Her expenses bills show the majority of the book purchases were made on January 31.

All symptoms of families anticipating those tuition and expense bills that will start arriving the moment their child starts his college career.

"In some cases the cash was given to Colonel North, and he would give the money to the agents for the expense bills that they submitted.

Nationally, he has one of the lowest overall expense bills, with 504 out of 646 MPs having higher expense claims than him.

The system was discovered by a Starfleet flagship that was looking for bold new challenges that justified their rather incredible expense bills.

According to his expenses bills, Mr Barrow charged £1,415 for flights and a hotel to attend the "Newcastles of the World" conference.

Our employer refused even to look at our expense bills until after the delivery, but urged us to use freely any remaining funds in cultivating the good will of the citizens and soldiery alike.

Earlier this year this newspaper disclosed that town hall bosses presiding over spending cuts have run up credit card and expenses bills of £2.6 million since 2008, spending on items including golf days, spa breaks and first - class flights.