his Parliamentary team. The report also details how much MPs pay to family members - mostly their spouses or children - to work as office managers, secretaries, caseworkers or Parliamentary assistants.
There has also been a big increase in the amount MPs spend on security, which has gone up from £36,948 in 201/11 to £129,829 in 2012/13. It shows that 85 MPs employ someone with the same family name in their Commons office. Typical pay for an office manager ranges between £25,000 and £39,999 a year, although some MPs pay more than that.
Conservative backbencher Peter Bone pays his wife Jeanette - a cult figure in the Commons thanks to her husband's humorous references to "Mrs Bone" in his speeches - between £45,000 and £49,999 to be his office manager.
Fellow Tory backbencher Christopher Chope pays wife Christine a similar amount to be his secretary.
Legal dispute
The report reveals that 19 MPs claimed a total of £13,163 for bonuses to their staff - the highest amount claimed was by Conservative MP Brooks Newmark who shared £1,800 between three members of his Parliamentary team.
There has also been a big increase in the amount MPs spend on security, which has gone up from £36,948 in 2010/11 to £129,829 in 2012/13.
Eight MPs still owe capital gains repayments to IPSA on house sales, adding up to a total of £96,295.Eight MPs still owe capital gains repayments to IPSA on house sales, adding up to a total of £96,295.
More than half of that total is down to Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, who is embroiled in a legal dispute with the watchdog over the £54,000 it says he owes them.More than half of that total is down to Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, who is embroiled in a legal dispute with the watchdog over the £54,000 it says he owes them.
The MP claims the watchdog overestimated the capital gain he made on his family home in his Peterborough constituency.The MP claims the watchdog overestimated the capital gain he made on his family home in his Peterborough constituency.
IPSA banned the use of Commons expenses to pay mortgage interest in May 2010, however, transitional arrangements were put in place permitting MPs elected before 2010 to keep claiming the money up to last August - as long as they agreed to return any potential capital gain.IPSA banned the use of Commons expenses to pay mortgage interest in May 2010, however, transitional arrangements were put in place permitting MPs elected before 2010 to keep claiming the money up to last August - as long as they agreed to return any potential capital gain.