House of Commons authorities have revealed details of the £1,183,207 spent on the audit of MPs expenses.
£870,784 was spent on “work commissioned” by Sir Thomas Legg’s audit of MPs allowances, while £5,889 went on office supplies and £306,534 on staff.
It has previously been revealed that Legg himself was paid £142,000 of this in personal fees.
The breakdown of costs was given in a parliamentary answer given to Labour MP Frank Field.
Commons authorities also revealed that a further £19,150 has been spent on the process of MPs appealing against Legg’s findings.
Work commissioned by Sir Paul Kennedy has cost £18,327, with an additional £643 spent on travel and £180 spent on office supplies.
MPs were asked to pay back just over £1.3m by the Legg review.
The combined cost of the audit of expenses and the subsequent appeals process run by Kennedy so far is £1,202, 357
Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd
david tanslow
10th Mar 2010 at 2:14 pm