MPs: Are They Still at It? Dispatches tonight

Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency, while unearthing evidence that some MPs are still cashing in.



MPs' expenses: Full list of MPs investigated by The Telegraph

All of the MPs named by The Telegraph's Expenses Files investigation

Lynne Jones used upmarket Farrow & Ball wallpaper for a redecoration programme at her second home in London

Martyn Jones rents a flat and a car space (for £165 a month) near Parliament. Usually claimed £400 a month for food and a sofa bed cost £764. A new microwave was £129

Tessa Jowell is not eligible to claim for the second home allowance as an inner London MP, but receives the London Supplement, which was £2,812 last year

Eric Joyce claimed on a house in Croydon which he sold in 2007 for £383,000. He did not pay capital gains tax on the profit when he sold the house. He claimed £3500 for a new kitchen in 2005. Now stays in hotels in the capital

Sadiq Khan is ineligible for the second home allowance as an inner London MP. He claims the smaller “London supplement”. Claimed more than £4,500 through his office expenses for “consultancy” provided by Scarlett MccGwire, a media trainer. Also submits monthly bills for three mobile phones.

Gerald Kaufman charged the taxpayer £1,851 for a rug he imported from a New York antiques centre and tried to claim £8,865 for a television

Daniel Kawczynski rented a flat in London with Stephen Crabb until last year, when he told the fees office he was giving it up “in order to save taxpayers money”. Also bought a chest of drawers for £70, an armchair for £109 and a table for £142

Sally Keeble claimed £4,112 for windows at her Northampton house under the second home allowance, £3,072 for a new boiler and £950 for “essential maintenance” on the bathroom

Barbara Keeley claimed £13,000 for stamp duty when she bought a new flat in Westminster for £470,000 after living in rented accommodation

Alan and Ann Keen claimed almost £40,000 a year on a central London flat although their family home was less than 10 miles away

Ruth Kelly has claimed more than £31,000 to redecorate and furnish her designated second home in the past five years. She claimed thousands of pounds in expenses to pay for damage caused to her home by flooding, although at the time she had a building insurance policy

Fraser Kemp made repeat purchases of household items over the space of several weeks

Charles Kennedy charged taxpayers for three boxes of mints and two teddy bears bought from the gift shop at the House of Commons. He claimed only for mortgage interest and council tax at his second home in London

Jane Kennedy regularly claimed £400 a month for food, as well as £200 for utilities, £200 for telephone bills and £200 for service and maintenance on her second home, a flat in Lambeth

Robert Key claimed £1,650 on an oven for the house he owns in his Salisbury constituency. Painting the hall, landing, sitting room and kitchen Cornflower White cost £743

David Kidney said he was were paying back £2,450. Claimed only £600 on food in one year. Most of his claims comprise rent, utility bills and council tax payments

Peter Kilfoyle has claimed the maximum second home allowance over the past four years. Claims mortgage interest on a flat near Westminster and also charged taxpayers £1,770 in service charges

Julie Kirkbride claimed £1,000 to pay for computer equipment bought by her brother, who lives rent-free at her 'second home'. In addition she used allowances to pay her sister for work as a secretary. She also used taxpayers’ money to fund a £50,000 extension to her constituency flat so that her brother could live in the property. On May 28, said she would stand down at next election but did not apologise for her claims.

Lord Kirkwood claimed £5,000 in expenses to refurbish his London flat before retiring as an MP and selling it to his daughter for less than half its value

Greg Knight, an MP with a collection of classic cars, claimed £2,600 in expenses for repair work on the driveway at his designated second home

Jim Knight moved from renting one second home in London to buying another and his claims rose from £931 to £1,111. Claimed £89.99 vacuum cleaner, £14.99 shoe box and £39.99 for an ironing board

Susan Kramer did not claim on her second home allowance between 2004-8

Ashok Kumar claimed mortgage interest payments of £1,933.72 per month on a second home in London. Also claimed for food, council tax, utilities and cleaning

Stephen Ladyman claimed property in Ramsgate as second home with a £1,000 monthly mortgage interest between 2005 and 2008.Charged for regular £80 cleaning bills, £95 utilities, £50 telephone bill and £340 for food

Eleanor Laing has admitted that she did not pay capital gains tax when she made £1 million profit on a second home bought with the help of taxpayers’ money. David Cameron has ordered her to repay the money.

Jacqui Lait over-claimed on her second home mortgage for three years and had to pay back more than £7,000 after it was spotted by the fees office

Norman Lamb claimed just over £1,000 per month in mortgage interest payments for his second home in London. Also claimed £1,826 for refurbishment of a bathroom at the property

David Lammy is MP for an outer London constituency but does not claim the second homes allowance. He instead claims the smaller London Supplement, which amounted to £2,812 last year

Mark Lancaster claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,115 on home in Olney, near Milton Keynes in 2005. Two years later rented flat in London

Andrew Lansley spent more than £4,000 of taxpayers’ money renovating his country home months before he sold it. He will repay £2,600 of decorating fees

Bob Laxton insisted he was 'too busy' to shop around when he attempted to claim £1,049 for a TV

David Laws claimed £950 per month rent for his second home in London. Also claimed council tax, utilities and food and £80 for a vacuum cleaner

Mark Lazarowicz paid back £2,675 for legal and professional fees last week but insisted he had not broken any rules. Afterwards said he felt he may have “over-reacted”

John Leech claimed £349.99 for a television and £548 for another television two years later. Also claimed £1,873.82 on furniture and £546.72 on carpets for his second home in London

David Lepper he was placed 545th out of 645 MPs in 2007-08, claiming only £11,175 of his second home allowance

Oliver Letwin repaired a pipe beneath his tennis court using taxpayers' money. He has agreed to repay the money

David Lepper he was placed 545th out of 645 MPs in 2007-08, claiming only £11,175 of his second home allowance

Julian Lewis attempted to claim £6,000 in expenses for a wooden floor at his second home

Ivan Lewis claimed mortgage interest payments of £1,469 per month on his second home in London. Threatened with disconnection by British Gas after failing to pay his bill

Ian Liddell-Grainger claimed £746.93 in monthly mortgage interest payments on his second home in London. Also claimed £250 per month food. Also claimed for council tax, utilities and cleaning

David Lidington charged the taxpayer nearly £1,300 for his dry cleaning and claimed for toothpaste, shower gel, body spray and vitamin supplements on his second home allowance

Peter Lilley claimed more than £4,000 for fixing drains and leaks, £3,407 for a replacement boiler, £1,668 for renovating a shower and £1,185 for repairing windows at his second home in London

Martin Linton represents an inner London constituency and is therefore ineligible to claim the second homes allowance. He claimed the smaller London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 last year

Tony Lloyd rented a flat in London as his second home for just over £1,000 per month and made few other claims apart from food and £21 for a new set of door keys

Elfyn Llwyd claimed £4,233.38 for a replacement boiler after asbestos was found at his second home in London. Had to stay in hotels while the work was being carried out

Sir Michael Lord claimed more than £8000 over five years for his garden

Tim Loughton claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £1,200 on his second home, which he designated in his constituency. Also claimed for utilities and council tax

Andy Love claimed £3,500 in legal and property costs, £2,895 on redecoration. £929 for a television and £549 for a sideboard at a second home in London

Ian Lucas made £45,000 profit when he sold a London flat on which he had claimed second home expenses

Peter Luff bought three lavatory seats, three food mixers, two microwaves and 10 sets of bed linen while kitting out his country house and London flat at taxpayers’ expense

Lord Mandelson faces questions over the timing of his house claim which came after he had announced he would step down

Andrew Mackay resigned as David Cameron's aide after it emerged that he and his wife Julie Kirkbride were making claims that meant they effectively had no main home but two second homes, both funded with public money

David Maclean spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money renovating a farmhouse before selling it for £750,000

Andrew MacKinlay claimed £980 rent per month on a second home in London. His few other claims included £44.99 on a digital set top box so he could watch the Parliament Channel

Angus MacNeil, the MP whose police complaint triggered the cash-for-peerages inquiry, tried to charge the taxpayer for his drinks bills, a chocolate bar and hundreds of pounds of "petty cash"

Denis MacShane claimed £850 monthly payments for his second home in London. Also claimed monthly amounts for food, utilities, cleaning and maintenance

Fiona MacTaggart claimed just £3,392 on her second homes allowance in 2007/08

Alice Mahon repaid a £20,000 home improvement loan using her parliamentary expenses

Khalid Mahmood enjoyed nine nights with his girlfriend at a luxury London hotel, costing the taxpayer £175 a night

Anne Main allowed her daughter to live rent-free at a flat paid for by taxpayer-funded second home allowances

Shahid Malik claimed £66,000 on his second property while paying less than £100 a week for his main house. He twice tried to claim for Remembrance Sunday wreaths on expenses despite being told this was not allowed under Commons rules

Humfrey Malins claimed £58,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses for a flat in which his children have stayed rent-free.

Judy Mallaber rarely claims for food

John Mann claimed £700 rent a month for second home in London in 2004-05. Regular claims for newspapers and unspecified “household requisites”. A year later, claimed room in Premier Inn while repairs done at flat

John Maples declared a private members’ club as his main home to the parliamentary authorities. He claimed the maximum second home allowance on his family house while apparently not having a “main” property to maintain

David Marshall designated a flat in Dolphin Square, London, as his second home and claimed rent before moving to another rented flat in the square. A £99 claim for a travel case was rejected. Claimed £225 for a duvet and £98.99 for a replacement video recorder. Stood down in 2008 citing ill health.

Bob Marshall-Andrews claimed £118,000 for expenses at his second home, including stereo equipment, extensive redecoration and a pair of Kenyan carpets.

Rob Marris claimed just £11,973 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Gordon Marsdon claimed just £9,739 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Michael Martin used taxpayers' money to pay for chauffeur-driven cars to his local job centre and Celtic's football ground

Eric Martlew claimed £900 for monthly mortgage interest in 2006-07. Claimed £450 for food in November 2004, had £50 taken off by fees office. Claimed twice for council tax in 2006, second claim refused by the fees office

Michael Mates rented a second home in London in 2005 with monthly payments of £919 and charged monthly car parking of £91. Claimed food payments of £150

Francis Maude claimed almost £35,000 in two years for mortgage interest payments on a London flat when he owned a house just a few hundred yards away. He has agreed to stop claiming for a second home. A claim for a laptop computer was refused

Theresa May claimed just £4,288 on her second home allowance in 2007/08

Tommy McAvoy claimed £86,565 in second home allowances between 2004 and 2008 for his flat in Westminster

Steve McCabe over-claimed on his mortgage by £4,059 during the course of two years

Chris McCafferty submitted receipt for £1,945 worth of carpet in March 2005 and £235 to have asbestos removed. Claimed £1,699 for bed, citing spinal problems, which was approved

Kerry McCarthy registered second home in Bristol in 2005. Claimed £117 hotel while claiming £600 in rent, refused by fees office. Bought house in London, claimed £3,657 for stamp duty and moving costs

Sarah McCarthy-Fry tried to claim a pair of £100 hair straighteners on her parliamentary expenses.

Ian McCartney spent £16,000 furnishing and decorating his designated second home but paid the money back two years later. McCartney, a former Labour Party chairman, will not stand at general election, citing "health reasons"

William McCrea charged hotel stays and maximum £400 food allowance for most of 2005-06. Claimed £10,000 for furniture for house bought in south London in April 2006

Siobhan McDonagh: outer London MP, opted for London supplement instead of second home allowance. She said: “The only personal expense I re-claim is for transport.”

