Complaints handled

We publish details of the complaints we handle each year. these are updated each quarter.

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Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1447	Member of the public	MP1	Concerned amount of money the MP was spending on hotel accommodation and cited an example of £700 for one night in a hotel.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the aggregate amount claimed for hotel accommodation, over the period of time in question, did not exceed the limit allowed by the Scheme. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1448	Member of the public	MP2	Concerned about the use of parliamentary stationery and postage for the distribution of a letter containing party-political content.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1449	Member of the public	MP3	Concerned the MP had used the constituency office and IPSA funded stationery for campaign purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found the constituency office and resources had been used for campaign purposes but the MP had recorded all campaign activity and materials that were used and IPSA would be reimbursed at the end of the campaign. It was concluded as no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1450	Local Councillor	MP4	Concerned MP had used the constituency office and IPSA funded staff for campaign purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1451	Member of the public	MP5	Concerned MP has claimed for consultancy costs with potential for use for campaign purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. Consultancy contract arrangements were approved by IPSA and services were not used for any non-parliamentary services. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1452	Member of the public	MP6	Concerned about MP's claims for hotel accommodation prior to and during November 2022, particularly a claim for £2,500. The complaint did not specify how many nights were covered.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the aggregate amount claimed for hotel accommodation, over the period of time in question, did not exceed the limit allowed by the Scheme. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1453	Member of the public	MP7	Concerned an alleged donation to charity of £10,000 by the MP had been given from the IPSA funded office budget uplift during the COVID pandemic.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the MP had only claimed a total of £1,789.19 from this budget to assist the MP and staff during COVID. Additional costs were allocated to this COVID budget, but those related to staffing salary costs and were eligible. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1455	Member of the public	MP8	Concerned MP staff had engaged in campaign activities.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. MP was able to confirm that the dates and times identified by the complainant, were not during the relevant staff members working hours or were during period of leave or Time-off-in-Lieu of leave. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1456	Member of the public	MP9	Concerned about MP's claims for parking and driving fines.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment reviewed IPSA Policy and was able to refer the complainant to para 3.26 of the Scheme, which requires MPs to repay fines of this type. Assessment concluded that repayment would be sought by the IPSA.
COM-1457	Member of the public	MP10	Concerned about MP's claims for parking and driving fines.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment reviewed IPSA Policy and was able to refer the complainant to para 3.26 of the Scheme, which requires MPs to repay fines of this type. Assessment concluded that repayment would be sought by the IPSA.
COM-1458	Member of the public	MP11	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery and postage for the distribution of letters with party political content.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the stationery and postage used on this occasion was not funded by IPSA. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1459	Member of the public	MP12	Concerned about MPs higher than necessary remuneration and allowances.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1460	Member of the public	MP13	Concerned MP claimed for the production and distribution of leaflets with party-political content.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1462	Member of the public	MP14	Concerned MP claimed for the production and distribution of an electronic newsletter which was said to contain party-political content.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1463	Member of the public	MP16	Concerned about MP's claims for parking and driving fines.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment reviewed IPSA Policy and was able to refer the complainant to para 3.26 of the Scheme, which requires MPs to repay fines of this type. Assessment concluded that repayment would be sought by the IPSA.
COM-1464	Member of the public	MP17	Concerned MP was claiming for expenses after resigning from office.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1465	Member of the public	MP18	Concerned MP had used House of Commons pre-paid envelope for a non-parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1466	Member of the public	MP19	Concerned about nature and value of money of a consultancy firm engaged by the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1413	Member of the public	MP1	Concerned MP claiming for very high telephone and internet costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found although the total costs for telphone and internet were high, the charge included costs for maintenance and broadband. Overall costs considered reasonable. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1414	Member of the public	MP2	Concerned payment of redundancy to staff member was not an eligible cost	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1415	Member of the public	MP3	Employment of staff member for non parliamentary purposes	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1416	IPSA	MP4	Concern surrounding various invoices for bought in services	Progressed to investigation	Assessment concluded and investigation opened.
COM-1417	Journalist	MP5	Concern constituency office used by the political party	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1418	Member of the public	MP6	Concerned the MP had purchased an expensive photocopier and this was being used during local party campaigns	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1419	Member of the public	MP7	Concern that the MP had engaged a supplier for business services thought to have previously funded the MP in their political campaign	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment did find a donation from the business supplier dating back to 2010, but no donations had been made to the MP since. Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1420	Member of the public	MP8	Concerned Christmas Cards sent to Labour members only	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1421	Member of the public	MP9	Party political leaflets claimed from IPSA	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no claim had been submitted for the production or distribution of the leaflet. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1423	Member of the public	MP10	Concerned MP had clamied for petrol for a hire car	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded this was an eligible expense. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1424	Member of the public	MP11	Concerned MP had posted a survey on the IPSA funded website, which included a question about voting intentions	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded for the period the survey was posted on the IPSA funded website, the MP would reimburse to IPSA the hosting costs for this period.
COM-1425	Member of MP Staff	MP12	IPSA funded staff member instructed by MP to carry out party political work	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1426	Member of the public	MP13	Concerned MP had posted a survey on the IPSA funded website, which included a question about voting intentions	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the survey had been posted on the MP's website but for the period the survey was visible to the public, the MP had not submitted an expense claim. The MP removed the survey and will deduct the cost from the expense claim, when it is submitted to IPSA for reimbursement.
COM-1427	Member of the public	MP14	Concerned MP had taken several holidays while employed as an MP	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1428	Member of the public	MP15	IPSA staff engaged in party political activities during working hours	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1429	Member of the public	MP16	Concerned MP had clamied for ineligible accommodation costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1430	Member of the public	MP17	Accommodation expenses	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1431	Member of the public	MP18	Concerned MPs claiming for production of Christmas cards	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1432	Member of the public	MP19	Concern MP entered a reality tv programme while working as an MP	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1433	Member of the public	MP20	Concerned MP had claimed for the production of Christmas cards	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the MP has submitted no claim for Christmas cards. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1434	Member of the public	MP21	Concerned MP had claimed for legal fees to defend "Party gate"	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1435	Member of the public	MP22	Misuse of parliamentary privilege	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1436	Member of the public	MP23	Concerned MP had claimed for ineligible dependent uplift on accommodation budget	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1437	Member of the public	MP24	Concerned an MP staff member was seen on a local picket line during working hours	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1438	Member of the public	MP25	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery for the distribution of a letter with party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1439	Member of the public	MP26	Concerned MP was claiming for ground rent and service charge on a freehold property	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1440	Member of the public	MP27	Concerned MP has claimed for costs for the production of a leaflet that contained party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the MP has submitted no claims for the production of the leaflet. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1441	Councillor	MP28	Production & distribution on Labour party leaflet	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1442	Member of the public	MP29	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery for the distribution of a letter with party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1443	Member of the public	MP30	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery for the distribution of a letter with party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1444	Member of the public	MP31	Concerned MP staff had engaged in campaign activities	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1445	Member of the public	MP32	Concern surrounding MP's travel expenses	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1446	Member of the public	MP33	Concerned about the content of a letter circulated by the MP	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1376	Local Councillor	MP1	Concerned MP and MP staff had engaged in campaign activities	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1378	Member of the public	MP2	Concerned MP staff had engaged in campaign activities	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment was not concluded because additional information was required from the complainant, which was not provided.
