MPs asked to repay driving fines claimed on expenses

Four MPs are being asked to repay hundreds of pounds successful driving fines which they claimed connected expenses.

Government curate Amanda Solloway claimed an £80 fixed punishment announcement issued by Transport for London successful 2020.

Tory MPs Simon Hoare and Bim Afolami, and SNP MP Dave Doogan, besides enactment done akin claims.

The expenses watchdog says MPs are not allowed to assertion for fines, but immoderate were wrongfully paid out.

Ms Solloway, Derby North MP and vigor minister, claimed backmost a fixed punishment announcement which was issued by TfL connected 2 July 2020, according to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's (IPSA) expenses register.

Mr Doogan, SNP MP for Angus, claimed for a £160 good successful January 2022.

The registry besides shows Mr Hoare, MP for North Dorset, claimed 4 times for £80 fines issued successful November 2019, portion Mr Afolami, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, claimed for 2 £80 fines successful December 2021.

In a statement, Mr Afolami said: "[It was] wholly inadvertent. All wealth repaid the infinitesimal that I knew astir it."

Ms Solloway, Mr Hoare and Mr Doogan person been approached by the BBC for comment.

The watchdog, which is besides liable for mounting MPs' wage autarkic of parliament, said that it had changed its expenses process to guarantee immoderate aboriginal claims were not paid out.

"IPSA's checks failed successful immoderate cases to place these claims and immoderate of them were paid. We volition interaction MPs and inquire them to repay, wherever appropriate," a spokesperson said.

"We person changed our process to guarantee immoderate aboriginal specified claims are not paid, and volition reiterate the strategy rules to MPs."

The spokesperson added that the congestion complaint tin beryllium claimed by MPs from extracurricular London who thrust into cardinal London for work.

It comes days aft Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided not to motorboat an enquiry into Home Secretary Suella Braverman's handling of a speeding offence.

Ms Braverman was caught speeding past year, portion she was lawyer general, and asked officials for proposal connected arranging a backstage people to debar punishment points connected her licence. She aboriginal accepted a good and points.

IPSA was established successful 2009 aft the ungraded implicit MPs' expenses.