Alasdair McDonnell claimed hotel accommodation in 2005 before he bought a flat in London. Charged £13,800 in stamp duty and £1,360 for blinds and curtains

John McDonnell: as an outer London MP, he could have claimed for a second home allowance, but opted for the London supplement instead, which was £2,812 last year

John McFall: second home in London. Claimed monthly mortgage interest of £850 in 2006, which rose to £1,000 in 2007. Made regular maximum monthly £400 claims for food

Pat McFadden bought a new home at taxpayers' expense and then spent thousands of pounds at upmarket furniture stores

Jim McGovern stayed in London hotels in 2005 before buying flat in the city at the end of the year. Claimed £106 for a toaster, £25 for a sandwich cage and £47 for an ironing board

Eddie McGrady claimed more than £17,000 for top-of-the-range London hotels and tried to charge the taxpayer £2,570 for food, laundry and telephone bills over eight nights

Martin McGuinness and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

Anne McGuire claimed rent for London flat. Between 2005-07 sometimes put through maximum monthly £400 claim for food. She said MPs needed “the help of an independent body” to regulate the claims system

Anne McIntosh claimed more than £5,000 for gardening at constituency home in Yorkshire. Claimed for two mousetraps, mouse poison. Asked for proof of monthly £621 rent/mortgage on second home in 2006. Had not offered proof since 2000

Shona McIsaac claimed more than £4,600 on furniture in 2005-06 and 2006-07 including a sofa, dresser and wardrobe. Billed for a £80 coat stand

Ann McKechin claimed £852 for furniture from John Lewis, including three band rug, chest of drawers, Toshiba 24in flat screen television and Philips DVD player. Claimed for £168 furnishings and £120 garden bill at second home in London

Rosemary McKenna claims of £1,895 for work on shower in her Westminster flat, also new carpet and flooring at £1,633. Claimed £254 for air-conditioning unit and £1,600 for furniture

Patrick McLoughlin, the senior MP asked by David Cameron to scrutinise Tory expenses, claimed £3,000 for new windows at his second home. He also tried to recoup £158.63 for the removal of a wasps’ nest from his home

Tony McNulty claimed £60,000 of expenses on his parents' home and more than £2,000-worth of accountancy bills

Michael Meacher claimed just £32,825 on his second homes allowance between 2004-8

Alan Meale spent more than £13,000 on his garden in four years, billing the taxpayer for a new storage building, repairs to his fencing and gates, and bark to keep the weeds down

Patrick Mercer claims mostly for service charges and mortgage payments. Claimed £2,800 for food in one year and unsuccessfully for mobile phone bill

Gillian Merron claims £4,200 for food in one year. Bills taxpayer for £1,200 worth of furniture and rugs, and more than £1,700 of electrical goods including new washer dryer and hundreds of pounds of household items

Alun Michael claims £4,800 for food in one year, and £2,600 for repairs to his roof at his constituency home in Penarth. Claims for £1,250 cost of repairing a wall and building a 13ft chain link fence

Alan Milburn claimed £565 for six Habitat “Tallow” chairs, and a £1,009 kitchen table and bench. Also claimed for £1,565 in repairs to an apartment and a £24 DVD player. Claimed for £570 coffee table and rug

David Miliband's spending was queried by his gardener. Faces questions over party funding after it emerged he paid rent to the Labour Party from expenses. Claimed for party political propaganda and was one of at least five ministers who paid a Labour MP's husband for personal tax advice

Ed Miliband claimed just £7,670 on his second home allowance in 2007/08. Ed Miliband claimed just £7,670 on his second home allowance in 2007/08. Hired Scarlett MccGwire for “consultancy” services on the public purse

Andrew Miller claimed for a £549 LG 17 in widescreen LCD television, and a £843 replacement carpet. Also claimed more than £1,100 for repairs, plumbing and decorating, as well as a £199 water softener

Maria Miller claimed for £190 repairs to carpets and £90 of garden work in second home in Wimbledon. Claim for crockery turned down by fees office

Ann Milton did not make any claims on her second home allowance in 2007/08

Andrew Mitchell claimed £19000 for cleaning redecorating and furnishing his West Midlands constituency home and garden

Austin Mitchell claimed for security shutters, ginger crinkle biscuits and the cost of reupholstering his sofa. He has offered to donate his old sofa coverings to make amends

Anne Moffat charged £600 a month in mortgage interest payments and up to £400 for food. Among her claims were: £3,819 for electrical work and flooring, £1,825 for decorating, £917 wood preservation, £1,000 bed, £2,300 boiler, £648 bedstead.

Laura Moffatt has given up a riverside apartment she used to pay for on her parliamentary expenses in favour of a camp bed in her House of Commons office

Chris Mole charged £3,174 bill for stamp duty and legal fees on home in south London. Also claimed £851 for carpets and furnishings, as well as £380 for DVD recorder

Madeleine Moon spent thousands in furniture shops near her Welsh constituency house and claimed the money back on her London designated second home allowance

Margaret Moran switched the address of her second home, allowing her to claim £22,500 to fix a dry rot problem. She has agreed to repay the money while insisting she acted within the rules. She could face an investigation for allegedly using Commons stationery to keep neighbours away from her fourth property in Spain. She also billed the taxpayer for nearly £4,000 in legal fees in settling a dispute with one of her staff and faces a challenge at the next general election from Esther Rantzen . On May 28, announced she is to stand down at next election but maintains she did nothing wrong.

Michael Moore claimed for £64 electric razor, disallowed by fees office. Claimed for £3,100 on food in one year on London flat. Also claimed for £89 speakers, £36 stereo accessory, £199 DVD player, £89.95 digital radio

Jessica Morden claimed £1,068 a month in mortgage interest payments in 2007-08. In the same year put through claims of £1 for cleaning wipes, and £16.82 for pasting table and spoons

Julie Morgan makes do with a small flat in south London costing the taxpayer less than 10,000 a year

Estelle Morris claimed thousands of pounds to refurbish her London flat just months before she stepped down

Elliot Morley claimed parliamentary expenses of more than £16,000 for a mortgage which had already been paid off. He was suspended by the Labour Party but has now announced that he will stand down at the next election

Malcolm Moss previously nominated a flat in Vauxhall as his second home and had to repay £1,203 to the fees office after it said interest on an additional mortgage was not allowable

Kali Mountford: second home is an apartment in Dolphin Square, where her monthly rent was £1,256 in 2007-08. Also claims for food, cleaning services and utility bills. The previous year claimed £550 for a fridge

George Mudie claimed £62,000 in expenses for his London flat in four years, while having a mortgage of just £26,000

Greg Mulholland: formerly rented flat in Dolphin Square, but last year moved to a block in Vauxhall. Claim of £37.94 for “cot and playpen” refused. In 2007-08 claimed £138 to reframe five pictures and £158 for pine bookshelf

Chris Mullin, a former minister, watches a 30-year-old black and white television at his second home and claims the £45 cost of the licence on his expenses

David Mundell claimed more than £3,000 on MPs' expenses for cameras, photographers and photo-editing computer software to take hundreds of pictures of himself. He stayed in hotels after being elected, then shares a rented flat with another MP. Moves to flat near Westminster, where claims £1,400 a month in rent

Meg Munn's husband has been paid more than £5,000 in parliamentary expenses to provide personal tax advice to at least five ministers, including David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary. She claimed the maximum second home allowances in three of the four years. From 2005 she claimed £1,350 per month in interest on the mortgage of her home in Westminster. Like many colleagues, claimed hundreds of pounds in office expenses for financial advice services provided by her husband.

Conor Murphy and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

Denis Murphy: second home is a flat in Kennington, where he claims £500 a month in mortgage interest payments. In 2005-06 spent £120 on “jewelled tulip” curtains. In 2007-08 spent £1,430 on redecoration

Jim Murphy: nominates his constituency home in Glasgow as second home, where he claimed £780 a month mortgage interest payments in 2007-08. Also claimed £4,884 for bathroom renovation from B&Q but paid £3,499 back into allowance

Paul Murphy had a new plumbing system installed at taxpayers’ expense because the water in the old one was “too hot”

Andrew Murrison: second home is a flat near Westminster, claims about £1,100 a month mortgage interest payments. In 2005-06 spent £4,101 on furnishings, including £2,551 at Harrods

Doug Naysmith nominates a flat near Parliament as second home, paying £1,358 a month rent. Claimed £2,600 on food in 2007-08. Year before, spent £40 on crockery and glass

Bob Neill bought flat in his constituency after being elected. Put in a bill on expenses of £14,224 in stamp duty and solicitors’ fees. Now claims £1,425 a month mortgage interest payments, £112 council tax

Brooks Newmark nominates a rented house in a village in Essex constituency as his second home. The only charge on his parliamentary expenses is his rent, currently £2,000 a month

Dan Norris nominates a house near Bristol as second home, on which he claims around £700 a month in mortgage interest payments. Claimed £4,000 for food in 2007-08. Year before, claimed £59 for a lawnmower and £54 for a strimmer

Mark Oaten: second home in Wandsworth, where he claims £1,200 a month in mortgage interest payments. Claimed £116 for irons in three years. Told to repay £1,187 in 2006-07 after fees office allowed him to overspend allowance

Mike O’Brien: in 2006-07 claimed £825 for a 32in Sony television, which he repayed in full in April 2008 in order to move it to his other home. Year later, claimed £17.49 for a carbon monoxide detector

Stephen O’Brien: second home is flat in Vauxhall where he claims £1,300 a month in mortgage interest payments. Charged £14,882 in stamp duty and legal fees when he moved in

Edward O’Hara spent £6,300 on replacement windows, £5,293 on a bathroom, £1,460 on bedroom furniture and £733 on window blinds at his second home in his constituency

Bill Olner claimed £1,408.33 per month rent for a second home in London. Also claimed for food, utilites, council tax and cleaning

Lembit Opik had to pay £2,499 for a 42-inch plasma television after purchasing it while Parliament was dissolved. He claimed £30 for two fancy dress wigs from Hamleys on his office expenses

Sandra Osborne rented flat in London as second home and paid £3,670 a quarter in 2006-07. Claimed full annual rent by Dec 2006 and told fees office no more rent claims would be made until following April. Claimed £963 for carpets and £95 for two rugs

George Osborne was forced to deny taking advantage of the expenses system following claims he "flipped" his designated second home from London to his constituency farm house after taking out a £450,000 mortgage on the rural property. Separately, he was rebuked by the Commons authorities for using public money to fund his "political" website. He also claimed money for a chauffeur-driven car which he has agreed to repay

Richard Ottaway claimed £2,650 for half the cost of a £5,300 bed needed because of back problems. Also claimed £102 on coal and £122 for chimney sweeping at his second home in Surrey.

Albert Owen designated second home in London and claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,288 in August 2007. Claimed £629 for television, £73 for painting and decorating and £89 for cutlery

James Paice claims mortgage interest on south London flat. Spent £2,684 on furniture in May 2004 and in March 2007, spent another £2,130

Ian Paisley claims rent on second home in west London. December 2003, claimed for night at Jolly Hotel St Ermin’s in the city, including £3 on minibar

Nick Palmer rents second home in London. Switched between rental properties, claiming £424 in August 2005 for removal costs. Later switched back to rental flat in the original block

Owen Paterson claimed mortgage interest of £1,041 a month on flat near Parliament. Switched to another property in 2005, payments rose to £1,657

Ian Pearson has second home in West Midlands, claims mortgage interest. Other claims: £240 for 20 hours of gardening

Andrew Pelling does not claim additional costs allowance (ACA). Claimed the smaller London Supplement, which was £2,812 last year

Mike Penning , a shadow health minister, charged the taxpayer £2.99 for a stainless steel dog bowl

John Penrose's second home is Thames-side flat near Parliament, with tracker mortgage, on which he claims monthly interest payments of around £2,000

Eric Pickles claimed for £200 in petty cash monthly between 2005 and the middle of 2008. Claimed mortgage interest of less than £250 a month and service charges of £750 a year for a flat in east London. One of the lower claimers. Stopped using the additional costs allowance to run a second home when made party chairman.