COM-1379	Member of the public	MP3	Concerned MP staff and constituency office had been used for campaign activities	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1380	Member of the public	MP4	Concerned MP has placed party political signage on the windows of the constituency office	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded with recommendation that the signage be removed.
COM-1381	Member of the public	MP5	Concerned MP staff had engaged in campaign activities	Investigation opened	Assessment concluded (COM-1381 & COM-1392) and Investigation opened.
COM-1382	Member of the public	MP6	Concerned MP staff had engaged in campaign activities	Investigation opened	Assessment concluded (COM-1381 & COM-1392) and Investigation opened.
COM-1384	Member of the public	MP7	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery for the distribution of a letter with party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1385	Member of the public	MP8	Concerned MP paid a company who funded election campaign	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1386	Member of the public	MP9	Concerned IPSA expenses used to fund party political activities	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1387	Member of the public	MP10	Concerned IPSA expenses used to promote MP	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1388	Member of the public	MP11	Concerned MP staff member working as a Local Councillor	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1389	Member of the public	MP12	Concerned MP has claimed for a number of travel claims on the same date and concerned about legitimacy of London accommodation claims	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the travel claims were for a number of different travel dates and claims for London accommodation were ligitimate claims. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1392	Member of the public	MP13	Concerned MP has posted a survey on the parliamentary website, which included party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the MP had already reimbursed IPSA for use of the parliamentary website for party political content, as is allowed under the rules of the Scheme. At the time of the complaint, no breach of the Scheme was found.
COM-1393	Member of the public	MP14	Concerned MP has circulated a leaflet containing party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the MP had not yet submitted a claim for costs. It was agreed by IPSA that the costs would be split between IPSA and the local Councillors named on the leaflet.
COM-1394	Member of the public	MP16	Concerned using IPSA funded website for party political purposes	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1396	Member of the public	MP17	General concern surrounding MP's annual budgets	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1397	Member of the public	MP18	Concerned MP claimed an ineligible advertising cost	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1398	Member of the public	MP19	Concerned MP claiming for but not entitled to dependant uplift on the London accommodation	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1400	Member of the public	MP20	Concerned MP defrauding taxpayer through the employment of staff who either did not exist or were not doing their job	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1402	Member of the public	MP21	Concerned MP claimed for replacement of lost Apple AirPods	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the intial claim for the Airpods to be legitimate and no claim had been submitted for a replacement. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1403	Member of the public	MP22	Concerned MP claiming for constituency office which is not in existence	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1405	Member of the public	MP23	Concerned MP claimed for foreigh language lessons – 24 complaints were received on the same subject	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1407	Member of the public	MP24	Concerned MP used office costs budget for non parliamentary purposes	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1408	Member of the public	MP25	Concerned MP employed wife as a connected party	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
Com 1410	Member of the public	MP27	Concerned MP used office costs budget for non parliamentary purposes	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1411	Member of the public	MP28	Concerned MP had used House of Commons stationery for the distribution of a letter with party political content	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1412	Member of the public	MP29	Concerned MP claimed for legal costs, where the subject of the legal action was not parliamentary	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1326	Member of the public	MP1	Concerned the MP had claimed costs for producing and circulating a publication not considered parliamentary	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the booklet costs had been claimed and reimbursed by IPSA. IPSA had provided MPs with an additional budget 'to deal with operations issues related to the current pandemic'. No breach of Scheme found.
COM-1327	Member of the public	MP2	Concerned MP's website promotes political party	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the party political logo on the IPSA funded website was an allowable expense. No breach the Scheme was found.
COM-1328	Councillor/Member of the Public	MP3	Concerned MP used House of Commons letterhead for a non parliamentary purpose	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1329	Member of the public	MP4	Concerned MP used parliamentary facilities during the 2019 General Election	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1330	Member of the public	MP5	Concerned MP circulated to constituents a booklet deemed election material	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the booklet costs had been claimed and reimbursed by IPSA. IPSA had provided MPs with an additional budget 'to deal with operations issues related to the current pandemic'. No breach of Scheme found.
COM-1331	Member of the public	MP6	Concerned MP used House of Commons letterhead for a non parliamentary purpose	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1332	Member of the public	MP7	Concerned about MP's claims for accommodation costs, Council Tax, travel expenses and employment of family members	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1334	Political Party	MP8	Concerned MP used House of Commons letterhead for a non parliamentary purpose. The letter contained a link to a survey hosted on a party political website.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1335	Member of the public	MP9	Concerned MP had utillised IPSA funded office staff to engage in Council duties to assist the MP in their work as a local Councillor.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1336	IPSA	MP10	MP concerned staff members of an MP had misused office resources	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1344	Member of the public	MP11	Concerned MP had claimed for one journey seven times	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The date published by IPSA was the date the expense was claimed, not the date of the journey. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1345	Member of the public	MP12	Concerned MP had used the Parliamentary E mail to send out party political material	Closed prior to an investigation	The complainant was asked to provide additional information. This was not received and the matter was closed.
COM-1346	Local Councillor	MP13	Concerned about the employment of a connected party and travel costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1347	Member of the public	MP14	Concerned MP had made claims relating to ineligible dependent expenses	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1348	Member of the public	MP15	Concerned claims for postage and printing linked to the production and circulation of a survey to local constituents and office costs to a website hosting company were ineligible	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the leaflet was not a 'newsletter' and was therefore an eligible cost. Costs claimed for hosting and techical support for an IPSA funded website is also an eligible cost. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM_1349	Member of the public	MP16	Concerned MP had used tax-payers’ money to claim rental claims for a constituency office which appeared to be a P.O Box	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. The MP confirmed the office was administrative only and that due to security concerns, the IPSA funded constituency office was not open to the public. All face to face casework was carried out during local surgeries.
COM-1350	Member of the public	MP17	Concerned MP had submitted a duplicate travel claim	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded that it was possible the two travel claims were for the same journey. The MP's office was unable to confirm they were separate journey's, therefore the Compliance Officer's outcome was that the cost of one journey would be repaid. The MP has repaid the amount. No further action taken.
COM-1352 (COM-1351 allocated in error)	Member of the public	MP18	Concerned about who MP was living with, in the IPSA funded accommodation	Closed prior to an investigation	No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1353	Member of the public	MP19	Concerned MP had made claims for rental costs for a constituency office owned by a family member of the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded when ownership of the constituency office changed, the MP ceased claiming from IPSA reimbursement of rent. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1354	Member of the public	MP20	Use of MP's Facebook account	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1356	Member of the public	MP21	Concerned MP had claimed for utility bills at one property while owning another	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1358	Member of the public	MP22	Concerned MP had submitted a duplicate claim for constituency electricity costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded the two electricity claims were not duplicates. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1359	Member of the public	MP23	Concerned MP had put up party political signeage on the constituency office windows	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP was reminded of the rules of the Scheme and asked to remove the signeage when COVID-19 rules relaxed.
