<text>  Disgraced MP Eric Joyce used his taxpayer-funded credit to pay for 450-a-night hotels during his 13,000 expenses binge, it has been revealed. The ex-Labour backbencher, who is standing down at the next election after he was convicted of headbutting a Tory MP in a Commons bar, repeatedly used his Parliamentary card to settle big bills. Many of these payments were later declared unclaimable on expenses, but his card was not blocked by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Ipsa for more than two years. He even claimed that one 896.92 bill for two nights was for a whole bunch of people to stay at the four-star Park Plaza near Westminster. Disgraced MP Eric Joyce used his taxpayer-funded credit to pay for 450-a-night hotels during his 13,000 expenses binge . Mail Onlines Tom McTague revealed earlier this week that Commons expenses chiefs made the unprecedented decision to recoup the cash by deducting around 1,000 a month from his salary. But that will not clear the outstanding sum of around 10,000 before Parliament is dissolved. The Falkirk MP accepts that he made mistakes in filing claims after using his card, suggesting he was also paying for rooms for staff. However, he is disputing at least 6,000 of the debt. If he refuses to repay voluntarily the watchdogs only option will be to pursue him in the civil courts. The details emerged after Ipsa admitted it has been labelling some of Mr Joyces hotel claims as not paid in its regular disclosures - when in fact it has paid a much higher bill in full. The Falkirk MP accepts that he made mistakes in filing claims after using his card, suggesting he was also paying for rooms for staff . The watchdog confirmed he put 743 on a card to fund a three night-stay at a non-London hotel, believed to be in Glasgow, in September last year. The bill was automatically paid by Ipsa. But as he is only entitled to claim up to 120 a night for hotels outside the capital, an excess of 383 was added to his debt. The published expenses records merely state that 383 was not paid. He was was not paid 272.33 for a non-London hotel claim in August, and 208 for another in September. Mr Joyce stayed at a prestigious Intercontinental Hotel in London in May 2013, when he appears to have broken the 150 a night limit for hotels in the capital by 203.05. He used the same group again the following month, but this time breached the ceiling by just 61.45. The issues seem to go back to at least 2012. In December of that year - 10 months after he headbutted a Tory MP during a brawl in a Commons bar - he charged 896.92 to the card for a two-night stay at a London hotel. It is understood that the claim was declared invalid because key parts of the receipt had been blacked out - although again Ipsa had already footed the cost and subsequently reported it as not paid. Altogether there are dozens of hotel claims listed as either not paid or part paid since 2012, totalling some 4,000. Mr Joyce insisted he was using hotels booked through the parliamentary travel office, and said some bills were high because staff stayed at the same time. The 896.92 bill was for a whole bunch of people to stay at the Park Plaza near Westminster, he said. That was all of my staff in London, he said. That was essentially an error. It should have come off my personal card. They would have all been eligible for expenses but the parliamentary card was used rather than their cards or my card. Mr Joyce said Ipsa had contacted him about spending in late 2013, but he heard nothing else and believed they had dropped the matter until last December. He even claimed that one 896.92 bill for two nights was for a whole bunch of people to stay at the four-star Park Plaza near Westminster pictured The whole figure was only exposed in December, he said. Some of these figures are legitimate debts to Ipsa but they would not discuss the rest of it. Mr Joyce said there was a particular issue with a member of staff who moved to Brighton from Scotland. He said the watchdog had signed off an arrangement where the employee worked from home but occasionally stayed at hotels in London. However, after 16 months, Ipsa decided the claims were invalid and demanded the money back, according to Mr Joyce. The MP said he had asked the watchdogs compliance officer to look again at the situation. An Ipsa spokesman said: MPs have a responsibility to manage their financial affairs and we publish details of all of their claims - both paid and not. We have consistently told the MP that he has a budget to keep to and that he is liable for any excess. We have stressed this time and again throughout the Parliament, as we do to every MP. Weve been talking to the MP since autumn 2013 to put his financial affairs on an even keel. As you would expect, when this didnt work we escalated these conversations within Ipsa and this approach resulted in a personal assurance from the MP that he would repay the amounts due. Mr Joyce stayed at a prestigious Intercontinental Hotel in London in May 2013, when he appears to have broken the 150 a night limit for hotels in the capital by 203.05 . When those assurances were not followed through, we turned off his payment card in January 2015 and in February 2015 we moved to recovering money directly from his salary. We will continue to recover this money until it is repaid in full. This is a very unusual case. Weve tried to encourage the MP to manage this situation. Clearly, this hasnt worked and we are committed to getting this money back. That is why have moved to more direct measures of recovery, including taking money straight from his pay packet. In 2008, before Ipsa took over the system, Mr Joyce had his parliamentary expenses suspended after putting nearly 5,000 in non-parliamentary travel expenses to Tokyo, Kinshasa and Nairobi on a Commons card, and then ignoring repeated demands from officials to repay. The latest situation could fuel calls for Ipsa to publish fuller, receipt-level information about MPs spending. The watchdog has already lost two rounds of an Freedom of Information battle to avoid publishing copies of every receipt filed, a process that could potentially cost millions of pounds. The Court of Appeal is due to hear the case later this month - but no judgement is expected until after the election. In March 2013 the former Army major was banned from buying alcohol in Parliament following another bust-up. He was fined 1,500 for abusive language towards a baggage handler at Edinburgh Airport earlier this year. Mr Joyce has refused to resign his seat despite pressure from critics. 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