More data · MP expenses
What an MP’s office costs
MPs claim back money for running an office, paying for staff-related costs and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, checks and publishes every claim.
PAID IN 2025-26
£12.9m
across 657 MPs in IPSA’s file
THE MIDDLE MP
£18,469
half were paid more, half less
AVERAGE
£19,699
per MP
What the money was for
Office costs · claims for running an office£9.4m · 73%
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1.4m · 11%
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1.9m · 15%
Miscellaneous · other claims£0.2m · 1%
See your MP’s claims
Open your MP’s page and scroll to Expenses. Find your MP or search by postcode.
Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data 2025-26. IPSA asks automated tools not to download its files, so a person downloaded this file and the site was built from a summary of it on 4 Oct 2026. It is updated when someone re-imports a newer file, not automatically.