James Plaskitt asked by fees office not to claim nominal sums such as £400 or £300 a month for groceries without submitting evidence of expenditure

Greg Pope claimed £1,590 for shopping at John Lewis in March 2006. In September 2006, submitted claim of £560 for two paintings, for which a receipt with no company letterhead was submitted

Stephen Pound is not eligible for second home allowance. Claimed £160 for guided tour of Palace of Westminster under Incidental Expenses Provision (IEP)

Bridget Prentice claimed no ACA. Office IEP expenses include £230 in 2004 for accountant to prepare her tax return

Gordon Prentice claimed £2,262 for items bought at John Lewis, including a £749 television, £649 fridge freezer and various furniture for London flat on top of £900-a-month mortgage

John Prescott claimed for two lavatory seats in two years

Adam Price claimed for books, including Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic, by Jonathan Freedland. Queried by fees office

Dawn Primarolo claimed on second home in Bristol. In 2004, switched to London flat and claimed mortgage interest payments

Mark Prisk accidentally claimed £1,726 rather than £1,182 for one month’s mortgage interest on London home. Error was spotted by officials

Mark Pritchard moved flats in Westminster in 2007, claiming for £199 vacuum cleaner, £1,000 furnishings, kitchen utensils worth £66, bedding of £45 and a £145 microwave

Gwyn Prosser paid his brother from his taxpayer-funded expenses to carry out work on his London flat - despite the fact that he lived almost 200 miles away.

John Pugh rents London flat for £1,280 a month; rent claims rose to £1,500. In July 2006, told fees office his daughter would be staying while at university, so he would reduce claims on rent and utilities. Claims remained close to maximum

Ken Purchase spent £1,465 on new blinds for second home in south London in 2005-06. Regularly claims up to maximum £400 a month for food. Monthly mortgage interest payments were £580 last year, leaving an ACA of £14,713

James Purnell avoided paying capital gains tax on the sale of his London flat after claiming expenses for accountancy advice. Bought expensive gadgets. Spent taxpayers’ money advertising at football and rugby league matches

Bill Rammell claimed £475 a month mortgage interest in 2008 for second home located in constituency. Claimed £1,360 for replastering and installing downlights in bedroom

Nick Raynsford: as an inner London MP, he is not eligible to claim a second home allowance, but he claimed the maximum London Supplement of £2,812 last year

John Redwood has admitted being paid twice after submitting an identical £3,000 decorating bill on his second home allowance

Andy Reed has a flat as second home in Westminster. In 2007, claimed £1,180 for the flat but this fell to £727 for a mortgage interest payment in 2008. Website states he claims about £450 aper month in mortgage interest payments

Jamie Reed claimed £8,640 stamp duty and £3,943 in legal fees when he bought London home in May 2006. Claimed £2,336 for two beds and two mattresses, but this was reduced to £1,000 by the fees office

Alan Reid claimed more than £1,500 on his parliamentary expenses for staying in hotels and bed-and-breakfasts near his home

John Reid used his allowance to pay for slotted spoons, an ironing board and a glittery loo seat

Willie Rennie's second home is a flat in Lambeth, south London. In 2005, claimed £708 for new cooker and fridge freezer. In 2007, claimed for £1,350 monthly rent

Sir Malcolm Rifkind claimed the smaller London Supplement, which amounted to £2,812 last year

Linda Riordan bought flat in Kennington in early 2006, claims for mortgage interest. Claims for beds/headboards refused, but £219 bedding, £1,310 sofa bed/chair and £1,936 carpet approved. Regularly claims maximum £400 for unreceipted monthly food bills

Andrew Robathan claimed monthly mortgage interest payments on London home of more than £3,300 before notifying the fees office he was switching his second home to a new property in his constituency, “which we are going to refurbish”

Angus Robertson successfully appealed to the fees office when they turned down his claim for a £400 home cinema system

Hugh Robertson rents second home in London for more than £1,800 a month. Main home, in Kent, belongs to his wife’s family. He checked with fees office that this arrangement was in order, they confirmed it was

John Robertson rents a second home in London for about £1,100 a month and has claimed £675 in window cleaning at the property since 2005

Laurence Robertson designates constituency house as second home, claiming £900 monthly mortgage interest and about £800 a year heating oil. Pays wife Susan’s travel and phone from office allowance. She works for him but they are separated

Geoffrey Robinson has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

Peter and Iris Robinson both claimed expenses based on the same £1,223 bill when they submitted their parliamentary claims in 2007

Dan Rogerson bought London flat in 2005. Claimed £2,500 stamp duty, £1,572 legal fees, £340 survey; £1,108 furniture. In March 2008, changed mortgage to interest-only, allowing maximum benefits of ACA

Terry Rooney claimed interest payments on mortgage for home in Bradford using second home allowance. Between March 2007 and April 2008, claimed £1,200 for cleaning

Andrew Rosindell claimed more than £125,000 in second home expenses for a flat in London, while designating his childhood home 17 miles away - where his mother lived - as his main address

Paul Rowen claimed mortgage interest payments for second home in Battersea, south London. In 2007, claimed for a £325 rug, a chest of drawers costing £295 and an £85 bedside table, all from John Lewis

Frank Roy claimed £455 on “assorted bedding, curtains and furnishings” in March 2006. In July, submitted bill for £750 towards £795 HD-ready 32 in television with DVD player. In January 2008, claimed £265 for sink waste disposal unit

Chris Ruane claimed £4,560 part costs of buying flat in March 2006, then claimed £10,958 for remainder following month. Fees office noted on claim that this could not be paid because costs were incurred in 2005-06 financial year and it was then 2006-07

Joan Ruddock claimed £235 for training on debt advice provided by Shelter, the charity, in May 2008. Confirmed she paid tax on reimbursed accountacy fees

David Ruffley claimed for new furniture and fittings after “flipping” his second home from London to a new flat in his constituency

Bob Russell claims mortgage interest for south London flat he shares with fellow MP Mike Hancock. In July 2006, claimed £1,035 for replacing windows

Christine Russell claims rent on second home in London, which she shares with fellow MP Helen Southworth

Joan Ryan spent thousands of pounds on repairs and decorations at her constituency home before switching her designated second home to a London property

Alex Salmond claimed £400 per month for food when the Commons was not even sitting. He also billed the taxpayer £14,100 to try to impeach Tony Blair

Martin Salter has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

Adrian Sanders claimed rent on his London flat of up to £988 a month. Claimed for £55 vase from the Dartington Cider Press Centre in Totnes, Devon

Mohammed Sarwar claimed almost £100,000 to cover mortgage interest that he paid from an account with a Swiss bank.

Alison Seabeck claims £1,100 a month mortgage interest for her constituency home, but billed £65 for a night in local hotel plus £10 breakfast after she had left her keys in London

Andrew Selous designates constituency property as second home, on which he claims monthly mortgage interest payments of more than £1,600

Grant Shapps claimed just £7,269 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Virendra Sharma chose not to claim designated second home expenses under ACA after entering Parliament in a by-election in July, 2007, although he was entitled to them as an outer London MP. Took £1,958 in London supplement in 2007-08 and £15,988 in office expenses.

Jonathan Shaw claimed £240 in London hotel bills plus £800 monthly flat renta in March 2005, saying it was being redecorated

Barry Sheerman claimed mortgage interest payments of about £900 a month on London second home, £1,338 for 20 in Apple iMac on office expenses

Richard Shepherd has repaid £162 to the Fees Office after deciding he should not have claimed for cleaning and gardening at his constituency home

Jim Sheridan used his allowances to reclaim the cost of a 42-inch plasma TV, leather bed and hundreds of pounds worth of furniture. Claimed £2,091 for three-seater sofa, two-seater sofa bed, coffee table and lamp table for London home bought from Edinburgh dfs store in March 2006

Clare Short claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to which she was not entitled within months of standing down as a Cabinet minister

Mark Simmonds claims up to £2,696 a month for interest-only mortgage on second home in London

Sion Simon claimed £5,400 in stamp duty after moving house in London in May 2008. Also claimed £1,850 on refurbishing new home that month

Alan Simpson claimed £4,000 towards the cost of replacing the boiler at second home in Lambeth. In September 2007, claimed £10,000 towards £11,020 on stripping out old kitchen

David Simpson bought London flat in March 2006. Over two days, claimed £6,234 for furniture. Claimed £1,082 monthly mortgage interest payments

Keith Simpson has claimed almost £200 for light bulbs on his expenses

Marsha Singh claimed mortgage interest payments for London flat as second home. Claimed for £750 television, £229 DVD player and £400 music player with handwritten receipt

Andrew Slaughter is not eligible to claim ACA. In 2007, claimed for a fountain pen nib costing £90 using his IEP

Andrew Smith spent more than £30,000 of taxpayers’ money giving his house a makeover

Angela Smith sought payment for four beds for a one-bedroom London flat

Angela C Smith spent nearly £11,000 over two years on setting up a second home in London

Geraldine Smith spent £235 on picture and £185 on mirror for London flat in August 2005. Bought Bali table lamp, floor lamp and three cushions for total of £620 one month later

Jacqui Smith claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought expensive gadgets including an iPhone for her husband.

John Smith claimed £57,955 in second home expenses in four years without submitting a single receipt.

Sir Robert Smith claimed about £910 a month for mortgage interest payments on Lambeth flat in 2008-09

Anne Snelgrove claimed £4,100 for furniture including a bedstead, sofa and chest of drawers. Also claimed £499.97 for a television set, £454.70 for crockery and kitchen equipment, £655 on a table, chairs and bookcase, and £55 on towels.

