Welsh MPs' expenses in detail

Details of Welsh MPs' expenses claims over the past four years have been among those obtained and published by The Daily Telegraph.

Some of them have also released details themselves. Here is a summary of the reported claims made by Plaid Cymru MPs, and their reactions, before their official release by the House of Commons authorities.

You can also click on the tabs above for details about MPs from other parties in Wales.

Elfyn Llwyd

Adam Price

Hywel Williams

ELFYN LLWYD, MEIRIONNYDD NANT CONWY

Claim: According to the Daily Post, Elfyn Llwyd claimed £4,233.36 for a new heating boiler on his expenses after the old one broke down.

He had to move out during the repairs, as workmen were removing asbestos, and claimed £269 hotel bills. Along with the two other Plaid Cymru MPs, Mr Llwyd claimed £1,500 for legal advice regarding a 2004 attempt to impeach Tony Blair for misleading parliament over the Iraq war.

Response: Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader said he had had the same London flat since becoming an MP in 1992 and told the Daily Post that unlike others he not moved on and bought bigger flats in the meantime. He told the newspaper he did not live "in the lap of luxury". Plaid Cymru also told the BBC that their MPs' claim for legal advice was justifiable expenditure in holding Mr Blair to account.

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ADAM PRICE, CARMARTHEN EAST AND DINEFWR

Claim: The Telegraph said Mr Price claimed for books, including Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic, by Jonathan Freedland. It was queried by the Fees Office.

Response: Mr Price has said he would be happy to release his expenses in full with the agreement of his colleagues in Westminster but so far, he has not done so. Some claims have been published on his blog. Mr Price said constituents were welcome to attend his surgery to discuss his expenditure.

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HYWEL WILLIAMS, CAERNARFON

Claim: The Plaid MP's expenses are among those seen by the Daily Post.

They show that he claimed up to £1,307 a month for the mortgage interest on his second home in London and in April 2007 was reimbursed more than £2,400 for a new hot water heater. The Post said he also claimed £880 for shelves from Laura Ashley shelving, £225 for a bed and £195 for a mattress.

Response: The Caernarfon MP told the Post that claiming for a mortgage was cheaper than paying a monthly rent in London, and he lived in "Southwark, one of the least-fashionable areas in inner London"

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