IPSA publishes data on MPs’ business funding for February and March 2025

Date published: 10 July 2025

IPSA has published details of spending by MPs against their parliamentary budgets, processed between 01 February and 31 March 2025. 

This includes spending by current MPs, and those who have left office since the 2024 General Election. 

The data is searchable by MP name, and in full under the Individual Business Costs tab on our dedicated webpage. 

IPSA supports MPs and their staff in fulfilling their duty to their constituents and to Westminster, by providing the necessary funding to run an office, pay staff, and cover work-related travel. 

Lee Bridges, Director of Policy and Engagement at IPSA, says: 

“IPSA is proud to support trust in democracy, and providing transparency to the public is an essential part of this.  

“We believe MPs should be adequately funded to carry out their parliamentary duties. 

“Publishing business costs every two months ensures we are always open about how public money is being spent, and how IPSA facilitates the delivery of democracy.”  

ENDS 

For more information, contact  IPSA's Press Office.

Notes to Editors 

  1. When a General Election is over, former MPs may be eligible for two different types of payment: the Loss of Office Payment (LOOP) and Winding-Up Payment. There are also Winding-Up Costs which are inevitable in the transition between MPs, and there are separate criteria for each of these. 

  • Former MPs are eligible to receive a loss-of-office payment (LOOP) if they were an MP on the day before the dissolution of Parliament and a candidate for re-election but were not re-elected. They must also have held office for a continuous period of two years before then. The amount of the loss-of-office payment is equal to double the statutory redundancy entitlement. These payments will be published in our Annual Publication in November 2025. 

  • Former MPs receive a winding-up payment if they leave Parliament at a general election, regardless of whether they stand unsuccessfully or stand down. A winding-up payment is of a value equivalent to four months’ salary after the deduction of tax and National Insurance. This is to compensate for the work former MPs are required to do in closing down their parliamentary affairs. These payments will be published in our Annual Publication in November 2025. 

  • Departing MPs are given four months to wind-up their constituency office and parliamentary affairs. During this four-month period they can continue to be reimbursed for costs incurred during the closure of their office. These payments could cover staff salaries, outstanding rental fees, removals, and cleaning.

2. IPSA publishes details of MPs’ staffing and business costs every two months, including claims processed across a two-month period – usually four to five months in arrears from the publication date. The next scheduled publication is in September.

3. Today's data cannot point to a trend or a pattern, as costs for MPs vary month by month. IPSA's annual publication covering business costs submitted by MPs in 2023-2024, shows around 80% of MPs’ business costs go toward paying their staff. 

4. 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 for each MP difficult. 

5. Following advice from security specialists, IPSA no longer publishes data relating to travel costs on a bi-monthly basis. Instead, this will be published as an aggregated cost for each MP as part of our annual publication.

6. 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  

  • to determine MPs’ pay and pension arrangements  

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

7. IPSA is independent of Parliament and the Government. This allows us to make decisions about the rules on business costs and on MPs’ pay ourselves, without interference. You can find out more about IPSA's role and responsibilities on our website.  

8. The Scheme of MPs’ Staffing and Business Costs (‘the Scheme’) governs what MPs can and cannot claim. We review our rules regularly and consult the public when we do so. 

9. Repayments are made to IPSA by MPs and third parties for a variety of reasons. These include:  

  • refunding items for which an MP no longer wishes to claim

  • refunding payment card transactions for which an MP does not wish to claim, and 

  • where an MP has received a rebate or refund from a third party, for example on their business rates or utility bills