Nicholas Soames claimed up to £1,340 a month for mortgage interest on Westminster home

Sir Peter Soulsby fell behind with the rent at his offices but when the £472 bailiffs bill arrived he billed the taxpayer

Helen Southworth claims rent on second home in London, which she shares with fellow MP Christine Russell. Claimed £709 for a television, £259 for an air conditioning unit and £239 for a Dyson cleaner

John Spellar claims for his constituency home in the West Midlands. Claimed £600 for a tree surgeon, £1.99 for a washing up brush and 47p for a pair of rubber gloves

Caroline Spelman made no claims for mortgage interest or rent on her second home in 2006-07 and 2007-08

Michael Spicer claimed for work on his helipad and received thousands of pounds for gardening bills

Bob Spink claimed about £25,000 for fees and refurbishment when he bought a flat in 2004. Included was £11,000 for decorators’ fees, £3,400 for a leather sofa, £3,000 for carpets and curtains

Richard Spring claimed monthly mortgage interest payments of more than £1,300 on a property in Suffolk. Also claimed £35.25 to treat a wasps’ nest

Sir John Stanley claims for rent on London flat, also claims for food, utilities, council tax and a cleaner

Phyllis Starkey claims for rent on home in consituency, along with utilities and council tax. Also owns a house in Oxford from which rental income is received

Anthony Steen claimed £87,000 on country mansion with 500 trees. He has announced he will step down at the next election

Ian Stewart claims rent on flat in London. Also claimed for a £500 leather suite and a £1,247 computer bought from the shopping channel QVC

Howard Stoate claimed thousands in DIY bills 'to ease the burden on the taxpayer'

Gavin Strang claims for his flat in London and for up to £400 per month in food. Also receives rental income from farmland and woodland in Perthshire

Jack Straw only paid half the amount of council tax that he claimed on his parliamentary allowances over four years but later rectified the over-claim. Used his office expenses to pay for a degree studied by a member of his staff

Gary Streeter claims for the mortgage interest on his constituency home in Plymouth, also claimed for food and £1.60 for a pack of 10 lightbulbs

Gisela Stuart claims for mortgage interest on constituency home in Birmingham and up to £2,000 per year for food. Also owns a family home in Worcestershire and a flat in London

Graham Stringer: hotel stays when in London and claims up to £4,800 per year for food. Hotel bills have included snacks such as Pringles crisps at £1.75

Graham Stuart shares a flat in London with Conservative MP David Mundell, shares costs with him and claims for rent, council tax and utilities. Bills for household items included £426 for duvet, pillows and towels

Andrew Stunell claims for mortgage interest on flat in London, also claimed for £5,545 replacement windows by Everest. Claims more than £1,000 per year for food in some years

Gerry Sutcliffe claims for mortgage interest on constituency home in Bingley. Claimed £3,790 for fitted bedroom, £2,616 for new gutters and sofit boards, and £1,745 for two sofas

Desmond Swayne has a second home in London, on which he paid a £652 monthly mortgage interest in 2005-06. Rose to £711 in 2007-08. Charged £6,131 for new kitchen and £411 for tree work in 2006

Jo Swinson included receipts for eyeliner, a “tooth flosser” and 29p dusters with her parliamentary expenses claims

Hugo Swire, the former shadow culture secretary, designated his first home in London and claimed for rent at his second home in Devon. He said London was his main home and his daughter went to school in the capital. In June, 2007, he claimed £349 for a satellite navigation system to “cover the 176.25 square miles of his constituency”.

Robert Syms claimed more than £2,000 worth of furniture on expenses for his designated second home in London, but had it all delivered to his parents’ address in Wiltshire

Mark Tami has a second home in Bromley, Kent. Bought London home in Dec 2007, claimed £9,000 stamp duty and mortgage interest rate increased to £1,300

Sir Peter Tapsell claimed rent for second home in London, which rose from £4,821 a quarter in 2006 to £5,417 a quarter in 2008. Total claims over fours years of £87,729

Dari Taylor claimed flat in south-east London as second home and charged monthly mortgage interest of £1,000 in 2008. Fees office asked for evidence of mortgage in October 2007

David Taylor has a second home in London, monthly mortgage interest payments of £375 in 2005 rose to £700 after buying new second home in 2007

Ian Taylor said he will retire at the next election after it emerged that he made second home claims on a flat in London although his main home is within 40 minutes’ commuting distance of Westminster

Matthew Taylor claims for flat in London while also owning another flat in London which he rents out. Bills include £350 for gardening, £1,373 for curtains and blinds

Richard Taylor claims for renting flat in London and for council tax. No claims for furniture, cleaning, utilities or food

Sarah Teather did not claim on her second homes allowance between 2004 and 2008

Gareth Thomas used public money to settle a £1,000 accountancy bill to recover a tax "over-payment" of £2,000. Has repaid more than £1,600 he claimed for gardening, £1,200 he overclaimed for council tax and mortgage interest payments and £30 for wine and other personal items

Emily Thornberry is not entitled to claim for a second home as an inner London MP. However, takes home the London Supplement, which was £2,812 last year

John Thurso claimed rent on designated second home in London and for hotels across Scotland because of “vast area of constituency”. Approved by fees office

Stephen Timms is an outer London MP who chooses not to claim second homes allowance. Claims the London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 last year

Paddy Tipping claimed mortgage interest payments of about £500 per month on a flat in London. His overall claims were only just over half the maximum amount claimed by some MPs

Mark Todd defended his expenses claims as "essentials" but included a marble table and an espresso coffee machine

Baroness Tonge claimed mortgage interest on her second home allowance as an MP, then after her retirement leased the property to a fellow MP who in turn recovered the rent from the taxpayer

Don Touhig spent thousands of pounds redecorating his constituency home before “flipping” his allowance to a flat in London

David Tredinnick tried to claim the £125 cost of attending a course on "intimate relationships" through his Parliamentary expenses

Jon Trickett claimed £761.68 per month in mortgage interest payments for a second home in London. Also claimed for food, utilities and council tax

Paul Truswell stays in hotels in London while at Westminster, usually paying £119 for a room, also claimed for £4.95 packets of nuts from the minibar. In 2007-08, claimed £2,255 for food and £18 for laundry

Andrew Turner used his office expenses to pay for his girlfriend, who is also his parliamentary assistant, to have "life coaching" classes

Des Turner claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £450 per month on a flat in London as his designated second home. Also claimed up to £400 per month food. Claimed roughly half of the maximum available under the second homes allowance.

Neil Turner claimed for mortgage interest on flat in London, and up to £400 per month for food some months. Also claims utilities, council tax and for small amounts of furniture

Derek Twigg moved his designated second home from constituency to flat near Parliament in 2004, now claims £1,343 a month in rent. Claimed £110 for an iron and radio in 2005, and £77 for same items two years later

Lord Tyler claimed for the mortgage interest on his family-owned flat in Westminster – and then sold his share to his daughter a month after he quit as an MP

Andrew Tyrie nominates a flat in property near his constituency as second home. Claims £700 a month in mortgage interest payments and £6,000 a year on service charges

Kitty Ussher resigned as Treasury minister after he expenses files showed she avoided paying up to £17,000 in tax on the sale of her constituency home

Ed Vaizey had £2,000 worth of furniture delivered to his London home when he was claiming his Commons allowance on a second home in Oxfordshire.

Shailesh Vara tried to claim £1,500 on his expenses for costs incurred before he was elected

Keith Vaz claimed £75,500 for a second flat near Parliament even though he already lived just 12 miles from Westminster

Sir Peter Viggers included with his expense claims the £1,645 cost of a floating duck house in the garden pond at his Hampshire home. He has announced he will step down at the next election and admitted he made a "ridiculous and grave error of judgment"

Theresa Villiers claimed almost £16,000 in stamp duty and professional fees on expenses when she bought a London flat, even though she already had a house in the capital. She has agreed to stop claiming the second home allowance

Rudi Vis receives second home allowance and claims £2,300 a month interest on a mortgage he took out in 2006 on his constituency home. Says main home is in Suffolk

Charles Walker claims £700 in mortgage interest payments for flat in Wandsworth, constituency home is 21 miles from Westminster. Claimed £6,732 for decoration, carpets, curtains and re-wiring at flat

Ben Wallace claimed for more than £700 to stay at Carlton Club after May 2005 general election. Included the cost of at least three Daily Telegraphs on bill. Most claims made up of rent, council tax bills and utility bills

Joan Walley claimed for more than £4,400 of furniture in London flat in 2004-05 and a £195 blanket. In 2005-06, claimed for £1,199 LCD Sony television. Fees office cut bill to £750

Robert Walter attempted to claim £1,008 for handmade carpets he bought while on a trip to India. Claimed for £16,000 moving costs; estate agents’ commission, stamp duty and solicitors’ fees. Then claimed for two flat screen televisions worth £749 and £399 and eight chairs worth £744

Lynda Waltho claimed £1,680 for food in one year. Billed taxpayer for £472 bed, £81 sheets, towels and a pillow and £1,022 of electrical equipment. Also claimed for £380 armchair and £8.32 kettle

Claire Ward, the MP responsible for keeping the Queen informed about Parliament, submitted monthly expense claims for hundreds of pounds of "petty cash" while claiming maximum allowances

Bob Wareing claimed for more than £4,000 in food bills in 2004-05. Then claimed for £176 air conditioning unit, as well as a £19.99 kettle for his Westminster flat

Nigel Waterson claimed mortgage interest/rent payments and food bills at his second home in Beckenham, Kent. Also billed taxpayer £1,055 to paint house and garage

Angela Watkinson claimed £3,100 to redecorate flat including new doors, latches and locks in 2005-06. Then claimed £6,350 for a new bathroom, as well as £804 for a television, microwave and fridge

Tom Watson and Iain Wright spent £100,000 of taxpayers' money on the London flat they once shared

Dave Watts claimed for refurbishment to kitchen (£3,543), bathroom (£3,500) and £742 redecoration. Also claimed for £549 Philips LCD 26 in television

Steve Webb sold his London flat and bought another nearby, while the taxpayer picked up an £8,400 bill for stamp duty

Mike Weir claimed £1,300 per month rent for his second home in London plus bills for utilities, telephone, council tax and food

Alan Whitehead claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £730 per month on his second home in London. Also claimed £1,942.98 for a replacement boiler

John Whittingdale claimed £1,828.30 for bathroom fitting, £1,800 for a replacement boiler, £774.50 on a sofa and rug from Laura Ashley and £1,014 on a bed

Malcolm Wicks was entitled to claim for a second home allowance but instead claimed for the more moderate London subsidy of £2,812

Ann Widdecombe claimed just £858 on her second home allowance in 2007/08. However, she did spend more than £9,000 of taxpayers' money on her own personal newspaper cuttings service over a four year period.

Bill Wiggin claimed interest payments for a property which had no mortgage

Betty Williams claimed mortgage interest payments of £519 per month on London flat. Also claimed service charge, utilities, telephone and food but made few other claims

Hywel Williams claimed more than £1,000 per month in mortgage interest payments on London flat. Also claimed £2,408.75 for a plumbing bill

David Willetts, the Conservatives' choice for skills minister, needed help changing light bulbs. He has agreed to repay the bill

Alan Williams claimed just £5,221 on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

Mark Williams claimed up to £1,300 per month to rent a flat in London as his second home but made few other claims under the allowance

Stephen Williams claimed up to £1,500 per month to cover rent at his second home, a flat in London. Also claimed for food and utility bills but made few other claims

Roger Williams claimed £1,200 per month in rent for a flat in London, which he designated as his second home. Also claimed for food, utilities and cleaning

Phil Willis spent thousands of pounds of public funds on mortgage interest payments, redecoration and furnishings for a flat where his daughter now lives.

Jenny Willott claimed up to £1,500 per month to live in a flat in London as her second home. Also claimed £519 for a sofa, £933.50 for a bed and £850 for a mattress

Michael Wills claims about £1,120 a month in interest for the mortgage on his house in Wiltshire. On one occasion, the fees office agreed to pay £2,633 for a claim made two months after the deadline for 2005-06 had passed. He said a “genuine mistake” had been made by a “trusted and normally reliable member of staff”.

