Travel claims for the Prime Minister

The costs incurred by anyone who is the sitting Prime Minister are broken down into two:

1. Whether they are acting in their capacity as Prime Minister .

2. Whether they are acting in their capacity as MP on business for their constituency.

IPSA was established in 2009 to:

• to regulate MPs’ staffing and business costs

• to determine MPs’ pay and pension arrangements

• to provide financial support to MPs in carrying out their parliamentary functions

This means that, while we hold information about staffing and business costs incurred as part of an MP’s parliamentary role as an elected representative, we do not hold information about any costs relating to ministerial roles. The Cabinet Office is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister with his ministerial duties, you may wish to contact their FOI team at: foi-team@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

Any costs incurred when an MP is on constituency business would be subject to the rules and principles in The Scheme of MPs' Staffing and Business Costs, which is published by IPSA on its website.

With reference to the linked article, I can confirm that we do not hold any information in relation to travel claims submitted by the MP.

The details of claims made by all individuals acting in their capacity as MP are published and can be found on our Annual budgets, costs and claims webpage, within the Individual business costs data spreadsheets.