COM-1360	Journalist	MP24	Concerned MP had submitted ineligible claims in relation to the dependent uplift IPSA provides on accommodation costs and dependent travel expenses	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1361	Member of the public	MP25	Concerned MP had claimed for production and distribution of Christmas cards and Apple Airpods	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1363	Member of the public	MP26	Concerned a specific office cost item claimed was not for a parliamentary purpose	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1364	Member of the public	MP27	Concerned about MP's office and staffing costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1365	IPSA	MP28	Concerned MP claimed for ineligible professional fees	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1366	Member of the public	MP29	Concern regarding a 'recoginition and reward' payment to an MP's member of staff	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1367	Member of the public	MP30	Concerned MP using constituency office for non parliamentary purpose	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded that during COVID-19, the constituency office had been used to film a party political video but that this has been carried out outside of office hours. MP confirmed no other parliamentary resources had been used. No breach of the Scheme found and MP reminded of the rules.
COM-1369	Member of the public	MP31	Concerned about MP's claims for accommodation, dependent uplift and MP's declarations to the electoral commission in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 following the General Elections	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1370	Member of the public	MP32	Concerned MP used House of Commons letterhead for a non parliamentary purpose	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1371	Member of the public	MP33	Concerned over purchase of personalised apple ipods and an office chair	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1372	Member of the public	MP34	Concerned MP had claimed for expenses relating to Christmas cards	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support the complaint. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1373	Member of the public	MP35	Concerned about claims for constituency cleaning costs	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded this was a duplicate claim submitted by the MP's member of staff in genuine error. Reimbursement has been sought from the MP.
COM-1374	MP	MP36	MP concerns around member of staff	Closed prior to an investigation	Referred to an external organisation.
COM-1375	Member of the public	MP37	Concerned about connected party and office cost	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no evidence to support complaint regarding the connected party. However, a duplicate claim for an eye test had been submitted. This has been reimbursed by the MP.
COM-1376	Member of the public	MP38	Professional fees resulting from bullying complaint	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1282	Member of the public	MP1	Concerned that MP had claimed for office and staffing costs that were ineligible under the terms of the Scheme	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint that costs in relation to stationery, staffing and volunteers were excessively high. MP written to, followed by a personal meeting with the Compliance Officer. All claims examined and found to be in accordance with the Scheme
COM-1283	Member of the public	MP2	Concerned that MPs were renting out London properties whilst receiving funding from IPSA to rent another London property.	Closed prior to an investigation	General complaint following a media article, that a number of MPs were claiming accommodation costs from IPSA, whilst renting out their own properties. Complainant advised this was a legitimate expense and allowable under the Scheme.
COM-1284	Member of the public	MP3	Concerned that an MP's staff member was carrying out non parliamentary activities during working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint made that a staff member of the MP was placing posts on a party political FaceBook site during working hours. MP provided reassurance that the staff member was not responsible. Breach of Scheme not proven.
COM-1286	Member of the public	MP4	Concerned that the MP was not running a functioning parliamentary constituency office.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint that MP had dismissed his staff and closed his constituency office, therefore unable to fulfil all functions of an MP. Compliance Officer wrote to the MP who confirmed a new team had been recruited and the constituency office would re-open soon. Assessment concluded there had been no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1287	Member of the public	MP5	Concerned the MP was using the parliamentary office for campaigning during local elections.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP confirmed posters had been displayed in connection with local elections and that the office had been used for campaign purposes on the day in question. MP has reimbursed IPSA a proportionate sum for the use of the office.
COM-1288	Member of the public	MP6	Concerned the MP had circulated a newsletter using IPSA funds.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. Costs to produce and circulate the newsletter not claimed from IPSA. No breach of the Scheme.
COM-1289	Member of the public	MP7	Concerned MP was using the constituency office to store SNP party political material.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP confirmed that on the day in question, a privately owned gazebo, which had been borrowed by the local SNP branch, had been temporarily stored in the constituency office awaiting collection by the owner. The MP made assurances that this would not happen again.
COM-1290	Member of the public	MP8	Concerned MP had used the parliamentary office for campaigning during local elections.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint received that a recent labour party leaflet had used the postal address of the MPs constituency office and therefore she was allowing her office to be used for party political activities. The assessment found the Local Labour Party rent separate office space within the same building. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1291	Staff member Staff Member	MP9	Staff member concerned about MPs financial management of parliamentary office.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint made in relation to accommodation uplift budget for MPs with caring responsibilities, travel costs and sickness management. Assessment found no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1292	IPSA	MP10	MP's staff car mileage	Formal investigation opened	Investigation ongoing
COM-1293	Member of the public	MP11	Concerned about MPs expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint made that the MP had claimed expenses for the cost of two TV licence fees. MP contacted and confirmed two claims were made due to the fact there are two constituency offices. Claims allowable under the Scheme. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1294	Member of the public	MP12	Concerned MP was claiming for a constituency office but not actually using the office for a parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP confirmed the office was in regular use by him and his staff but not open to constituents for security reasons. Expense allowable under the Scheme. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1295	Member of the public	MP13	Concerned MP staff had engaged in party political campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint that four members of staff had attended a private party political function. The Compliance Officer wrote to the MP and asked for an explanation. The MP confirmed the staff attended the event in their own time and not as part of their working day. A check of IPSA systems confirmed that no claims were made in relation to the event. Assessment concluded no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1296	Councillor	MP14	Concerned MP had claimed mileage to attend remembrance Sunday services in 2017/18 and claimed expenses for the parliamentary recall to Westminster following the murder of Jo Cox. Complainant also questioned if the MP had donated their pay rise to charity since 2015.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded that if claims had been made they would have been allowable under the Scheme. No breach of the Scheme found. The issue of MP salary arrangements is not within the remit of the Compliance Office.
COM-1297	Member of the public	MP15	Concerned MP had claimed for the printing and circulation of birthday notices to be sent to local residents on their 18th birthday.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment concluded no breach of the Scheme. IPSA view this as an allowable expense.
COM-1298	Member of the public	MP16	Concerned about MP's use of IPSA funded website and social media.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found the MP has not claimed for any expenses in respect to the website or social media. The assessment did find one administrative error. One invoice for computer software had been paid by the MP and claimed from IPSA twice. The MP has repaid the overcharge. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1299	Member of the public	MP17	Concerned MP had claimed over his accommodation budget.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. All claims eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1300	Member of the public	MP18	Concerned about two MP's, one MP's use of the constituency office for local Councillor business and the other about the MP's use of donations received.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1301	Member of the public	MP19	Concerned about MP's office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint that the MP claimed in excess of £7K for legal fees in connection with a staff grievance and the lawyer is a relative of a colleague of the MP. This expense is allowable under the Scheme under the category of professional services and the lawyer does not fit the definition of a connected party as defined by the Scheme.
COM-1303	Member of the public	MP20	Concerned MP using parliamentary office resources for non parliamentary activities.	Formal investigation opened	Investigation ongoing.