David Wilshire claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers money for monthly payments towards the cost of replacing curtains and carpets at some point in the future. Claimed up to £1,375 per month in mortgage interest payments and also claimed for council tax, service charges and food

Phil Wilson claimed £1,250 per month in rent for a London flat, which he designated as his second home. Also claimed £350 for a sofa bed

Rob Wilson did not claim on his second homes allowance between 2004 and 2008

Sammy Wilson originally claimed for hotels when in London. Later jointly bought a property in the city with another MP. Claimed £6,150 stamp duty, £1,406.90 solicitors’ fees and £2,914 on furniture

David Winnick claimed just £36,354 on his second homes allowance between 2004-8

Sir Nicholas Winterton and his wife Ann claimed more than £80,000 for a London flat owned by a trust controlled by their children. They have announced they will stand down at the next general election

Rosie Winterton submitted claims for “soundproofing” the bedroom of her London home and received thousands of pounds for gardening and decorating. She paid back more than £8,000 in mortgage payments that she claimed wrongly on her parliamentary expenses

Peter Wishart claimed £1,400 per month in rent for a second home in London. Also claimed for food but made few other claims under the second homes allowance

Mike Wood claimed just over £500 per month to live in a flat in London. Also claimed £3,421.76 for a central heating boiler, £599.99 for a television and £1,332 for a new bathroom

Phil Woolas submitted receipts including comics, nappies and women's clothing as part of his claims for food

Shaun Woodward received £100,000 to help pay mortgage

Anthony Wright claims rent for London flat, also claimed £498 for TV, £90 for trouser press. Accepted £10,000 cash payment from owners of flat, which meant taxpayer-funded rent went up

David Wright accepted a £16,787 payment from the owners of his flat in return for giving up the right to cheap rent, then moved out. Claimed £599 for a TV but a £64.99 claim for a razor was turned down

Iain Wright and Tom Watson spent £100,000 of taxpayers' money on the London flat they once shared

Jeremy Wright claims for flat in London. Spent £2,884 on furniture when he became an MP, including £809 for a bed and £399 for a television

Tony Wright claims for his rent in Dolphin Square complex in London, £995 for Venetian blinds, £1,630 for a new sofa and chairs and £799 for a sideboard

Derek Wyatt billed 75p for scotch eggs

Tim Yeo claimed for a pink laptop computer from John Lewis in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

George Young claimed the maximum second home allowance on his London flat for the past two years. He also billed taxpayers for the cost of a video camera so that he could broadcast clips of himself at work on YouTube

Richard Younger-Ross spent £1,235 on four mirrors and bought 'Don Juan’ bookcase

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Bob Ainsworth claimed nearly £6,000 for the redecoration of his designated second home

Peter Ainsworth tried to charge nearly £1,000 for a “pewter finish” radiator cover on his expenses and was warned by the fees office that it could be excessive

Danny Alexander claimed £2,000 for work on kitchen and £2,000 for sofa and chairs. Also received £1,140 for the cost of alcoves, shelving and a desk for flat

Douglas Alexander spent more than £30,000 doing up his constituency home – which then suffered damage in a house fire. Claimed the cost of hiring a “media trainer” on his office expenses. Spent taxpayers’ money on advertising at football and rugby league matches.

Graham Allen claimed £495 for service charge on London flat and the maximum £400 for food on most occasions. Food claims reduced when he twice tried to claim over £500 a month

David Amess's mortgage interest claims on London flat did not waver from £600. Claimed the maximum food allowance of £400 a month. In July 2004, £600 claim was cut by £200

Michael Ancram put the cost of having his swimming pool boiler serviced on his parliamentary allowances. He has agreed to repay the money and written to supporters to apologise

David Anderson: By April 2006, his mortgage interest costs were £1,203. Claimed for furniture, washing machine and microwave. Claimed between £200 and £400 a month in food

Janet Anderson admitted claiming £6,250 too much in petty cash through her office expenses

James Arbuthnot claimed from the public finances for cleaning his swimming pool at a country residence. He has agreed to repay the money

Hilary Armstrong was told that allowing the Labour Party to pay for and run a computer at her taxpayer-funded home could make her “politically vulnerable”

Charlotte Atkins claimed more than £35,000 in renovations on her second home allowance including £20,000 for windows, £4,000 for the chimney, £9,000 for the bathroom and nearly £2,000 for the garden

Ian Austin split a claim for stamp duty on buying his second home in London into two payments and tried to claim it back over two financial years.

John Austin claimed more than £10,000 for redecorating his London flat, which was 11 miles from his main home, before selling it for a profit.

Richard Bacon designated second home in London, where he claimed £1,235 in monthly mortgage interest between 2004 and 2007. Claimed for £2,500 to repaint and redecorate flat in spring of 2006.

Vera Baird claimed the cost of Christmas tree decorations

Ed Balls and wife Yvette Cooper “flipped” the designation of their second home to three different properties within two years. Mr Balls, the Schools Secretary, also attempted to claim £33 for poppy wreaths

Norman Baker asked if he could claim for a bicycle and a computer so he could listen to music and email family and friends

Greg Barker made a £320,000 profit selling a flat the taxpayer had helped pay for. He has agreed to repay £10,000.

Celia Barlow used her second home allowance to spend more than £28,000 on stamp duty, legal costs and renovations despite telling the fees office that the property would become her main home

John Barrett claimed on ACA for designated second home in Dolphin Square and submitted £1,138 a month claim for rent. He also charged regular, but £8 monthly bills for his TV

Kevin Barron claimed London flat in 2004-05 as his second home with a monthly mortgage interest of £1,509, which rose to £1,791 in 2005-06. It increased in 2007-08 to more than £2,000

John Battle having asked the fees office about his food allowance, he went on to claim the maximum £400 a month.Claimed £499 dark brown sofa and a £599 recliner

Hugh Bayley decided flat in London rather than York should be second home and claimed £1,177 monthly mortgage interest. Later, he claimed York as second home

Margaret Beckett made a £600 claim for hanging baskets and pot plants. She dismissed the claim as a "mistake" although analysis of her expenses shows she made three similar claims on previous occasions

Anne Begg spent £1,403 on living room furniture in her London flat and £500 on Devonshire carpets for two bedrooms. Claimed £85,245 over four years

Alan Beith claimed £117,000 in second home allowances while his wife, Baroness Maddock, claimed £60,000 in House of Lords expenses for staying at the same address. He also used his office expenses to pay for his London secretary to spend a month in his constituency during the last general election campaign

Sir Stuart Bell claimed £750 for food in December 2005, reduced to the maximum monthly amount of £400. Designated his second home as a flat in London and claimed £1,400 a month rent

Henry Bellingham claimed £1,500 mortgage interest per month for a flat in London. Mr Bellingham claimed a total of £85,845 in four years under the addional costs allowance

Hilary Benn claimed only £42,113 on his second homes allowance in four years. Faces questions over party funding after it emerged he paid rent to the Labour Party from expenses. Claimed for party political propaganda

Joe Benton designated his second home as a flat he owns in London. In 2005 he claimed £400 a month for food during the summer recess and in 2008 spent £1,500 on repairs to his second home

Richard Benyon did not claim on his second homes allowance in 2007/08

John Bercow “flipped” his second home from his constituency to a £540,000 flat in London and claimed the maximum possible allowances for it. Bercow, a candidate for next Speaker, "repaid" £6,500 capital gains tax on the sale of two properties. His expenses files reveal he also twice charged the public purse for the cost of hiring a chartered accountant to complete his annual tax return

Sir Paul Beresford, who works up to three days a week as a dentist, designated his west London property, which includes his surgery, as his second home on his parliamentary allowances

Roger Berry's costs incurred at his designated second home in London included £696 on Sony 26-inch LCD TV, £250 on DVD player, £1067.49 on washer dryer, £574.28 on dishwasher

Clive Betts claimed £1,268 for carpets and £570 sofa bed; £689.99 for television; £1,433.50 on decoration; £1,220 on furniture; £1,135.20 on a bed

Brian Binley broke parliamentary rules by claiming more than £50,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses to rent a flat from his own company. He also claimed more than £16,000 to pay a public relations adviser who, when questioned by the Telegraph, said initially that he had never received a penny

Liz Blackman went on last-minute shopping sprees before the end of each financial year, in an apparent attempt to make sure she claimed as close to maximum expenses as possible

Roberta Blackman-Woods claimed £9,425.19 in stamp duty and other costs associated with buying a London flat. Later claimed £1,364.29 per month in mortgage interest payments

Tony Blair re-mortgaged his constituency home and claimed almost a third of the interest around the time he was buying another property in London. He also put in a claim for almost £7,000 of roof repairs just two days before stepping down as Prime Minister

Hazel Blears did not pay capital gains tax on a property she sold despite having told the Commons authorities it was her second home. She has since agreed to paid the tax but denied any wrongdoing. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought expensive gadgets. Claimed for party political propaganda

Bob Blizzard claims £1,278.25 monthly mortgage interest payments on a second home in London. Mr Blizzard has made few other claims. Those included £363 for a washing machine

David Blunkett designates his second home as a rented property in Derbyshire. He pays £600 per month in rent. He claimed £1,600 for half the cost of relaying a path there

Crispin Blunt told to stop claiming Commons allowance on his home because his children live there

Peter Bone claims £1,300 a month rent on a flat in London, along with £400 a month food. His other claims included £299.99 on a television, £87.98 on a DVD player and £599.98 on two sofas

David Borrow claims £1,300 per month in mortgage interest payments on a London flat which is designated as his second home, plus utilities and council tax

Tim Boswell claimed only £22,230 on his second homes allowance between 2004 and 2008

Peter Bottomley claimed £6,000 for replacement windows and £980 for bookshelves in 2004. He was warned by the fees office that the claim for bookshelves could be seen as excessive

Ben Bradshaw used his allowance to pay the mortgage interest on a flat he owned jointly with his boyfriend

Graham Brady's claims included £1,600 on a table and chairs and £1,364.80 on a wardrobe. The two claims together were cut to £1,740. He tried and failed to claim £144.80 for congestion charge

Tom Brake did not claim on his second home allowance between 2004-8

Julian Brazier stays at hotels when staying in London. His usual nightly bill for accommodation is £67.50. His highest bill was £188

Colin Breed claimed £3,650 for redecorating and £1,806 for carpets at his designated second home in London

Kevin Brennan had a £450 television delivered to his family home in Cardiff even though he reclaimed the money back on his London second home allowance

Annette Brooke pays £1,124 a month rent for a flat in London and makes few other claims. One was £149.95 for a vacuum cleaner

James Brokenshire claimed just £368 on his second homes allowance in 2007/8 and nothing in the preceding three years

Gordon Brown's house swap let the PM claim thousands

Lyn Brown designated her second home as a flat within walking distance of Parliament which she shares with two other MPs

Nick Brown claimed £18,800, without receipts, in expenses for food over four years amid total expenses of £87,000

Russell Brown reclaimed the maximum allowed under the Commons expenses system for his bathroom to be refurbished at his rented designated second home in London. Claimed for his rented second home in London included £1,368.88 on carpets and floor covering, £898 on two armchairs and £4,500 for a replacement bathroom

Des Browne claimed £5,822 for furnishings and carpets at his second home in London

Jeremy Browne claimed £5,088 for roof repairs, £3,975 for replacement windows, £972 on a sofa and rugs and £650 on blinds

Angela Browning's £10,000 for a website over-the-odds according to experts, but it was the taxpayer who settled the bill

Malcolm Bruce was able to claim thousands of pounds towards the running of both his London flat and his constituency home.

Chris Bryant changed second home twice in two years to claim £20,000

Karen Buck is an inner London MP, so ineligible for the second home allowance. Has claimed the maximum “London supplement” for the past eight years

Richard Burden tried to claim £337 for towels and bedding that he had claimed for six months earlier in September 2006. When the error was pointed out, he replied in an email “Ooops!”

Colin Burgon claimed for the £1,300-£1,800 monthly rent on his Westminster flat, for general household costs and for occasional food bills

Andy Burnham had an eight-month battle with the fees office after making a single expenses claim for more than £16,500. The Culture Secretary also avoided paying tax on a £16,600 property windfall. Claimed for party political propaganda

Simon Burns claimed £1,000 to rent a flat in west London, despite having an Essex constituency 35 minutes away from central London by train. Claimed £865 for a new bed and mattress

David Burrowes did not claim for the second home allowance at all

Paul Burstow doesn't claim for a second home although he is entitled to

Alistair Burt claimed £1,000 too much in expenses for his rent, but was allowed to keep the money.

