Charlie Elphicke, MP's mileage claims

Request

I would like to make a request for information regarding expenses claimed by Charlie Elphicke, Member of Parliament for Dover during the 2017-2018 period. There exist 8 different claims of expenses for the same journey on the 1st of April 2017, marked under personal car use between the constituency and Westminster, and would like more information regarding these.


Response

IPSA holds the information that you request.

Under the Scheme of MPs' Business Costs and Expenses ('the Scheme'), travel claims may be made for the costs of travel and travel-related subsistence expenditure undertaken by an MP or others, which are necessarily incurred in the performance of the MP’s parliamentary functions.

Claims submitted by Mr Charlie Elphicke, MP under form number 580026 relates to mileage costs for eight separate journeys made by the MP between his constituency and London in March 2017, using his own vehicle. Further information on the exact dates of travel is included at annex A.

Form NoDescriptionDateExpense TypeReasonStatus
580026MP Mileage March - April 201709/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201712/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201716/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201719/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201724/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201726/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201727/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed
580026MP Mileage March - April 201727/03/2017Mileage - Own VehicleBetween London & ConstituencyAllowed

Ref:
CAS-135317
Disclosure:
31 March 2019
Categories:
MPs' TRAVEL
Exemptions Applied:
None