MSPs in Glasgow claimed more than £280,000 in expenses last year.
The 15 Holyrood members claimed for a range of expenses including office costs, travel and accommodation.
More than half of the claims were for office-related costs, including rent, utilities and equipment.
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The MSPS claimed between them £284,294. Of that, office costs made up £150,399.
The SNP, Labour, Conservative and Green MSPs from Glasgow charged £27,153 for hotel accommodation for overnight stays in Edinburgh throughout the year.
They also claimed £17,946 in travel costs, including motor miles, rail and taxi fares.
Almost £10,000 was in car mileage with MSPs claiming £9,875 in mileage, another £4,741 in train fares and £108 in taxi fares.
With Holyrood sitting in a remote or hybrid model for much of the year MSPs would have needed to travel between the two cities less often than in previous years.
This year there were claims for home working with MSP staff working from home as offices were closed.
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The Glasgow MSPs claimed £8534 for staff homeworking allowances.
Some claimed for furniture for staff working from home with Nicola Sturgeon claiming £367 for a table and chair for staff working from home and Conservative MSP, Sandesh Gulhane, claiming £226 for a chair for staff.
Pauline McNeill claimed £226 for a chair for home working.
The claims were for the year from April 2021 to March 2022.
The MSP with the highest total of claims was Bill Kidd, Anniesland SNP MSP.
Kidd’s claims totalled £27,848 for the year 2021/21.
The next highest was James Dornan, Cathcart SNP MSP, who claimed £26,325 followed by Humza Yousaf, Pollok SNP MSP, with £23,694.
The lowest level of claims was submitted by Kaukab Stewart Kelvin SNP MSP, elected in May 2021, with £8475 worth of expenses. The second lowest was Ivan McKee, SNP MSP for Provan with £9374, followed by Annie Wells Conservative MSP for Glasgow with £13,462.
In addition, four Previous MSPs who did not stand in the 2021 election submitted claims between April and May and including the costs of winding up their offices.
Johan Lamont, Labour, James Kelly Labour, Adam Tomkins, Conservative and Sandra White, SNP, put in claims totalling £11,181.
The full list for the current Glasgow MSPs is below:
Bill Kidd SNP Anniesland £27,848
James Dornan SNP Cathcart £26,325
Humza Yousaf SNP Pollok £23,694
Paul Sweeney Lab Glasgow £23,268
Anas Sarwar Lab Glasgow £23,107
John Mason SNP Shettleston £22,321
Pam Duncan-Glancy Lab Glasgow £20,726
Nicola Sturgeon SNP Southside £18,214
Pauline McNeill Lab Glasgow £17,875
Bob Doris SNP Maryhill/Springburn £16,854
Patrick Harvie Green Glasgow £14,456
Sandesh Gulhane Con Glasgow £14,295
Annie Wells Con Glasgow £13,462
Ivan McKee SNP Provan £9374
Kaukab Stewart SNP Kelvin £8475
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