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Friday, February 05, 2010

Legg's Rebels - S - Z

This is part three of four setting out who the MP's are who have yet to repay to the public purse the amounts recommended by the review conducted by Sir Thomas Legg.  

Alison Seabeck – P. 129

Double paid £795 for rent in November 2005.

Was overpaid £1,167 for mortgage interest in October 2007.

Overpaid £444.65 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £2,406.65
Paid - £1,612.65
Amount Outstanding - £794.00

Barry Sheerman – P. 130

Was overpaid a total of £331.95 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 to 2006-07.

Was overpaid £225.26 for council tax across 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £557.21
Paid - £311.95
Amount Outstanding - £245.26

Clare Short – P. 131

Paid twice for house repair claim of £599.14 in 2006

Overpaid by 189.90 in 2005 when payments should have been reduced on the dissolution of parliament.

Paid £1,206.50 for mobile phone bill charged to the ACA when this should have been claimed under Incidental Expenses Provision.

Paid £3,736 for gardening over three years which exceeded the maximum allowable by £736.

Paid cleaning costs of £2,546.40 in 2006-07 which exceeded the allowable limit of £456.40.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £3,187.94
Paid - £599.14
Amount Outstanding - £2,588.80

Alan Simpson – P. 131

Overpaid by £1,503.67 for mortgage interest in 2008.

Has failed to provide sufficient evidence for mortgage interest payments for January to March 2009 for claims of £2,265.

Paid £2,527.50 for cleaning in 2004-05, exceeding the maximum allowance by £527.50.

Overpaid £219.72 for water bills in 2008-09.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £4,515.89
Paid - £219.72
Amount Outstanding - £4,296.17

Keith Simpson – P. 132

Paid twice in 2006 for a phone bill for £120.74.

Paid £209.87 out of his ACA for a phone bill which relates to his constituency office rather than his second home in 2004.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £330.61
Amount Outstanding - £330.61

Marsha Singh – P. 132

Overpaid £4,505.44 for mortgage interest over four years.

Paid £521.40 for mobile phone bills which are not allowed under the ACA.

Legg recommended Repayment - £5,026.84
Amount Outstanding - £5,026.84

Angela E Smith – P. 133

Overpaid £1,428.81 in mortgage interest over four years.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £1,428.81
Amount Outstanding - £1,428.81

John Smith – P. 134

Mortgage interest payments not correctly adjusted around time of dissolution of Parliament by £683.78.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £683.78
Amount Outstanding - £683.78

Michael Spicer – P. 135

Claimed £15,612.87 for gardening over the five year period, exceeding the £1,000 annual limit by £10,612.87.

Claimed £10,179 for cleaning over a three year period, exceeding the £2,000 annual limit by £4,179.

Was paid £730 for a dishwasher in 2005, exceeding the guideline price by £317.50.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £15,109.37
Paid - £5,109.37
Amount Outstanding - £10,000

Gerry Sutcliffe – P. 138

Overpaid by £2,361 for mortgage interest in 2004-05 as these payments included capital repayment.

Paid £125.14 for mobile phone costs claimed on the ACA which is not allowed.

There is an additional £300 of overpayments spread over some unspecified claims over the five year review period.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £2,786.14
Amount Outstanding - £2,786.14

Dr Des Turner – P. 141


Was overpaid by £1,930.94 for mortgage interest over five years.

Was additionally overpaid by £2,476.72 for mortgage payment protection which is not allowed under the ACA.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £4,407.66
Amount Outstanding - £4,407.66

Sir Peter Viggers – P. 143

Sir Peter had an arrangement with the fees office to receive periodic payments regarding the total running costs of his second home. Upon review the Legg report concludes that £15,293.12 went towards gardening over the review exceeding the maximum allowable by £10,511.62.

He was overpaid by £1,637.54 for roof repairs in July 2007.

He was further overpaid £759.54 for mortgage interest in the year 2008-09.

He was overpaid by a total of £556.60 for council tax in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Legg Recommended Repayment - £13,464.30
Reduction, by appeal - £218.50
Amount Outstanding - £13,245.80

Ben Wallace – P. 144

Overpaid by £1,079.99 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £1,079.99
Amount Outstanding - £1,079.99
Robert Wareing – P. 145

Was paid £11,462.58 over five year period, exceeding the maximum of £2,000 annually by £1,462.58.

Paid twice for unspecified expenses relating to the period of 24th February to 17th March 2005, resulting in an overpayment of £1,296.30.

His mortgage interest payments were overstated by £574.31 in 2004-05 and £558.81 in 2005-06 resulting in an overpayment of £1,113.12.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £3,892.00
Reduction, by appeal - £215.86
Amount Outstanding - £3,676.14

Betty Williams – P. 147

Was overpaid by £750.25 in mortgage interest over five years.

Legg recommended Repayment - £750.25
Amount Outstanding - £750.25

Shaun Woodward – P151

Overpaid by £656.24 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.

Overpaid by £813.91 for mortgage interest in 2005-06 when payments were not reduced correctly based on the dissolution of Parliament.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £1,470.15
Paid - £1,426.42
Amount Outstanding - £43.73

Phil Woolas – P. 151

Was overpaid by £3,350.86 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.

Was paid for gas standing charges of £60 in January, February & March 2008 which were not debited from his account, resulting in a £180 overpayment.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £3,530.86
Reduced, by appeal - £2,644.70
Amount Outstanding - £886.16

Derek Wyatt – P. 152

Overpaid for mortgage interest by totalling £718.01 for the periods 2005-06 and 2008-09.

Overpaid by £776.76 for service charges in 2004-05.

Paid £666.43 twice for various items in 2005-06 and 2008-09.

Overpaid by £1,290.30 for council tax across four years.

He was paid £160 twice for cleaning and ironing in November 2008.

Legg Recommended Repayment - £3,611.50
Amount Outstanding - £3,611.50

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