a statement from Labour:
Sir Thomas Legg’s Provisional Conclusion on Mr Brown’s Expenses Sir Thomas Legg has assessed Mr Brown’s past expenses from 2004-05 to 2008-09.
Sir Thomas Legg’s provisional conclusions assess that, over the five year period, £12,415.10 is in excess of the criteria he is now applying, which Mr Brown will pay in full.
Sir Thomas Legg has deemed that for cleaning any claim in excess of £2000 in any one year warrants repayment. He has included domestic cleaning, window cleaning, dry-cleaning and laundry in this category and has assessed over the five year period this amounts to £10,716.60.
Sir Thomas Legg has deemed that any claim in excess of £1000 in any one year for gardening warrants repayment. He has assessed that over the five year period this amounts to £302.50.
The review also alerted Mr Brown to a bill for painting and decorating of £1,396 from April 2006 that was inadvertently assigned by error to two quarters. This was not spotted or adjusted by the House Authorities at the time. Mr Brown has apologised for this inadvertent error.
UPDATE
I’ve seen one of the letters sent out to all MPs (some didn’t arrive until after 6pm). It is signed off by Sir Thomas Legg KCB QC but the signature is a more chummy “Tom Legg”
Jim Pickard
Kiran Stacey
