East Yorkshire’s MPs have refused to answer a series of questions posed by the Mail about the expenses scandal.

Following the scandal which has rocked Westminster, we drafted a series of questions to MPs in a bid to discover more about their attitudes towards expenses and the morality of using taxpayers’ money to furnish their second homes.

The 20 questions addressed a number of issues including whether the politicians feel let down by colleagues who have abused the system, whether those playing the system are morally wrong, what should the electorate have a right to know, will they make all their expenses details public if they haven’t already and what they feel needs to be done to clean up politics.

These questions were sent to Hull North MP Diana Johnson, Hull West and Hessle MP Alan Johnson, Hull East MP John Prescott, Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight, Haltemprice and Howden MP David Davis and Brigg and Goole MP Ian Cawsey.

We believe their constituents have a right to know the answers to what are reasonable, measured questions about such a major political issue.

The MPs were given one week to come back with their answers.

But shortly before the deadline, all the MPs except Mr Prescott came back to with a joint statement on expenses – instead of answering the specific detailed questions.

In the statement, the other MPs said: “Members of Parliament need to re-establish the necessary bond of trust with the electorate who are understandably angry about some of the abuses to the system that have been revealed.

“While the system was lax and poorly administered, this does not diminish the personal responsibility on each of us to make reasonable and justifiable claims.”

The Mail has still not received any kind of response from Mr Prescott or his office.

*For the full list of questions and the statement from the MPs, see today's Mail.

*What do you think about the MPs' response? Email letters@mailnewsmedia.co.uk.