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The Labour peer Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, who also sits in the Scottish Parliament, has asked John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for standards at the Commons, to investigate the "party political stunt".

"It is one of the most outrageous claims I have seen, not withstanding duck houses and moats being cleaned, because it seems to be a total misuse of the money," he said.

More than a dozen MPs have already seen their political careers ended after the unedited claims were leaked to The Daily Telegraph six weeks ago.

The latest casualty is the junior Treasury minister Kitty Ussher, who quit the Government last night after allegations that she avoided paying capital gains tax by "flipping" her second home. The allegations against Ms Ussher could never have been stood up if the parliamentary censors had had their way.

If the unredacted claims had never leaked out, the public would never have heard of Douglas Hogg's moat or Sir Peter Viggers's duck house. Hazel Blears and Jacqui Smith – both tainted by the scandal – might still be in the Cabinet.

The result is that Westminster's stable doors have been shut after the horses have well and truly bolted.

Maurice Frankel, of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, said the release today was a "very poor substitute" for the unedited material.

"The problem is that there are no address details," he said. "That means there is no way of knowing whether or when an MP has been ’flipping’."

The former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Alistair Graham, agreed that too much information had been withheld from the public.

"I am against the sort of redaction and censorship which has clearly taken place," he told the BBC.

He predicted that there would be more political casualties as further abuses came to light. "I don’t think we are at the end of this story at all. We may not even be at the beginning of the end. I think this is going to run and run," he said.

Today’s official publication covers printed documents and receipts relating to MPs’ claims between 2004/05 and 2007/08 for a series of parliamentary allowances, but with many personal details redacted.

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