Lorely Burt claimed £12,500 in stamp duty and fees when buying a flat in Westminster with her husband two months after being elected in 2005. Then claimed £1,110 for blinds and £746 for wardrobes

Dawn Butler, the Labour whip, over-claimed £2,600 in rent on her constituency home

John Butterfill paid no capital gains tax after making a £600,000 gain on the sale of his taxpayer-funded house which he told the parliamentary authorities was his designated second home

Stephen Byers claimed more than £125,000 for repairs and maintenance at a London flat owned outright by his partner, where he lives rent-free

Liam Byrne claimed between £1,300 and £2,300 a month rent for various London flats, along with monthly grocery bills and other charges

Vince Cable forgoes the second home allowance, but asked whether he could claim backdated payments of the London supplement instead

Richard Caborn claimed £1,000+ a month rent for flat in Barbican, with £200 a month for food and other bills. Claimed £240 for appliances or bills when claims under £250 didn’t need receipt

David Cairns claimed the £1,300-£1,400 a month interest on the mortgage of the north London flat that he shares with his civil partner. Also claimed for food, cleaning, council tax and other bills

David Cameron limited his claims to mortgage interest payments and utility bills. He will repay almost £1,000 claimed on his expenses, including £680 for repairs to his home. He also paid off a loan on his London house after he took out a taxpayer-funded £350,000 mortgage on his designated second home

Alan Campbell claimed the £700-£850 interest on the mortgage of London flat, along with regular service charges. In 2006, claimed £1,572 for redecoration of the flat

Anne Campbell sold her designated second home in London to her son after she lost her seat in Parliament

Gregory Campbell claimed £11,500 in hotel bills between 2005 and 2006, before moving into a flat in London. Claimed £4,675 for furniture and appliances, including TVs and DVD player

Menzies Campbell hired a top interior designer to refurbish his small flat in central London at taxpayers’ expense. He will repay the £1,490.66 cost of an interior designer

Ronnie Campbell claimed a total of £87,729 for his London flat. He has agreed to repay £6,000 for furniture he bought for it.

Alistair Carmichael, the MP with the constituency furthest from London, is allowed to claim for two second homes, one in London and the other in Shetland. Claimed £2,000 in stamp duty

Douglas Carswell claimed £655 from his expenses for a love seat

Bill Cash claimed more than £15,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay his daughter rent for her west London flat – even though he owned a home closer to Westminster. He has promised to repay the money and said he hopes to remain an MP

Martin Caton claimed £460 a month in interest on the mortgage of his west London flat, along with £350 a month in food and other bills. £3,216 for new bathroom equipment and £6,400 for a new kitchen

Ben Chapman deliberately over-claimed for interest on the mortgage of his London house by about £15,000 with the approval of the fees office, documents seen by the Telegraph suggest. He will stand down as an MP at the next election

Colin Challen sold his London flat to his senior researcher but carried on renting it for a nightly fee

David Chaytor admits claiming almost £13,000 in interest payments for a mortgage that he had already repaid. He was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party and has now decided to stand down at the next election. It has also emerged that he paid his daughter, under an assumed name, from the public purse

Christoper Chope transported a sofa from his second home in London to a tradesman near his main residence in his constituency of Christchurch, Dorset, to be repaired at a cost of £881

Michael Clapham, a Labour backbencher, submitted a receipt for the pair of glasses bought for his wife

James Clappison owns 24 houses but billed more than £100,000, including thousands for gardening and redecoration

Greg Clark used almost his entire allowance to claim the interest on the mortgage of his south-west London flat. Claimed for nothing else

Katy Clark claimed £1,300 rent at London flat, while also claiming for £300 a month in food and other bills. Occasional hotel bills after being stranded off the mainland on business

Paul Clark claimed the £1,200 a month rent for his flat in London. Also claimed for food and gardening. Flipped his expenses after claiming the £900 a month mortgage interest for his house in Kent

Charles Clarke, the former Home Secretary, claimed £500 monthly mortgage interest for London home in 2004-05. Moved to another house in London at the end of 2005.

Made regular maximum monthly £400 claims for food between 2004 and 2008.

Kenneth Clarke managed to avoid paying the full rate of council tax on either of his two homes by effectively claiming that neither is his main residence. He has agreed to pay the full rate in future but defended his past behaviour. He last year claimed for purchasing Windows XP for Dummies.

Tom Clarke designated the Sloane Club in Chelsea as second home, and claimed about £1,500 a month while in London. Claimed £400 a month for food

Nick Clegg claimed the maximum allowed under his parliamentary second home allowance

David Clelland claimed for the cost of “buying out” his partner’s £45,000 stake in his London flat

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown “flipped” his second home designation from London to his Gloucestershire home, before buying a £2,750,000 house

Ann Clwyd claimed £400 a month for food, £200 a month for cleaning, utilities bills and council tax. In 2007, claimed £2,300 for carpets, tables and a chair

Vernon Coaker claimed £260 a month for interest on the mortgage of his flat in London, along with £400 a month for food and other bills

Anne Coffey claimed £1,000 a month in interest on the mortgage of her London house, along with £250-£300 a month in food. Claimed £1,052 in furniture and bedding and £40 a month for a TV package in 2005

Harry Cohen claimed thousands of pounds for redecorating his second home before selling it and charging taxpayers £12,000 in stamp duty and fees on a new property

Michael Connarty sold some of the contents of his London home to Jim Devine, a close colleague, before charging the taxpayer thousands of pounds for goods delivered to addresses in Scotland.

Derek Conway, whose payments to his two sons first highlighted the abuse of the MPs expenses system, claimed for office 270 miles from constituency

Frank Cook claimed back the cost of giving £5 to a church collection at a Battle of Britain memorial service. He also submitted £211 worth of receipts for bedding, £2,137 for storage and £750 for bedroom furniture. His rental cost rose to £1,656 in October 2006

Rosie Cooper claimed £915 for solicitors’ fees and survey costs on a property she did not buy

Yvette Cooper and husband Ed Balls “flipped” the designation of their second home to three different properties within two years. Cooper bought expensive gadgets and claimed for party political propaganda

Jeremy Corbyn does not claim for a second home as a London MP, but is paid a supplement of £2,812 for living in the capital

Patrick Cormack claimed expenses for household bills at both his main and second homes

Jim Cousins claimed for second home in London with a mortgage payment of £54.08 in 2004. Made regular maximum monthly claims of £400 for food. Claimed £1,000 for the removal of ivy from building and garden. Claim for £30 parking permit rejected.

Geoffrey Cox QC made monthly mortgage interest payments of £1,750 in 2005-06 and 2006-07. This was his only regular claim

Stephen Crabb claimed his “main home” was a room in another MP’s flat, after buying a new house for his family at taxpayers’ expense

David Crausby was allowed to borrow an additional £25,000 on his mortgage to refurbish his kitchen and bathroom last year. This boosted his mortgage interest claim by £400 a month

Mary Creagh appointed north London flat as second home, then switched to new home in Wakefield. Claimed £9,000 for stamp duty and £1,184 for solicitors fees. Claimed £4,480 for new roof

Jon Cruddas changed one address to another in 2004-05 for designated second home. Claimed £2,083 in kitchen equipment. Monthly mortgage interest increased from £607 in 2004 to £1,712 in 2008

Anne Cryer and son John, who were both MPs, designated the same flat as their second home. Mrs Cryer also bought London home in 2005, where the monthly mortgage interest rose from £600 to £900 in three years. Claimed £550 for rug and £2,972 for furnishings from Peter Jones including £699 Sony TV

John Cummings claimed monthly mortgage interest on London home of £630 in 2004-06. Submitted £2,036 bill for replacing condemned gas fire, £3,220 for new kitchen and £1,344 for renovating stairs and hall

Jim Cunningham shunned the opportunity to buy furniture and his expenses were in the bottom 40 of any MP

Tony Cunningham charged monthly mortgage interest on London home of £665 in 2005-06. Had to pay back £399.50 to the fees office after he wrongly claimed for accountant on his expenses

David Curry moved designated second home from London flat, where he spent £785 on furniture and £1,300 a month on rent, to constituency cottage he has owned since 1987. Also tried to claim for hotel in Yorkshire, blaming “blizzards across Pennines”.

Claire Curtis-Thomas claimed £9,000 for fire escape in second home in her constituency which doubles as an office and was paid £4,000. Submitted £12,000 of receipts for kitchen, and hall. Tried to claim £20 for bank charges when overdrawn

Tam Dalyell attempted to claim £18,000 for bookcases two months before he retired as an MP

Alistair Darling billed us for two homes at the same time by claiming parliamentary expenses for a flat that he let to tenants while also claiming living allowances for his grace and favour home in Downing Street. It had previously emerged that Mr Darling's stamp duty was paid by the public. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices and claimed four different properties as his second home in as many years

Ed Davey did not claim on his second home allowance between 2004-8

Wayne David claimed for a second property in London. Claimed £225 for crockery, £210 for rugs and mats and £630 for three chests of drawers. Regular monthly mortgage interest payments of £1,285 in 2008

Ian Davidson paid £5,500 to a family friend to renovate his flat and then took him shooting with members of the House of Lords

Dai Davies claimed £328 in office rates and the cost of keys and telephone for his constituency on his second home allowance instead of his office expenses.Claimed £245 for an “abortive” house search

David Davies claimed £475 for a Laura Ashley cabinet and £120 to get his carpets steam cleaned in October 2007. Total claims over three years equalled £66,755

Geraint Davies spent £4000 of public money on renovating his designated second home in the months before he lost his seat at the 2005 general election

Philip Davies claimed more than £2,000 for hotels in May 2005 before buying home in London. Was overpaid at the end of the year by the fees office, had to reimburse £303

Quentin Davies repaired window frames at his18th-century mansion, charging £10,000 to expenses

David Davis spent more than £10,000 of taxpayers’ money on home improvements in four years, including a new £5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire

Janet Dean claimed £60 to dispose of old furniture from second home in London. Paid £1,000 in rent in 2004-05 and £1,200 in 2006. Few other bills apart from TV licence, water and telephone. Claimed £145 Dyson vacuum cleaner in February 2008

John Denham claimed regular monthly mortgage interest of £1,284 in 2006. Claimed £2,792 to damp proof bathroom wall in 2007

Jim Devine was deselected from the Labour Party over allegations he submitted a claim for £2,157 for rewiring his London flat based on a receipt bearing an invalid VAT number and incorrect details of a firm

Parmjit Dhanda had the fees office cut monthly mortgage claim from £750 to £690 in first three months of 2005 to make sure only the mortgage interest was paid. Claimed £499 sideboard from Next, £2,878 in furniture and £199 for two headboards

Andrew Dismore claims £90 a month in council tax and £835 a year in service charge on constituency flat 11.4 miles from Westminster, but does not claim mortgage payments or rent. Spent £275 on an Afghan rug bought in Bethnal Green

Jonathan Djanogly , the millionaire shadow business minister, claimed £5,000 to have electric gates installed at his Huntington home

Jim Dobbin's second home is a flat in London, where he charged taxpayers £380.42 for decking in 2004-05. Spent £474 on bed in 2007, and £100 on a mattress cover in 2008

Frank Dobson has an inner London seat so cannot claim for a second home. However, he does receive the London supplement, taking home £2,812 in 2007-8

Nigel Dodds designated second home is house in Kennington, south London, where he currently claims £1,540 a month in mortgage interest payments. Other claims mainly relate to furnishings, including £296 for picture framing and £974.95 over two years on seven tables.

Pat Doherty and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

Jeffrey Donaldson shares a flat in Greenwich with fellow MP, and claimed £6,150 in stamp duty, with £1,406 in solicitors’ fees. £410 claim for curtains bought in Northern Ireland queried. “Objective was to save the taxpayer some money,” he replies

Brian Donohoe was allowed to claim over the odds on a three-piece suite for his second home because the Commons authorities did not want to “antagonise” him or appear “petty”.