COM-1304	Member of the public	MP21	Concerned MP using House of Commons letterhead and postage for non parliamentary activities.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint.
COM1305	Member of the public	MP22	Concerned MP using parliamentary office resources for non parliamentary activities.	Formal investigation opened	Investigation ongoing.
COM-1306	Member of the public	MP23	Concerned MP and staff have engaged in party political campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found the MP and staff attended MP surgeries during the day and in the evening (in their own time) and the staff conducted residents questionnaires on behalf of the MP. None of the leaflets were claimed as an expense and the video production costs which showed the activities were not subject of any claims. No breach of the Scheme.
COM-1307	Member of the public	MP24	Concerned MP sent out newsletter with campaign material content.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1308	Member of the public	MP25	Concermed MP had claimed for costs to print and distribute Christmas cards	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found the MP had claimed for the production and distribution of Christmas cards and concluded no breach of the Scheme. IPSA view this as an allowable expense.
COM-1309	Member of the public	MP26	Concerned MP using House of Commons letterhead and postage for non parliamentary purposes	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint. The MP had made no claims for printing of House of Commons letterhead or related postage. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1310	Member of the public	MP27	Concerned about MP's office costs	Closed prior to investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1311	Conservative PPC	MP28	Concerned MP using House of Commons letterhead and postage for non parliamentary purposes	Closed prior to investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1312	Member of the public	MP29	Concerned MP staff have engaged in party political campaigning	Closed prior to investigation	Complaint retracted.
COM-1313	Member of the public	MP30	Concerned the Conservative Party had willfully mislead the electorate during the ITV election debate	Closed prior to investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1314	Councillor	MP31	Concerned MP has used photographic material and services paid for by IPSA in election campaign material	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found initial claim for photographic material and its use fell within the rules of the Scheme. IPSA has been reimbursed for the subequent use of the material for non-parliamentary purposes.
COM-1315	Member of the public	MP32	Concerned MP using constituency office for election purposes	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found the MP had reimbursed IPSA for the use of the constituency office during the 2019 General Election. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1316	IPSA	MP33	Concerned MP has claimed in excess of £45k for accomodation costs from a person he has power of attorney for, and paid the person a salary when they were not working.	Closed prior to investigation	Referred to an external organisation.
COM-1317	Member of the public	MP34	Concerned MP using constituency office for election purposes	Closed prior to investigation	Outside remit.
COM-1319	Member of the public	MP35	Concerned MP had claimed for costs to print and post birthday cards to constituents	Closed prior to investigation	Since April 2017 MPs have been given greater discretion on how they can use their office expenses budget. Assessment found no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1320	Staff member of MP	MP36	Concerned MP staff member had engaged in party political work during parliamentary working hours	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1321	Member of the public	MP37	Concerned MP using constituency office for party political purposes	Closed prior to investigation	Assessment found no evidence to support the complaint.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1238	Conservative Party HQ	MP1	Conservative Party investigation of internal complaint highlights potential fraud by production of false invoices.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1241	Member of the public	MP2	Complained that the MP has claimed for ineligible rail travel and office rent.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims are eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1242	Member of the p	MP3	Complained that the MP has claimed for office costs for non-parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment revealed the MP did not claim for the item(s) subject of the complaint and therefore there was no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1243	Member of the p	MP4	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not to be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1244	Member of the p	MP5	Complained that the MP had claimed for rail journeys that were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1245	Member of the p	MP6	Complained that 4 MPs had claimed for travel costs ineligible under the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1246	Member of the p	MP7	Complained that the MP was not responding to concerns.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of the Compliance Officer, referred to outside organisation.
COM-1247	Member of the p	MP8	Complained that the MP had sent out emails of a party political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. Email in question sent via mailchimp account and no costs claimed from IPSA - therefore no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1248	Member of the p	MP9	Complained that the MP is using the constituency office for non parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. The MP used his constituency office address to register a company and for mailing purposes only. No IPSA funds utilised and therefore no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1251	IPSA	MP10	MP has reported concerns that a member of her staff has authorised various expense claims through IPSA without her knowledge or consent.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of the Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1252	Member of the p	MP11	Complained that the MP was claiming for rental accommodation while owning a property in the same locality.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found nothing in the Scheme to prevent an MP renting a property whilst owning another as long as expenses are only claimed in respect of one property. No breach of the Scheme in this case.
COM-1253	Member of the p	MP12	Complained that the MP had claimed over the accommodation budget allowance for 2016/2017.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. The MP had not spent over the accommodation budget. No breach of the Scheme found.
COM-1254	Member of the p	MP13	Complaint about the local MP	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of the Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1255	Political Party	MP14	Complained that the MP had used House of Commons stationery with a party political logo and claimed for costs of room hire for non parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1256	Member of the p	MP15	Complained that the MP had claimed for dependent travel.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no breach of the Scheme. Dependent travel is an eligible expense and all claims reviewed were found to be in accordance with the Scheme.
COM-1257	Member of the p	MP16	Complained that the MP had claimed for air fares that were ineligible under the terms of the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1258	Member of the p	MP17	Following conclusion of Court case, enquired as to whether or not a further investigation would be conducted by IPSA or Compliance with regards to potential breach of the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation	Referred to IPSA for review.
COM-1259	Member of the p	MP18	Complained that the MP had misused their House of Commons letterhead.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of the Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1260	Member of the p	MP19	Complained that MP's staff members were engaged in party political activities during working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP provided reassurance that any activity conducted by members of staff in support of a Political party were conducted in their own time and independently of their salaried role. Staff were often required to work additional hours and in so doing built up time to be taken off in lieu of additional hours worked. There has been no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1261	Member of the p	MP20	Complained that MP's are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1262	Member of the p	MP21	Concerned about potential inappropriate use of IPSA funded office equipment by an MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1263	Member of the p	MP22	Complained about a safeguarding issue.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of the Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1264	Member of the p	MP23	Complained that MP had claimed for ineligible rail travel.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found no breach of the Scheme. The claim in question was found to be eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1266	Member of the p	MP24	Concerned that MPs are not responding to concerns regarding Adults with Learning Disabilities.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1267	Member of the p	MP25	Concerned that MPs were paying constituency office rent to an organisation who did not have ownership of the property.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found two Conservative Association's in dispute over ownership of the building to which IPSA have paid for MPs to rent their constituency offices. Matter referred to IPSA for ongoing managment, awaiting clarification of legal position.
COM-1269	Member of the p	MP26	Concerned that MP had claimed for ineligible office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support complaint.
COM-1270	Member of the p	MP27	Concerned about MPs travel costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1271	Member of the p	MP28	Concerned that MP had claimed over £100,000 in office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1272	Member of the p	MP29	Concerned about MP's Code of Conduct.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1273	Member of the p	MP30	Concerned that MP staff were engaging in party political activities during working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided assurance that any activity conducted by members of staff in support of a political party were conducted in their own time and independently of their salaried role. Staff were often required to work additional hours and in so doing built up time to be taken in lieu of additional hours worked. There has been no breach of the Scheme.
