From £2,000 to £25,000...MPs across Derbyshire reveal how much they claimed in expenses
10. Nige (Con, Valley claimed £6,743.03 expenses £3,050 ted to
LIKE the rest of the nation MPs have had to adapt that the way they work amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
What has not changed is their need to declare their spending.
The Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority figures for the 2020-21 financial year show that across Derbyshire MPs have claimed £128,370.93 since April 2020. These ranged from just over £2,000 claimed by one MP to over £25,000 spent by another. on office
Over the same period, all of the UK MPs have claimed over a combined £9 million, according to the IPSA.
Robert Largan, MP for the High Peak, and the MP with the highest claim across Derbyshire said that he is fulfilling his election promise to be “completely transparent” on his expenses.
He said: “They include things like rent for my constituency office and for things like postage and room hire for my help and advice surgeries. In the 13 months since being elected, my office and I have taken up 17,221 individual cases on behalf of local people. I am proud to go above and beyond to try and help people in the High Peak.
“I also rejected the proposed pay increase for MPs and pledged to give it to local charities. I wrote to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, urging them to cancel the proposed pay increase and I am pleased that they have now done so.”
We have ranked all of Derbyshire’s MPs from highest to lowest amount claimed.