Frank Doran names a farmhouse north of Aberdeen as second home and claims around £500 a month in mortgage interest payments. Claims £1,200 for work on his trees

Stephen Dorrell has a second home - a flat near Westminster where he claims £1,082 a month mortgage interest. Attempt to claim £758 for hotels while “flat being refurbished” refused

Nadine Dorries , who claimed the expenses expose was a “McCarthy­ite witch hunt”, disowned by David Cameron

Jim Dowd is ineligible to claim for a second home as he represents a constituency in inner London. However, he does receive the London supplement, totalling £2,812 in 2007-08

David Drew used to own a home in London but decided to forgo it in favour of staying in hotels while in the capital

James Duddridge claimed £1,988 on roofing and railing repairs, plus £6,619 for floor and redecorating in his Westminster designated second home. Rented it out and bought new flat

Alan Duncan spent thousands from his allowance on gardening, including repairs to his lawnmower. He has agreed to repay £5,000. He also claimed £19.55 in office expenses for biscuits, tea, coffee and mints.

Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative leader, claimed no second home expesnes in the last year, commuting from his outer London constituency

Philip Dunne has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2005/06

Mark Durkan claims £1,495 a month in rent on a flat in Vauxhall. In July 2005, before moved in, had a £352 hotel bill which stated “room for two” queried. But told fees office “he had sole occupancy of double room”

Angela Eagle claimed just £155 a month mortgage interest on her second home for a period and even underclaimed for council tax

Maria Eagle claimed thousands of pounds on refurbishing a bathroom at one of her flats just months before switching her designated second home to a property with a higher mortgage

Clive Efford could claim the second home allowance as he is an outer London MP, but instead chooses to receive the lower London supplement, receiving £2,812 in 2007-08

Louise Ellman claims £838 a month in mortgage interest, plus £2,300 annual service charges on flat in Westminster. Also claimed £594 for six “leather effect” dining chairs from John Lewis

Tobias Ellwood has £3,880 claim for loft conversion on flat in Battersea rejected. Changes second home to Bournemouth where he claims £2,134 a month mortgage interest

Natascha Engel went on a shopping spree within months of being elected, spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash. She charged the taxpayer for copies of a DVD of her maiden speech to Parliament and a copy of a novel by an acclaimed German writer

Jeff Ennis claims under £300 a month in mortgage interest on flat near Elephant and Castle. Claims £85 plumbing, saying: “My bath has been condemned”

Bill Etherington last year claimed £2,600 for blinds, £775 for central heating and £305 to repair his roof following a problem with rodents. In 2004, claimed £5,250 for doors and windows

Nigel Evans claims up to £1,750 a month mortgage interest on his London flat, and very little else. Occasionally claims £1,500 service charges and for television and council tax

David Evennett is an outer London MP who chose to take the smaller “London supplement”. Has claimed the maximum amount for past two years

Michael Fabricant claims £700-£900 a month mortgage interest on Westminster flat. Splits maximum allowance between food and bills. Regularly claimed £240 in repairs when receipts only needed at £250

Michael Fallon, a senior Conservative MP, claimed £8,300 too much in expenses for the mortgage on his second home

Paul Farrelly claims £1,330 mortgage interest on house in north London and regular maximum £400 monthly claim for food. Also claims £130-£200 a month for cleaning, and for parking permits

Tim Farron claims £1,400 a month rent for flat near Westminster, plus utilities and council tax bills. In 2005, claimed £2,000 for furniture and appliances, and £300 for a Dyson vacuum

Lynne Featherstone did not claim on her second homes allowance in between 2004 and 2008

Frank Field claimed just £44,338 on his second home allowance between 2004 and 2008

Mark Field: as the MP for Westminster itself, is only entitled to the “London supplement”. Claimed the maximum available in this for the past eight years

Mark Fisher claimed only £200 a month in interest on the mortgage of a London flat, before buying another in 2007 and claiming the £1,500 a month interest on the mortgage there

Jim Fitzpatrick: as an MP in the capital, claims the “London supplement” rather than the additional costs allowance for second homes. Has claimed the maximum for past eight years

Caroline Flint claimed £14,000 for fees for new flat

Robert Flello takes over rent of London flat from predecessor as MP, George Stevenson, and pays him £750 for some contents after being elected in 2005, . Moves from here to other rented properties and hotels

Paul Flynn claimed £7,052 for new kitchen, £1,153 carpets and £1,200 decoration for his London property in 2005, before selling it and moving to a new £275,000 flat. Claims £9,629 in stamp duty and fees

Barbara Follett used £25,000 of taxpayers' money to pay for private security patrols at her home

Don Foster claims £800 a month mortgage interest on south-west London flat. In 2005, claimed £3,450 for refurbishing his bathroom. In 2006, claimed £1,000 for bed and mattress

Michael J Foster claims £630 a month interest on the mortgage of his south-east London flat, along with £250 a month for food, annual council tax bills, service charges and utilities bills

Michael Foster claimed £700 a month in mortgage interest on London flat before moving to a more expensive property in 2005. Claimed more than £13,000 in stamp duty and legal fees

Liam Fox claims £1,200-£1,450 for the mortgage interest at his south London flat. Also claims for occasional maintenance charges and ground rent

Hywel Francis designated his second home in London. Claims have included £3,000 contribution towards stamp duty and £549 for a chair. He also claimed £325 for a bookcase

Mark Francois claimed for a wide variety of on-the-go snacks through his expenses

Christopher Fraser claimed more than £1,800 to buy 215 trees and fencing to mark out the boundary of his house.

Roger Gale claimed £624.98 for a television and stand and £250.30 for a TV aerial. Also claimed £1,700 for redecoration, plumbing and electrical works at his second home in London

George Galloway rented a flat in Glasgow as second home when an MP there. As an inner London MP from 2005 does not claim for additional costs allowance. He also tried to charge the taxpayer for the cost of Christmas cards sent from his constituency office

Mike Gapes claimed £1,600 per month to rent a second home in London. His few other claims include £30.98 for photograph frames and £17.97 for a tea caddy

Barry Gardiner made £198,500 profit from a flat funded and refurbished at taxpayers' expense

Edward Garnier QC claims for rent on constituency home, also claimed £211 for lawn mowing and £1,920 for a year’s gardening. Claimed for heating oil on office expenses, as he has home office

David Gauke claimed £10,248.32 in stamp duty and fees involved in the purchase of his second home in London

Andrew George used parliamentary expenses for a London flat used by his student daughter. He also claimed hundreds of pounds for hotel stays with his wife. He has said he will repay £20 for a hotel breakfast

Bruce George claimed £3,136 for central heating and pipework, and £760 on carpets at his second home in London. Also claimed £3,738. 85 for decorating

Neil Gerrard made no claims against the second home allowance

Nick Gibb spent £8,227 on redecoration and repairs at house in constituency, as well as £296 on hedge trimming in one month, before moving to a cottage nearby. Claimed almost £2,000 in fees associated with the purchase and now claims £1,800 a month in mortgage interest payments.

Ian Gibson claimed almost £80,000 in four years for mortgage interest and bills on a London flat which was the main home of his daughter

Sandra Gidley claimed more than £1,500 a month for renting a flat in London as her second home and has made few other claims

Michelle Gildernew and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years even though the Sinn Fein MPs refuse to attend Parliament

Cheryl Gillan bought dog food using her allowance but agreed to pay it back after being contacted by the Telegraph

Linda Gilroy said that she was paying back £1,891. Her designated second home is a flat in Dolphin Square, London, where she claims £1,450 a month in rent. Claims £15 most months for cleaning and utilities. In 2005-6 had to repay £468 after being allowed to spend too much.

Roger Godsiff claimed for bath mats, gardening equipment and more than £7,000 of property repairs on his office expenses. He also claimed more than £2,300 per month in mortgage interest payments on his second home in London but does not claim for any other items

Paul Goggins, the Northern Ireland Minister, claimed almost £45,000 for a "second home", while a friend lived there rent-free

Julia Goldsworthy spent thousands of pounds on expensive furniture just days before the deadline for using up parliamentary allowances. She has promised to pay back £1,005 for a leather rocking chair

Helen Goodman claimed for a week's stay in a cottage in her constituency over a bank holiday

Paul Goodman claimed modest mortgage interest payments on a second home in High Wycombe. Underclaimed by £1,384 in 2006 and was reimbursed by fees office

Robert Goodwill claimed £9,731.76 stamp duty and legal costs for buying his second home in London. Other claims included £695 on a sofa bed

Michael Gove spent thousands on his London home before "flipping" his Commons allowance to another address. He has agreed to repay £7,000. He also claimed for office expenses including a mug from the Tate Modern

Chris Grayling claimed for a London flat even though his constituency home is only 17 miles from the House of Commons. He has agreed to stop doing so

James Gray successfully claimed £2,000 for the future redecoration of his “second home” on the day that he moved out

Damian Green's constituency is a 45-minute commute from Westminster but claimed for a designated second home in Acton, west London, from which it takes at least 40 minutes to get to the Commons. Regularly claimed up to the maximum of £400 for food. Also charged for mortgage interest, council tax and phone.

Justine Greening made no claims under the second homes allowance. Claimed the London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 in 2007/08

John Greenway spent £500 of taxpayers’ money on pot plants and bushes for his garden at his south London home before selling up for a £280,000 profit

Dominic Grieve claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,535 on a second home near Marlow in Bucks. Claimed four months gardening costs at £70.50 a month at the end of 2007 and start of 2008

Nia Griffith bought flat near Westminster soon after being elected, and claimed £9,533 in fees and stamp duty. Claimed £2,270 for “complete redecoration” and £2,997 in furnishings. Claims current mortgage interest of £904 a month

Nigel Griffiths tried to defend his £3,600 claim for electronic equipment in his second home in London by insisting he had to listen to “Scottish radio” and watch “Scottish TV”.

John Grogan designates a flat in Bayswater, west London, as second home and claims £1,560 a month in rent. Also claimed £1,840 on food in 2007-08 and £495 on cleaning services but does not claim for furniture or goods

John Gummer's gardening, including the removal of moles from his lawn, cost the taxpayer £9,000

Andrew Gwynne made monthly mortgage interest payments of £779 in 2006 and 2007, which rose to £1,248 in 2008. Submitted receipt for £27.97 clock radio from Tesco

William Hague claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £1,200 per month on second home in London. Made few other claims apart from council tax

Peter Hain asked if he could claim on two mortgages for homes in his constituency

Mike Hall claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for the cost of cleaners, cleaning products and laundry bills for his London home

Patrick Hall's second home costs were a modest half of the total allowance

David Hamilton claimed £1,710 for decorating at second home in London. Other claims included £199 for lighting, £165 for mirrors, £200 for bedding and £180 on kitchen utensils

Fabian Hamilton declared his mother’s London house as his main residence while over-charging the taxpayer by thousands of pounds for a mortgage on his family home in Leeds

Philip Hammond claimed mortage interest on his second home in London, which was sometimes more than £2,000 per month, but did not claim anything else

Stephen Hammond made no claims under the second homes allowance. Claimed the London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 in 2007/08

Mike Hancock was ranked 548 out of 645 MPs, claiming only £10, 859 of his scond home allowance in 2007-08

Greg Hands represents an inner London constituency so cannot claim the second home allowance. However, he does receive the London supplement, totalling £2,812 in 2007-08

David Hanson: fees office refused £429 for wife’s name to be added to mortgage in November 2006. Submitted £15 receipt for potpourri candles

Harriet Harman hired Scarlett MccGwire for “consultancy” services on the public purse. Claimed for party political propaganda and bought expensive gadgets.