COM-1274	Member of the p	MP31	Concerned that MP had used House of Commons stationery for non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside remit of Compliance Officer, referred to external organisation.
COM-1275	Member of the p	MP32	Concerned that MP had used the constituency office for a non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1276	Member of the p	MP33	Concerned that MP had produced an annual report which contained content of a non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found the MP had not been reimbursed for the cost of printing the annual report, however costs for postage had been claimed. MP to reimburse IPSA for postage costs, deemed an ineligible cost.
COM-1277	Member of the p	MP34	Concerned about MP's office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1278	Member of the p	MP35	Concerned that MP had used IPSA funded website for a non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found party political content on MP's website. This content was removed by the MP prior to completion of the assessment.
COM-1279	Member of the p	MP36	Concerned that MP had used IPSA funded website for a non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found party political content on MP's website. This content was removed by the MP prior to completion of the assessment.
COM-1280	Member of the p	MP37	Concerned that MP had used IPSA funded website for a non parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found party political content on MP's website. This content was removed by the MP prior to completion of the assessment.
COM-1281	Member of the p	MP38	Concerned that MP had used IPSA funded website for a non parliamentary purpose and possibly breached GDPR rules.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment found party political content on MP's website. This content was removed by the MP prior to completion of the assessment. The complainant was referred to the ICO to raise any concerns regarding possible breach of GDPR rules.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1184	Member of the public	MP1	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sign in question was affixed to premises not paid for by IPSA and therefore there was no Scheme breach.
COM-1180	Member of the public	MP2	Complained that an MP had claimed for an air journey that was ineligible under the terms of the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1181	Member of the public	MP3	Complained that MP's claimed rent while renting out owned properties.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1182	Member of the public	MP4	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sign in question was affixed to premises not paid for by IPSA and therefore there was no Scheme breach.
COM-1185	Member of the public	MP5	Complaint about an MP's Code of Conduct.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1186	Member of the public	MP6	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1187	Member of the public	MP7	Complained that an MP staff member was paid outside the Scheme rules.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1189	Member of the public	MP8	Complained that the MP claimed for ineligible office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1190	Member of the public	MP9	Complained that the MP's constituency office was being utilised by a political party.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1191	Member of the public	MP10	Complained that the MP's stationery was being utilised for election campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1192	Member of the public	MP11	Complained that the MP's website was being utilised for election campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1193	Member of the public	MP12	Complained that the MP's stationery was being utilised for election campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1196	Member of the public	MP13	Complained that the MP's office equipment was being utilised for election campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1197	Member of the public	MP14	Complained that the MP over claimed mileage.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1177	Member of the public	MP15	Complained that the MP over claimed mileage.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1194	Member of the public	MP16	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1188	Member of the public	MP17	Complained that an MP had claimed for an air journey that was ineligible under the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1195	Member of the public	MP18	Complained that the MP claimed an uplift on their Accommodation budget for dependant children.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1198	Member of the public	MP19	Complained that the MP claimed accommodation expenditure whilst on long term sick.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1199	Member of the public	MP20	Complained that the MP misused office costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All telephone claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1201	Member of the public	MP21	Complained that the MP claimed for office costs used for non-parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1202	Member of the public	MP22	Complained that the MP claimed for advertising for a constituency he did not represent.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. Claim for advertising board eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1204	Member of the public	MP23	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1205	Member of the public	MP24	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1206	Member of the public	MP25	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1207	Member of the public	MP26	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1209	Member of the public	MP27	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1210	Member of the public	MP28	Complained that the MP's claims for dependent children and travel costs were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1211	Member of the public	MP29	Complained that the MPs rail costs were too high.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1212	Member of the public	Johnny Mercer	Complained about MPs website and e-presence.	Formal investigation opened	Investigation ongoing.
COM-1216	Member of the public	MP31	Complained that claims made by MP for travel costs were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1215	Member of the public	MP32	Complained that MPs staff were engaged in party political activities during contracted working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1217	Member of the public	Johnny Mercer	Complained about MPs website and e-presence.	Formal investigation opened	Investigation ongoing.
COM-1219	Member of the public	MP34	Complained that the MPs claims for accommodation expenditure were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1220	Member of the public	MP35	Complained that MPs claims for office costs were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	Nothing found to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1221	Journalist	MP36	Complained that MP staff were engaging in party political activity during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The press release sent from the MPs office was of a party political nature but the staff member in question only worked part time for the MP. The MP has provided assurance that the press release in question was not sent out during contracted hours and no parliamentary resources were used in its release. The domain address the press release was sent from was funded by the political party.
COM-1222	Member of the public	MP37	Complained that the MP had claimed for rail journeys that were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	A review of the MPs expenses found the rail journeys in question to be eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1223	Police	MP38	Complained that the MP claimed accommodation expenditure while on long term sick.	Closed prior to an investigation	The complainant (see COM-1198) was informed that MPs are office holders and not employees and although IPSA process salaries and expenses, MPs are responsible for managing their own time and do not have to report on matters such as sick leave to IPSA. IPSA does not have a statutory oversight over MPs terms of employment.
COM-1225	Member of the public	MPs	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1226	Member of the public	MPs	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1227	Member of the public	MPs	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1228	Member of the public	MPs	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1229	Local Councillor	MP43	Complained that the MP claimed office costs that were used for non parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	As assessment found no misuse of office expenses.
COM-1230	Member of the public	MP44	Complained that the MP claimed for office costs that were for non parliamentary purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of Compliance remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1231	Member of the public	MP45	Complained that the MP claimed office expenses to post a message on Facebook, which was of a party political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment found no misuse of office expenses. During the period in question, no expenses were incurred to fund either the MPs website or Facebook page. The MP has provided assurance that no parliamentary resources were used in the creation or posting of the Facebook page.
COM-1232	Member of the public	MPs	Complained that MPs are claiming for ineligible research expenses.	Closed prior to an investigation	As part of IPSA's assurance work programme, a review of pooled services was undertaken in Summer 2016 and again after the 2017 General Election. Whilst a small degree of party political language was identified, the vast majority of research material was factual, informative and found not be in conflict with the Scheme.
COM-1234	Member of the public	MP47	Complaint about the local MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	Outside of Compliance remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1235	Member of the public	MP48	Complained that the MP claimed for London hotel costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment found the MP had claimed for hotel expenses whilst between London rental properties. The expenses were found to be eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1236	Member of the public	MP49	Complained that the MP had claimed costs for the printing of their 2017 annual report, which was considered to be party political in nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment found the MP had submitted no claims in respect of printing costs for the 2017 annual report.
COM-1237	Member of the public	MP50	Complained that the MP and staff were engaged in party political campaigning during working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP provided documentation to show staff campaigning had taken annual leave. The MP also provided written assurance that IPSA funds have only been used for parliamentary purposes.
COM-1239	Member of the public	MP51	Complained that the MP had claimed hotel and travel costs for staff to engage in party political campaigning during working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment found the MP staff were entitled to claim for hotel and travel costs. The IPSA guidance states that during Dissolution of Parliament, those staff based in Westminster must work in the consitutency and this work must be on local constituency matters and must not be of a party political nature. The guidance states that they may also claim for journeys between their home and the constituency office and if they need to stay overnight in the constituency they may claim for hotels and other subsistence and for journeys into the MPs constituency office.
