SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight said a catalogue of errors has led to him being the only MP in the county who still owes money in the expenses scandal.

A report by Sir Thomas Legg into Parliamentary expenses has revealed Mr Knight has yet to repay £2,185 of the £3,451 he owes to the taxpayer.

Meanwhile, West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin has paid back more than six times the £613 he owed.

Mr Knight said he has made arrangements to settle the balance.

He said: “We only pinned down the final amount on Tuesday, which was too late for his report, which is why I haven’t yet paid it back.

“Thomas Legg wrote to me, as he did to everyone, in October. I replied within a week and the letter went via Northern Ireland, even though it was internal mail.

“Some of these things are difficult to calculate – indeed Mr Legg’s original calculation was wrong. I worked it out and realised I had to pay more, and then he had to correct it. I have now made arrangements to pay all the money due.”

The Legg report, published yesterday, shows Mr Knight was overpaid £223.50 in April 2005 for a payment made when Parliament was dissolved for the General Election – a period when MPs are not allowed to claim.

He was also overpaid a total of £2,657.11 for mortgage interest on his London flat between 2007 and 2009.

Mr Knight was further paid £571.06 in August 2005 for a computer to work from his second home. This is not allowed under the Additional Costs Allowance, but could have been claimed through Incidental Expenses Provision.

Mr Letwin was asked to repay £613.70 but has paid £3,883.70, according to the report.

Mr Letwin was paid twice, in 2004, for an annual charge of £155 for maintenance of an Aga.

He was also paid £458.70 in March 2005 for decorating following a burst pipe, but this should have been claimed on home insurance.

Mr Letwin voluntarily paid back amounts which were not identified in the report.

Mr Letwin said: “By the time the recommendation had been made I had already repaid some back as a voluntary issue. I previously repaid them and then Legg came along and he thought those amounts were perfectly legitimate.”