article_snippet: Last month's provisional report from Mr Davis revealed that Ipsa officials wrote to Bob Blackman in October 2011 voicing concern that Mr Davis was putting in for ‘around twice the average for constituency mileage across the UK and some six times higher than other suburban London area constituencies where mileage is claimed’.
article_snippet: A two-mile journey from his home to Harrow Weald had been claimed as 10 miles, while a five-mile return trip to Stanmore was filed as 15 miles.
article_snippet: However, an audit in 2013-14 found that Bob Blackman had again racked up the highest mileage of any MP.
article_snippet: Bob Blackman claimed more than 400 miles per square mile of Bob Blackman constituency, almost double the average for the next 10 highest-claiming MPs.
article_snippet: A 33-mile return journey to the new Tottenham Hotspur training ground in Enfield was claimed as 54 miles - although the MP later admitted this was a mistake and the figure should have been 39 miles.
article_snippet: The compliance officer found that Bob Blackman had merely reduced standard claims for regular journeys by a single mile - for example, saying The compliance officer drove 14 miles to Stanmore rather than 15.
article_snippet: During the investigation, Bob Blackman attempted to explain apparently standard claims for journeys to areas of his constituency by arguing that Bob Blackman was using ‘average’ distances.