article_snippet.sent: But Court of Appeal  Appeal  ruled today that Court of Appeal  must release all the copies of receipts and invoices which have been submitted by politicians.
article_snippet.sent: The legal action centred on whether copies of original documents should be published - rather than a summary of the claim put in by MPs.
article_snippet.sent: The case stems from a Freedom of Information request to Ipsa in 2010 - just a year after MPs' expenses scandal erupted - asking for three specific receipts submitted by politicians in support of politicians claims.
article_snippet.sent: But instead of providing the original receipts, Ipsa sent back a typed-up summary of the claims.
article_snippet.sent: The Information Commissioner later ruled that three specific receipts submitted by politicians in support of their claims should have been published - but Ipsa continued to fight The case.
article_snippet.sent: After dismissing the privacy appeal today, Lord Justice Richards said three specific receipts submitted by politicians in support of their claims could still not be published in full - to give Ipsa time to appeal again to the Supreme Court.
article_snippet.sent: An Ipsa spokesman said after today's latest court ruling: 'We need to study the judgement carefully.
article_snippet.sent: An Ipsa spokesman added: 'We remain completely committed to openness and transparency and already publish a detailed breakdown of every claim made by every MP.'
article_snippet.sent: Lord Justice Richards said Ipsa publishes details of claims on Ipsa website but does not publish copies of the supporting invoices or receipts.
article_snippet.sent: In 2010 Ben Leapman, then a Sunday Telegraph reporter, made a request to Ipsa for the information contained in three such documents to be sent to Lord Justice Richards.
article_snippet.sent: Tory MP Sir Peter Viggers said Ipsa responded 'with a transcript of information contained in the documents, including information additional to that published on its website, but refused to provide copies of the documents themselves'.
article_snippet.sent: Ipsa was set up to restore public confidence following the 2009 expenses scandal, which led to some MPs being jailed.
article_snippet.sent: In that same year, parliamentary authorities published more than a million receipts online - with details such as addresses and account numbers hidden.
article_snippet.sent: However, Ipsa decided in 2010 not to publish receipts routinely, restricting Ipsa regular releases to a summary of each claim.
article_snippet.sent: Ipsa said there were a number of factors which had led Ipsa to decide that there was ''insufficient public benefit'' in publishing receipts and invoices.
article_snippet.sent: In a letter to the Information Commissioner, Ipsa said: 'Primarily, a trial of extracting and redacting receipts and invoices for the purposes of publication showed that the cost would be in excess of £1 million for additional staffing and IT costs alone, compared to the approximate £250,000 cost under the chosen model.'
article_snippet.sent: Ipsa said 'on balance' Ipsa took the view that providing images of receipts or invoices would be 'disproportionate in terms of costs, insufficiently beneficial in terms of transparency and represented a higher risk in terms of data protection'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Court of Appeal ruled Court of Appeal  must release all the copies of receipts submitted .
  