IPSA publishes MPs’ Business Costs for April – May 2020 and Survey of IPSA’s Website

Date published: 10 September 2020

As part of its routine publication of MPs’ business costs, IPSA has today released details of all claims, paid, repaid and unpaid, processed in the period from April to May 2020.

Visit our MPs' staffing and business costs page for details of all claims, including those published today.

The data reflects claims processed in this two month period and should not be interpreted as a trend or pattern. MPs’ constituencies have a range of different characteristics for example; size, population, urban or rural landscape and distance from Westminster, which makes comparisons between the data difficult.

The data for individual claims is stored on the website by the date on which a cost is incurred. Some travel claims reflect the date on which a transaction was processed rather than the date on which a journey was made.

IPSA is always looking at ways it can improve the information provided to the public and are carrying out a short survey to gather feedback on its website. Please take a moment to look at the website and take part in the survey here.

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Notes to Editors:

  1. IPSA was created in 2009 by the Parliamentary Standards Act. The Act was amended in 2010 by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act. Together they gave IPSA three main responsibilities:

    • To regulate MPs’ business costs and expenses

    • To determine MPs’ pay and pension arrangements

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

  2. IPSA is independent of Parliament and the Government. This allows us to take decisions about the rules on business costs and expenses and on MPs’ pay ourselves, without interference.

  3. The Scheme of MPs' Business Costs and Expenses ('the Scheme') governs what MPs can and cannot claim for. We review our rules regularly and consult the public when we do so.

  4. Every two months we publish around 25,000 claims for costs and expenses by MPs and their staff. Once a year we publish aggregate data for MPs’ spending and other aspects of their activity.