A former member of Theresa May's Government was questioned by Scotland Yard detectives this week over expenses fraud allegations, it has emerged.

Chris Davies MP, a former Parliamentary Private Secretary to ministers in the Wales Office, is under investigation for two claims worth £700 he made in 2016 for furniture and photographs in his constituency office.

The MP – who was only elected in 2015 – was interviewed under caution by Metropolitan Police officers on Tuesday this week, July 17.

Mr Davies was named as a PPS - which is an unpaid position - by the Government in January, but was left off the latest list published last month after the allegations emerged.

Andy McDonald, Ipsa’s compliance officer, disclosed on Friday that he had referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police, adding: “The police investigation is currently ongoing.”

A complaint was made to the Conservative Party in March and was passed to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in the following month.

Mr Davies told the BBC in April this year that he had made “an honest mistake" by claiming for furniture and pictures for his constituency office.