The Five Demands

Il giorno dopo la pubblicazione on line sul sito della House of Commons delle documentazioni relative ai rimborsi spese richiesti dai parlamentari, si apprende che a partire dal mese di maggio, quando sono divampate le polemiche sui rimborsi spese, essi stessi hanno iniziato a restituire somme inizialmente addebitate.
Mark Durkan e Peter Robinson sono tra i 182 parlamentari che hanno rimborsato le spese inizialmente addebitate.
Il primo ha restituito £ 1.124, il secondo invece ha restituito £ 755,  il suo collega David Simpson ne ha restituite £ 1.482, mentre Paul Goggins, restituita £ 11.680.
Le spese rimborsate dai parlamentari, da maggio ad oggi, ammontano a circa £ 500.000.
Per quanto riguarda il Gabinetto dei Ministri, la restituzione è stata pari a £ 23.443.
Gordon Brown ha effettuato quattro distinti versamenti per un totale  di £ 800 o per correggere “errori” o per “evitare dubbi” su alcuni rimborsi.
I ministri del Shadow Cabinet, hanno restituito £ 30.348.

NI MPs give back expenses money (BBC News Northern Ireland)
The DUP leader, Peter Robinson, and SDLP leader Mark Durkan are among 182 MPs from all parties who have repaid parliamentary expenses money. Mr Durkan has returned £1,124. Mr Robinson has paid back £755 while his DUP colleague David Simpson has returned £1,482. The Northern Ireland Office minister, Paul Goggins, paid back £11,680. MPs have now repaid nearly £500,000 in expenses money since the revelations began in May. Cabinet ministers have so far repaid £23,443 in total. Gordon Brown has made four separate payments totalling about £800 either to correct “inadvertent errors” or for the “avoidance of doubt” on certain claims. Fountain pen Shadow Cabinet ministers have repaid £30,348. The latest information on repayments was published hours after all MPs expenses claims for 2004-8 were finally released by Parliament, albeit with crucial details such as MPs addresses blacked out. The publication showed that the DUP’s Iris Robinson claimed for a £300 fountain pen. In 2006, Mrs Robinson submitted a receipt for £352 – the printed receipt showed a £300 Montblanc pen, a £6 bottle of ink and £46 for perfume. However, it is believed Mrs Robinson was not reimbursed for these items. “This is because the Westminster fees office rejected the claim because they were luxury items,” said BBC NI political correspondent Martina Purdy. “The MP has so far not commented.” Other MPs claimed for a range of items including the Secretary of State Shaun Woodward for 456 tins of Diet Coke.