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MPs can claim £10,000 kitchens MPs can claim £10,000 kitchens
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MPs are allowed to claim expenses of up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, £2,000 for furniture and £750 for a TV or stereo for their second homes.MPs are allowed to claim expenses of up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, £2,000 for furniture and £750 for a TV or stereo for their second homes.
The figures are revealed in the so-called "John Lewis list", used by Commons officials to determine whether an expenditure claim is reasonable.The figures are revealed in the so-called "John Lewis list", used by Commons officials to determine whether an expenditure claim is reasonable.
MPs can claim about £23,000 a year each towards the cost of their second homes.MPs can claim about £23,000 a year each towards the cost of their second homes.
In February the Commons was ordered to release a breakdown of the claims under the Additional Costs Allowance.In February the Commons was ordered to release a breakdown of the claims under the Additional Costs Allowance.
It followed an Information Tribunal hearing at which Commons resources chief Andrew Walker revealed the existence of the list.
But he had resisted publishing the list, explaining that if MPs saw "what the maximum price we will allow for such an item is, it will become the going rate".
On Thursday the list was published, following a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association.
It shows MPs can claim up to £10,000 towards the cost of installing a new kitchen in their second homes, as well as more than £6,335 for a bathroom, £750 for a television or stereo, £300 air-conditioning units and £2,000 for furniture.