COM-1240	Member of the public	MP52	Complained that the MP was misusing expenses in relation to the constituency office, specifically claiming for renovation work and subletting to the local policital party association.	Closed prior to an investigation	The assessment involved contacting the MP, the local Council and the planning department and found no breach of the Scheme. IPSA is being reimbursed for the subletting of the MPs office and the renovation work was carried out for security purposes.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
COM-1100	Member of the public	MP1	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during the contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Staff members in question took annual leave to undertake party political activities.
COM-1104	Member of the public	MP2	Complained that the MP had registered a personal business at the constituency office address.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Complaint is not, in itself, a Scheme breach. No evidence that costs were claimed relating to the registration of the business at the constituency office, which served as a destination for correspondence. MP was advised to ensure distinction between personal and parliamentary activity to avoid any future suggestion of impropriety.
COM-1109	MP Staff	MP3	Complained about the content of an election leaflet distributed by the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No costs relating to the leaflet were claimed by the MP from IPSA.
COM-1110	Member of the public	MP4	Complained that an imprint on an election leaflet included the MP's constituency office address, and that the office was therefore being utilised for party-political purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP shares the office with the local party association under a shared costs agreement previously agreed with IPSA. No evidence of a Scheme breach.
COM-1112	Member of the public	MP5	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during the contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Staff members in question took annual leave to undertake party political activities.
COM-1118	IPSA	MP6	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during the contracted hours.	Assessment suspended	Assessment suspended
COM-1119	Member of the public	MP7	Complained that the MP had claimed Staffing Expenditure for non-parliamentary work.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Costs claimed by MP were judged to be of a parliamentary nature and were therefore permissible under the Scheme
COM-1120	Member of the public	MP8	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Sign in question was affixed to a premises separate to the one rented by the MP and there was therefore no Scheme breach
COM-1122	IPSA	MP9	Referred on the basis that the MP's staff may have been engaged in campaigning during their contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No evidence available to support the allegation and no Scheme breach could therefore be found.
COM-1124	Member of the public	MP10	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during the contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Political activity took place outside of contracted hours.
COM-1131	Member of the public	Simon Danczuk	Complained that the MP had claimed for an air journey to return from a personal holiday to be sworn in as an MP which is ineligible under the Scheme.	Formal investigation not opened. Further details of the complaint and outcome can be found here [LINK].	Breach of the Scheme.
COM-1132	Member of the public	MP12	Complained that the MP's connected party was not fulfilling their contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1136	Journalist	MP13	Complained that travel claims claimed by the MP are ineligible under the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No evidence to support the complaint.
COM-1142	Member of the public	MP14	Complained that the MP's staff were engaged in party political activity during the contracted hours.	Assessment ongoing	Assessment ongoing
COM-1145	Member of the public	MP15	Complained that the MP had claimed mileage costs for a journey in the UK whilst abroad.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Dates of travel entered in error.
COM-1144	Member of the public	MP16	Complained that the MP had claimed for a rail and car journey on the same day.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Rail journey was cancelled and refunded.
COM-1148	Journalist	MP17	Complained that the MP had claimed mileage costs for a journey in the UK whilst abroad.	Assessment suspended	Assessment suspended
COM-1155	Member of the public	MP18	Complained that a number of claims made by the MP for Office Costs were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No evidence to support the complaint. All claims were eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1158	Member of the public	MP19	Complained that the MP claimed for a rail journey for a non-parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Claim was eligible under the Scheme.
COM-1166	Member of the public	MP20	Complained that the MP claimed for a rail journey and mileage for a non-parliamentary purpose.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Costs claimed by the MP were assessed to be of a parliamentary nature and were therefore permissable under the Scheme.
COM-1172	Member of the public	MP21	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Sign in question was affixed to premises not paid for by IPSA and therefore there was no Scheme breach.
COM-1173	Member of the public	MP22	Complained that claims made by MP for office costs were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Nothing found to support the complaint.
COM-1174	Member of the public	MP23	Complained about MP Code of Conduct.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Outside of IPSA remit and complainant referred on.
COM-1178	Member of the public	MP24	Complained that MP flight costs were too high.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Nothing found to support the complaint.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
C1516-001	PPC	MP1	Alleged that two posts on the MPs' website contain party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP removed the post in question from the website.
C1516-002	Member of the public	MP2	Complained that the MP's constituency office was being used for campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP had already informed IPSA of his intentions regarding the use of the office and remitted the appropriate portion of costs incurred to IPSA.
C1516-003	IPSA	MP3	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1516-004	IPSA	MP4	Staffing costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	The complaint did not relate to a payment made by IPSA under the Scheme and was therefore outside the remit of the Compliance Officer.
C1516-005	IPSA	MP5	Staffing costs.	Closed prior to an investigation	The complaint did not relate to a payment made by IPSA under the Scheme and was therefore outside the remit of the Compliance Officer.
C1516-006	IPSA	MP6	MP did not provide sufficient information for a claim for capital expenditure during the period in which further restrictions were in place.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sufficient information provided by the MP.
C1516-007	Member of the public	MP7	Complained that the MP had claimed mileage for a journey outside the Scheme rules.	Closed prior to an investigation	No evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1516-008	Member of the Member of the publicpublic	MP8	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP had already informed IPSA of his staff member's intention to take unpaid leave to conduct non-parliamentary work.
COM-1026	Member of the public	MP9	Complained the the MP was in breach of the Code of Conduct.	Closed prior to an investigation	The Compliance Officer is not responsible for the Code of Conduct and the complainant was advised to contact the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
COM-1029	Member of the public	MP10	Alleged that MP claimed twice for hotel accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP was charged twice in error by the hotel. The hotel had already refunded the duplicate amount in full to IPSA.
COM-1031	Member of the public	MP11	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP had already informed IPSA of his staff member's intention to take unpaid leave to conduct non-parliamentary work.
COM-1037	Member of the public	MP12	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Staff members in question were not employed by the MP at the time in question; no evidence of a Scheme breach.
COM-1041	IPSA	MP13	Referred on the basis that the MP's claims for travel costs required further consideration.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP was able to provide valid reasons and supporting evidence for mileage claimed.
COM-1042	IPSA	Jim Shannon	Referred on the basis that the MP's claims for travel costs required further consideration.	Closed prior to an investigation	Breach of the Scheme.
COM-1045	Member of the public	MP15	Complained that the MP's staff were paid for overtime.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint is not, in itself, a Scheme breach. No evidence of a Scheme breach.
COM-1047	Member of the public	MP16	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sign in question removed by the MP.
COM-1048	Member of the public	MP17	Complained that the MP's constituency office contained a window sign of a party-political nature.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sign in question removed by the MP.
COM-1057	Member of the public	MPs employing connected parties	Complained that MPs' connected parties were being paid salaries outside of IPSA's salary bands.	Closed prior to an investigation	No connected parties were being paid salaries outside of IPSA's rules.
