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.

Ref:
RFI-202109-06
Disclosure:
6 October 2021
Categories:
GENERAL EXPENSES ENQUIRY
Exemptions Applied: