1. I would like the details of expenses claimed by your council’s leader from 31st August 2023 to 31st August 2024 (inclusive). I would like this to include the following details:
a) the date of the expense
b) what was the monetary value
c) a description of what it was, e.g. “business dinner for six people”. If no description of the reason for the expense is available, a simple description of what was paid for will suffice, e.g.”business class flight”, “uber taxi”.
There have been two leaders during this time period.
For Councillor Hart who was Leader up until May, there are no relevant costs between 31st August 23 until May 24 on the expenses system.
For Councillor McInnes, please see the information below:
| Date | Amount (£) | Details |
| 11/12/2023 | 15.2 | London Travelcard |
| 11/12/2023 | 299 | Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington |
| 12/12/2023 | 504.33 | Hotel |
| 06/02/2024 | 43.75 | Hotel |
| 22/05/2024 | 412.5 | Accommodation for Local Government Association (LGA) Conference |
| 09/07/2024 | 3 | Hotel |
| 09/07/2024 | 290.81 | Hotel |
| 07/03/2024 | 495 | Hotel |
| 08/08/2024 | 576 | LGA Conference |
2. I would also request copies of the receipts of each expense, where a receipt was filed. I do not need the original documents.
We do not insist on receipts when members claims are submitted. Claims are auto–approved and we then get a claims record monthly which is checked against approved duties and we go back to them if something is not permissible in the scheme.
3. I would like all expenses including those which were reimbursements, made on a company credit card or booked internally through any admin system used by the council (for example, some businesses use a travel portal that facilitates the booking of trains and hotels).
Please see response to question 1 above.