List of items purchased by MPs and returned after a General Election
Request
Under an above request might I seek a list of items purchased via the MPs expenses scheme that were returned to IPSA following a member losing office during & since the general election of 2019?
Response
This information is not held by IPSA.
Former MPs are unable to return items to IPSA. They have several options for what to do.
They can:
keep the items and repay the depreciated value to IPSA
sell the items and pay the proceeds to IPSA
donate the items to a charity
pass the items to another MP
From recollection no MPs have sold items and sent the money to IPSA; a small number have purchased the items and submitted a repayment. Most MPs either donate the items to charity or pass them to another MP.
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- Ref:
- RFI-202109-06
- Disclosure:
- 6 October 2021
- Categories:
- GENERAL EXPENSES ENQUIRY
- Exemptions Applied: