Below is a table which show that Richard is 626th out of 646 MPs in the expenses he claims (1st is the most expensive and 646 is the least expensive). This means that he is one of the most cost effective in the House of Commons.  Most of the staffing allowance goes on his team in his Newbury office who provide a service to his constituents on a whole range of issues including benefits, housing, immigration matters and the CSA.  They process around 400 telephone calls, letters and emails each week on a very wide variety of problems as well as covering all Richard's correspondence and diary work.

Richard does not employ any member of his family.  He has two full-time employees and two part-time employees.

* Car £1,412 (495th). Rail £502 (474th).

The website theyworkforyou.com monitors all MPs voting records and you can see how they rate Richard here.