COM-1062	IPSA	MP18	MP did not provide sufficient information to IPSA in support of expenditure when requested.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sufficient information provided by the MP to the Compliance Officer.
COM-1065	Member of the public	Phil Boswell	Complained that videos posted on the MP's YouTube channel, the production costs for which were claimed from IPSA, were party-political in nature.	Formal investigation opened. Full details of the investigation can be found via this [LINK]	Breach of the Scheme.
COM-1066	Member of the public	Simon Danczuk	Complained that the MP had registered dependant children with IPSA on the basis that they were 'routinely resident' (entitling him to a budget uplift for each dependant), when the MP had not seen the dependants in years.	Formal investigation opened. Full details of the investigation can be found via this [LINK]	Breach of the Scheme.
COM-1073	Member of the public	MP21	Complained than a mailing sent by the MP to constituents was biased in favour of a local issue.	Closed prior to an investigation	Complaint is not, in itself, a Scheme breach. No evidence of a Scheme breach.
COM-1080	IPSA	MP22	MP did not provide sufficient information to IPSA in support of expenditure when requested.	Closed prior to an investigation	Sufficient information provided by the MP.
COM-1084	Member of the public	MP23	Complained that the MP's constituency office was being utilised for party-political purposes.	Closed prior to an investigation	Party campaigner utilises a separate part of the same building under a separate lease. No costs claimed by the MP are shared. No evidence of a Scheme breach.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
C1415-001	Member of the public	MP1	Alleged that a party-political campaigner was working for the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Individual in question was not paid through IPSA, and complaint therefore fell outside Compliance Officer's remit.
C1415-002	Member of the public	MP2	Complained about a general increase in expenses claimed.	Closed prior to an investigation.	The complaint was that MPs were claiming more than they had the year before, which is not a breach of the Scheme.
C1415-003	Member of the public	MP3	Alleged that staff employed by MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-004	Councillor	MP4	Complained that MP shouldn't be claiming mortgage interest subsidy.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Following the establishment of IPSA in 2010, MPs were prohibited from claiming mortgage interest costs. Transitional measures were put in place for a number of MPs until 2012 and the MP's arrangement fell within these measures.
C1415-005	Member of the public	MP5	Alleged that staff employed by MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-006	Member of the public	MP6	Complained that a letter sent by the MP to constituents was unsolicited.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-007	Councillor	MP7	Alleged that staff employed by MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours and constituency office used for party activity.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-008	Member of the public	MP8	Alleged that a claim for a taxi journey was outside Scheme rules.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Claim was a legitimate error by a member of staff and was repaid in full by the MP.
C1415-009	Member of the public	MP9	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-010	IPSA	Bob Blackman	Unusually high claims for mileage.	Formal investigation opened. Full details of the investigation can be found via this [LINK].	Breach of the Scheme.
C1415-011	IPSA	MP11	Questioned the eligibility of claims for staff travel, alleged that possible duplicate claims for travel and hotel accommodation had been made.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Staff travel claims were suitably supported by evidence obtained through initial enquiries. The MP provided a valid explanation for why two separate hotels were claimed inadvertently for the same night and were repaid.
C1415-012	MSP	MP12	Alleged that letter sent by MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-013	Member of the public	MP13	Complained that the MP's attendance at Bilderberg meetings constituted a Scheme breach.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Related to events prior to the establishment of IPSA in 2010 and therefore outside the remit of the Compliance Officer.
C1415-014	Member of the public	MP14	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-015	Journalist	MP15	Alleged that claims for advertising by the MP constituted party-political campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Advertising is permitted where it spreads awareness of an MP’s parliamentary functions - spreading awareness among constituents of the methods by which they can contact their local MP. It was judged, on balance, that the adverts did not constitute campaign expenditure.
C1415-016	Member of the public	MP16	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-017	Member of the public	MP17	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-018	Member of the public	MP18	Complained that the MP's claims for toner ink were too expensive and could be found cheaper online and that the MP claims first class travel.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Neither of the complainants complaints were breaches of the Scheme. Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-019	Member of the public	MP19	Alleged that the MP's constituency office contained party-political material, that the MP had made ineligible claims for hotels, and that the MP was paid London Area Living Payment (LALP).	Closed prior to an investigation.	Constituency office costs were not claimed through IPSA, hotel claims were within the Scheme, MP is eligible for LALP.
C1415-020	Member of the public	MP20	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-021	PPC	MP21	Alleged that office equipment was being used by the MP's local party.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP repays the annual fee to IPSA for use of office equipment by the local party, and there is therefore no breach of the Scheme.
C1415-022	Member of the public	MP22	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-023	Member of the public	MP23	Alleged that two posts on the MPs' website contain party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP removed posts in question from the website.
C1415-024	MP Staff	MP24	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	–	The complaint contained allegations of a criminal nature. As such, the Compliance Officer's assessment was suspended and the complaint was referred to the Metropolitan Police Service.
C1415-025	IPSA	MP25	Staffing costs.	–	The complaint contained allegations of a criminal nature. As such, the Compliance Officer's assessment was suspended and the complaint was referred to the Metropolitan Police Service.
C1415-026	Member of the public	MP26	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-027	Compliance Officer	MP27	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP had two websites. The website claimed under IPSA's Scheme did not contain party-political messaging.
C1415-028	Compliance Officer	MP28	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP opted to repay £9 domain charge to IPSA.
C1415-029	Compliance Officer	MP29	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	MP removed small amount of party-political content.
C1415-030	IPSA	MP30	Staffing costs.	–	The complaint contained allegations of a criminal nature. As such, the Compliance Officer's assessment was suspended and the complaint was referred to the Metropolitan Police Service.
C1415-031	Member of the public	MP31	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Assessment suspended.	Assessment suspended due to the General Election, following which the MP did not return..
C1415-032	MP	MP32	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-033	Member of the public	MP33	Alleged that the MP's website contained a post soliciting donations.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Post in question was removed from the website.
C1415-034	Member of the public	MP34	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1415-035	Member of the public	MP35	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Letter was parliamentary in nature (rather than political) and there was not therefore any Scheme breach.
C1415-036	Member of the public	MP36	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Staff member was employed on a part-time basis and undertook political work outside of her contracted hours.
C1415-037	Member of the public	MP37	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	–	The complaint contained allegations of a criminal nature. As such, the Compliance Officer's assessment was suspended and the complaint was referred to the Metropolitan Police Service.
C1415-038	Member of the public	MP38	Alleged that a staff member was not fulfilling working hours.	Closed prior to an investigation.	No evidence found to support the allegation.
C1415-039	PPC	MP39	Alleged that family business registered at accommodation address claimed by MP under the Scheme.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1415-040	Member of the public	MP40	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation.	Letter was parliamentary in nature (rather than political) and there was not therefore any Scheme breach.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
CO2012-A028	–	MP1	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1314-001	Journalist	MP2	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-002	Journalist	MP3	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-003	Journalist	MP4	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-004	Journalist	MP5	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-005	Journalist	MP6	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-006	Member of the public	MP7	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Unclear whether the stationery used was claimed from IPSA or provided to the MP by the House of Commons. The content of the letters itself was not overtly political.