Mark Harper charged for London hotel on his second home allowance before buying London flat in 2006 with monthly mortgage interest of £1,146. Claimed £5.14 for a fungus spray

Dr Evan Harris spent thousands doing up and adding value to his taxpayer-funded second home before selling it to his parents.

Tom Harris became embroiled in a row with the Commons fees office when his claims for a baby cot and bottle steriliser were rejected.

Nick Harvey had to be reminded twice by parliamentary officials to submit receipts with his expenses claims

Alan Haselhurst charged the taxpayer almost £12,000 for gardening bills at his farmhouse in Essex, his expenses claims show. He was involved in an angry exchange with Parliamentary staff over his habit of submitting expense claims supported by estimates of his costs rather than by bills showing the actual amount he had spent

Dai Havard put through £1,165 of Argos receipts showing address in Wales, but told fees office goods went to London and that he had “asked” for this so he would remember to take invoices to constituency office

John Hayes charged for overnight stays in the Carlton Club then bought a flat near Westminster in 2004, also charging £305 for removals and storage. Now claims around £1,900 a month in mortgage interest

Sylvia Heal tried to claim her £882 accountancy bill in 2006-07 but was refused. Now claims less than £20 a month on her mortgage interest payments on her constituency home

John Healey designates flat in Lambeth as his second home. Has claimed £1,172 for a new front door. Has spent £6,194 renovating his kitchen

Oliver Heald's second home is a flat in south London. Has spent £5,258 on refurbishing his bathroom as well as £2,891 on new windows. Bought three lavatory brushes in as many years

David Heath rents a flat near the Barbican in London, which he declares as his second home. Claimed £1,785 a month in rent in 2007-08, along with £1,170 in council tax and £550 on utilities but nothing else

David Heathcoat-Amory’s gardener used hundreds of sacks of horse manure and the MP submitted the receipts to Parliament

John Hemming designates a flat in Covent Garden as his second home. Charged £80 for a hotel “when locked out of flat (lost keys)”. A £1,499 television claim was reduced to £750 and has spent £681 on bedding

Doug Henderson has claimed hundreds of pounds for telephone calls made from his family home which is more than four hours drive away from his constituency. He has a second home in Primrose Hill. In 2007-08 he submitted many claims, without receipts, of £200 a month for council tax, £150 for cleaning, £400 for food and £100 for “service/maintenance”

Mark Hendrick admitted “estimating” the amount of mortgage interest he paid on his second home when claiming. He secretly paid back nearly £7,000 to the taxpayer claiming wrongly for two mortgages

Charles Hendry claimed more than £7,300 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for domestic staff at his second home

Stephen Hepburn has a second home is a flat in Lambeth, south London. In 2007-08 claimed the same amount, £1,923, every month. This included £690 mortgage interest, £380 on food, £200 on council tax and £190 on cleaning, all without receipts

John Heppell claimed the maximum second home allowance in each of the past four years. Owns a flat near Westminster and in 2007-8 claimed £2,019 a month in mortgage interest as well as £576 in service charges

Nick Herbert charged taxpayers more than £10,000 for stamp duty and fees when he and his partner bought a home together in his constituency

Sylvia Hermon rents a flat near Westminster. Had claims for travel rejected. In one month she appears to have had two attempts at adding up the total claim and wrote on the form: “Mental arithmetic hopeless!”

Stephen Hesford has a second home is a flat in Kennington, south London. In 2005-6 he put through a £5,599 bill for a new bathroom and challenged the fees office when told the most he would be allowed was £3,500

Patricia Hewitt claimed £920 in legal fees when she moved out of a flat in her constituency. Stayed in hotels then rented another flat in Leicester. Claimed for furniture including £194 blinds delivered to her London home

David Heyes rents a flat in the Barbican. Claimed £240 for cleaning services most months. In 2006 he put through receipts for £9.38 worth of “moth killer” along with black shoe shine, carpet cleaner and descaler

Keith Hill: as an inner London MP not eligible to claim for a second home allowance, but he took maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year. “It had never occurred to me that an MP would not pay for his meals out of his own pocket”

Meg Hillier: as an inner London MP Miss Hillier is not eligible to claim for a second home allowance, but she claimed the maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year

Mark Hoban claimed £35 on a toilet roll holder, £100 for a chrome shower rack and £79 for four silk cushion covers on his second home allowance

Margaret Hodge claimed thousands of pounds to pay for public relations services from a former government press officer

Sharon Hodgson moved second home from London to Gateshead in 2006 with monthly mortgage interest of £1,178. Claim for a £999 TV queried. Fees office said it was “luxurious” item

Kate Hoey is not eligible to claim for a second home allowance as an inner London MP, but claimed maximum London supplement of £2,812 last year. “I’m shocked by the abuses of the expenses system,” she said

Douglas Hogg included with his expenses claims the cost of having the moat cleared, piano tuned and stable lights fixed at his country manor house. He has agreed to repay £2,200 for the moat clearing

Adam Holloway had £2,219 worth of goods delivered to address in Gravesend which was cancelled by fees office. Insisted it was for second home in London and “re-claimed”. It was allowed

Philip Hollobone claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,829 on designated second home in London in 2007-08. He mainly used his bank statements as proof of purchase for gas, water and utility bills

Paul Holmes regularly claimed between £300 and £400 for food in 2004-05. Tried to charge £250 for use of accountant but rejected by the fees office in February 2006. Claimed £290 for bedside cabinets

Jimmy Hood used his second homes allowance to claim up to £1,000 per month without providing receipts. Claimed the maximum £400 a month for food and £728 on monthly mortgage interest for his London second home. Submitted £110 receipt for new locks and £699 for a Samsung TV.

Geoff Hoon established a property empire worth £1.7 million after claiming taxpayer-funded expenses for at least two properties. He also did not pay capital gains tax on the sale of his London home in 2006. Claimed the costs of accountancy advice using expenses intended to fund their parliamentary and constituency offices. Bought expensive gadgets, including digital cameras and camcorders

Phil Hope spent more than £10,000 in one year refurbishing a small London flat. He has promised to pay back £41,000 to the taxpayer

Kelvin Hopkins claims just a fraction of the available second-home allowance by taking the train to Westminster from his home town

John Horam claimed just £190 monthly for mortgage interest on his Orpington second home in 2004-05, and £223 in 2006-07. Claimed little else apart from utilities, cleaning, TV licence and replacement boiler

Martin Horwood claimed large rent bills of around £1,500 and the rare bill for food. In 2008 submitted an £11.03 receipt for washing up liquid, £2.39 plasters and £1.79 for a tube of Savlon

Stewart Hosie made thousands of pounds of expense claims for furnishings, including £160 for scatter cushions

Michael Howard charged the taxpayer thousands of pounds for "gardening services" at his designated second home in Kent. He also used his office expenses to pay more than £44,000 to the Tory party over the past four years.

David Howarth has not made any claims on his second home allowance since 2004/05

Gerald Howarth claimed nearly £2,000 for the services of a gardener at his second home in Farnborough in 2004 and charged £40 for a strimmer. Claimed mortgage interest twice in April 2007 and repaid

Alan Howarth designated a £1.45 million London house on which he now claims House of Lords expenses as his second home

George Howarth has a second home in London. Claimed £1,000 for a chest of drawers which was reduced by the fees office to £500, and £20 for a colander. MP said he had bought the drawers as “they were the only ones that matched” his furniture

Kim Howells claimed £948.99 for a television at his second home which he designated in his constituency

Lindsay Hoyle claimed £700 per month from second home allowance for mortgage interest payments on his second home in London. Other claims included £505 on a table

Beverley Hughes rented a second home in London where she claimed £801.60 for reupholstering furniture, £718 on a chair and £435 on curtains and for bedding

Simon Hughes is not eligible for the second homes allowance as an inner London MP. He claimed the smaller London Supplement which amounted to £2,812 last year

Chris Huhne regularly submits receipts for bus tickets and groceries including pints of milk, fluffy dusters, lavatory rolls and chocolate HobNobs. He has promised to pay back £119 for a trouser press

Joan Humble claimed up to £1,900 per month to rent a second home in London. She also put in a claim for £1,195 for decorating and charged a further £663.92 for curtains

Jeremy Hunt claimed £600 per month mortgage interest payments on second home in Surrey. Also made claims for council tax, utilities and cleaning

Andrew Hunter claimed second home expenses for staying away from his main residence even though neither property was in London or his constituency

Mark Hunter rented a second home in London for £1,365 per month. He also claimed for food, utilities, council tax and a television licence but has made no other claims on his second home allowance

Nick Hurd was elected in 2005 to his outer London constituency. He does not claim the second homes allowance and instead claims the smaller London Supplement, which amounted to £2,812 last year

John Hutton faces questions over party funding after it emerged that he was paid rent to the Labour Party. Spent taxpayers’ money advertising at football and rugby league matches. Used his office expenses to pay for a degree studied by a member of his staff. Claims £1,340 a month in interest on the mortgage of his house in west London. Until August 2005, claimed £900 a month for interest on mortgage of his constituency home in Aldingham, Cumbria, before switching to London.

Brian Iddon rented a flat in London as his second home. The rental is just over £1,000 per month and he also claimed for food, utilities, council tax and parking charges at the London address

Eric Illsley claimed mortgage interest payments of £180 per month. Claimed for food, utilities, council tax and cleaning but made few other claims on his second home in London

Adam Ingram rented a flat in London as his second home. His claims have included £1,856 for redecoration of the flat and £150 on dishes. He submitted a claim of £17.99 for a hairdryer which was rejected

Huw Irranca-Davies claimed £4,500 for kitchen repairs and replacement at second home in London. Also claimed £700 for garden clearance and disposal of waste

Glenda Jackson has repaid more than £8,000 in expenses she wrongly claimed towards publication of an annual report. She did not claim on her second homes allowance between 2004 and 2008

Michael Jack designated a second home in London. Claims included £1,250 for sanding and varnishing a kitchen floor, £1,200 for a replacement fridge freezer, £1,295 for redecoration, £1,410 on kitchen cupboards

Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on refurbishing his swimming pool. He has agreed to repay the costs associated with his pool

Sian James claimed £1,200 rent on her second home in London, where other claims included £476.24 for furniture, another £265 on furniture, £100 on bedside cabinets and £25 on a stepladder

Bernard Jenkin rents his sister-in-law's farmhouse as a second home and charged £50,000 to his expenses

Brian Jenkins claims little or no mortgage interest for his property in London

Alan Johnson claimed just £43,596 for his second home in 2004-8

Boris Johnson claimed £16.50 for a Remembrance Sunday wreath on his expenses during his time as an MP

Diana Johnson claimed nearly £1,000 to cover the cost of hiring an architect for a decorating project at her second home

David Jones: along with £3,155 for stamp duty and legal fees, he claimed £112 for a Dyson vacuum cleaner in his London home and £119 for a trouser press. Ivory curtains from Heal’s were £356, while furniture from the shop was £387

Helen Jones claimed £87,647 in second home allowances for her London flat between 2004 and 2008. Claimed £5,699 for estate agent fees for selling her flat in London. Her mortgage rose from £89,000 to £223,000 when she moved to a new flat. Blinds were £154, curtains were £25 and glasses were £57.44

Kevan Jones claimed £9,670 for fees and stamp duty on his £315,000 central London flat in May 2004. The flat is now believed to be worth about £350,000. Carpeting in “Berwick Sand” cost a further £1,913