Editing Andrew Robathan (section)

===Expenses===
Robathan claimed the maximum second home entitlement of £24,006 in the period 2008–09<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicestershire-MPs-cutting-luxury-claims-expenses-scandal/article-1598483-detail/article.html |title=This is Leicester news article on expenses scandal |date=11 December 2009 }}</ref> though he was not one of the 343 MPs required to repay money by the Legg Report.<ref name=BBCreps>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8493634.stm?table=repay&order=asc#mprepayments|title=Full list of MPs' expenses repayments ..in order of amount repayable|work=BBC News|date=4 February 2010|access-date=1 April 2010}}</ref> 
He was one of 177 MPs listed by ''The Daily Telegraph'' who employed family members.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2242795/MP-expenses-Who-employs-family-members.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705175003/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2242795/MP-expenses-Who-employs-family-members.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2008 |title=Daily Telegraph article on MP's who employ family members |date=3 July 2008 | location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>  The [[Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority]] report published two years later,  whilst tightening the rules, confirmed that a member may employ one relative subject to general conditions relating to expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk/|title=IPSA -The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority:Staffing expenditure:condition:section 8.6|date=26 March 2010|access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> Robathan's expenses were generally in the bottom half of all MPs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/andrew_robathan/south_leicestershire#expenses|title=They work for you:Andrew Robathan-Expenses|access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>

On 24 August 2009, he was quoted in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper suggesting that MP's salaries be increased to £110,000. These comments were heavily frowned upon by his colleagues in Parliament and the media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6807128.ece |title=Times article on MP's salary demands |date=24 August 2009 | location=London | work=The Times | first=Tom | last=Baldwin}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

On 4 November 2013, it was reported in ''The [[Leicester Mercury]]'' newspaper and on ''[[BBC Radio Leicester]]'' that Robathan had claimed £4,587 expenses to pay for energy bills for his second home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Energy-bills-expenses-Leicestershire-MPs-claimed/story-20030794-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131106010051/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Energy-bills-expenses-Leicestershire-MPs-claimed/story-20030794-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2013 |title=Leicester Mercury Andrew Robathan-Expenses }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01kxs3d|title=Andrew Robathan's Heating Expenses, Our MP's Heating Expenses, Jonathan Lampon - BBC Radio Leicester|website=BBC}}</ref>