C1314-007	MP Staff	MP8	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Staff members took leave or time off in leiu to undertake non-parliamentary work.
C1314-008	Member of the public	MP9	Alleged that the MP's constituency office premises were being utilised for party-political activity.	Closed prior to an investigation	Minimal evidence was found to support the allegations made in the complaint but the MP was provided with support to ensure full compliance with the Scheme.
C1314-009	MP Staff	MP10	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Assessment suspended due to related on-going criminal proceedings relating to the complainant.
C1314-010	Member of the public	MP11	Alleged that a claim for a stall at a local fair constituted campaigning.	Closed prior to an investigation	Claim was in support of parliamentary functions and was not political campaigning.
C1314-011	Member of the public	MP12	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Content was parliamentary in nature and therefore within the terms of the Scheme.
C1314-012	Political campaigner	MP13	Complained that the MP shouldn't claim for a taxi.	Closed prior to an investigation	Claims for taxis are valid under the Scheme (within certain conditions). These conditions were met and the cost was therefore allowed.
C1314-013	Member of the public	MP14	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	Staff member undertook non-parliamentary work outside contracted hours.
C1314-014	Member of the public	MP15	Complained about irregularities regarding office leases held by IPSA and the share of costs being claimed by the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP was able to provide documentation in support of the share of costs claimed.
C1314-014a	Compliance Officer	MP16	Complained about irregularities regarding office leases held by IPSA and the share of costs being claimed by the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP was able to provide documentation in support of the share of costs claimed.
C1314-015	Member of the public	MP17	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at rented accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided documentation in support of the claim that he was routinely resident.
C1314-016	Member of the public	MP18	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1314-017	IPSA	MP19	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP provided sufficient evidence that the staff member was not undertaking non-parliamentary work during his contracted hours.
C1314-018	Member of the public	MP20	Alleged that MPs who share a property were both claiming for the property.	Closed prior to an investigation	Information provided by IPSA showed each MP only claimed 50% of the costs, in line with the Scheme.
C1314-019	Member of the public	MP21	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.
C1314-020	Member of the public	MP22	Complained that MP shouldn't share constituency office with local party.	Closed prior to an investigation	Allegation is not, of itself, a breach of the Scheme. Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
C1314-021	Member of the public	MP23	Alleged that website and report circulated by the MP possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Website costs not claimed from IPSA. Report was unequivocally parliamentary in nature and therefore within the terms of the Scheme.

Reference	Complainant	MP	Details of the complaint	Outcome	Reason
CO2012-A006	Member of the public	MP1	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours and that the constituency office was used for party activity.	Closed prior to an investigation	Staff member conducted political activity outside of contracted hours. Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A007	Member of the public	MP2	Complained that an advert for a volunteer position was in breach of IPSA's rules.	Closed prior to an investigation	Staff member conducted political activity outside of contracted hours. Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A008	MP Staff	MP3	Complained that the MP claimed for bought-in staff services rather than employing staff through IPSA.	Closed prior to an investigation	Such arrangements are permitted under the Scheme.
CO2012-A009	Member of the public	MP4	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A010	IPSA	MP5	Claims for mobile phone costs were paid to private company rather than direct to the MP.	Closed prior to an investigation	The MP owned the company prior to becoming an MP and had a business phone contract which allowed him to reduce the cost of his claims. Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A010a	Member of the public	MP6	Alleged that claims for Ministerial expenses were ineligible.	Closed prior to an investigation	Ministerial expenses are not paid by IPSA.
CO2012-A011	Member of the public	MP7	Allegations relating to the MPs' Code of Conduct and ineligible claims for travel and hotels.	Closed prior to an investigation	MPs' Code of Conduct is outside the remit of the Compliance Officer. Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A012	Member of the public	MP8	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Analysis of information provided by complainant and IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A013	MP Staff	MP9	Alleged that staff employed by the MP were engaged in non-parliamentary work during contracted hours and constituency office used for party activity.	Closed prior to an investigation	MP was able to provide necessary evidence demonstrating clear distinction between parliamentary and political activities.
CO2012-A014	Member of the public	MP10	Complained that MPs should not claim for business class flights.	Closed prior to an investigation	Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A015	Member of the public	MP11	Alleged that the MP's claims for travel were ineligible and breaches of the MP's Code of Conduct.	Closed prior to an investigation	MPs' Code of Conduct is outside the remit of the Compliance Officer. Analysis of information provided by IPSA showed no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A016	Member of the public	MP12	Complained that the MP continued to claim for mortgage interest after 2010, shouldn't have claimed for mileage and had previously claimed for first-class rail travel.	Closed prior to an investigation	All claims referred to in the complaint were within the rules of the Scheme.
CO2012-A017	Journalist	MP13	Complained that the MP owned a property and was claiming rent for a property in London.	Closed prior to an investigation	The arrangement was within the terms of the Scheme and there was no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A018	Journalist	MP14	Complained that the MP owned a property and was claiming rent for a property in London.	Closed prior to an investigation	The arrangement was within the terms of the Scheme and there was no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A019	Journalist	MP15	Complained that the MP owned a property and was claiming rent for a property in London.	Closed prior to an investigation	The arrangement was within the terms of the Scheme and there was no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A020	Journalist	MP16	Complained that the MP owned a property and was claiming rent for a property in London.	Closed prior to an investigation	The arrangement was within the terms of the Scheme and there was no evidence of a Scheme breach.
CO2012-A021	IPSA	Nadine Dorries	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at accommodation.	Formal investigation opened. Full details of the investigation can be found via this [LINK].	Breach of the Scheme.
CO2012-A021	MP	Nadine Dorries	Alleged that the MP was not routinely resident at accommodation.	Formal investigation opened. Full details of the investigation can be found via this [LINK]	Breach of the Scheme.
CO2012-A022	IPSA	Bob Blackman	Unusually high claims for mileage.	Closed prior to an investigation	No clear evidence of a Scheme breach. MP provided with guidance and assistance from IPSA to improve claim information..
CO2012-A023	Member of the public	MP20	Alleged that claims for mileage were incorrect and that the registration of dependants was invalid.	Closed prior to an investigation	All claims referred to in the complaint were within the rules of the Scheme.
CO2012-A024	Member of the public	MP21	Alleged that the MP's website possibly contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Fine distinction between parliamentary communication and political campaigning and it was judged, on balance, that the adverts did not constitute party-political messaging.
CO2012-A025	Member of the public	MP22	Alleged that the MP was claiming the cost of a rented property when he owned a property in the area.	Closed prior to an investigation	Such arrangements are not prohibited under the Scheme.
CO2012-A026	Member of the public	MP23	Alleged that the MP duplicated a claim for rental accommodation.	Closed prior to an investigation	Duplicate payment to the landlord was made in error by IPSA and was not the fault of the MP.
CO2012-A027	Member of the public	MP24	Alleged that a letter sent by the MP to constituents contained party-political messaging.	Closed prior to an investigation	Stationery and associated costs were not claimed from IPSA.

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