MP expenses guides

Plain-English explainers built from official IPSA data. We present published figures without ranking or finger-pointing — every total links back to source records.

• How much do MPs get paid?

  How much UK MPs earn in salary, who sets parliamentary pay, and how that differs from IPSA business expenses.

• Do MPs pay for their own travel?

  How UK MP travel and subsistence claims work under IPSA — what is published, what is itemised, and how to look up an MP's travel costs.

• MP staffing budget explained

  What UK MPs can claim for staff under IPSA, how staffing costs appear in expense data, and how to compare published figures without ranking MPs.

• MP second jobs and outside interests

  How UK MPs register outside earnings, second jobs and financial interests — separate from IPSA expenses, with data from Parliament's interests register.

• MP expenses list

  MP expenses list for 2026 — search every UK MP's IPSA claims by name, constituency, party or year. No single IPSA file; here's how to browse the data.

• What is IPSA?

  What IPSA is, why it was created, and where the expenses data on this site actually comes from — a plain-English explainer of the regulator behind MP expenses.

• How much do MPs spend?

  Total IPSA claims by year, party averages, and what the figures include.

• What are MP expenses?

  What IPSA covers, what counts as a claim, and how to read the data.

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