MP Expenses
Ben Lake
Current MP

Ben LakeMP expenses

£21,765 IPSA expenses in 2019-20

Plaid Cymru · Ceredigion Preseli

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£1,406

Total claimed — selected period (2019-20)

£21,765

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Spend by category — 2019-20

Year-on-year trend

Ben Lake expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Ben Lake, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£7,479Office Costs (£7,479)34View claims
2024-25£16,568Travel and Subsistence (£16,568)2View claims
2023-24£23,413Office Costs (£20,526)110View claims
2022-23£23,150Office Costs (£18,194)96View claims
2021-22£20,763Office Costs (£17,769)78View claims
2020-21£17,637Office Costs (£16,190)61View claims
2019-20£21,765Office Costs (£13,984)101View claims
2018-19£15,823Office Costs (£5,761)98View claims
2017-18£13,516Office Costs (£6,466)61View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

Itemised claims

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SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£752025-2630 Mar 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase£2312025-2621 Mar 2026PaidLandline & internet package — Phone and Landline February 2026View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2292025-2621 Feb 2026PaidLandline & internet package — Phone & LandlineView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£602025-2620 Feb 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2292025-2621 Jan 2026PaidLandline & internet package — Phone and Internet December 2025View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£602025-2616 Jan 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsEquipment - hire£4122025-261 Jan 2026PaidPrinter, photocopier & scanner — Photocopier Lease Jan - March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1102025-261 Jan 2026PaidPhotocopier Equipment Protection for 2026View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£502025-2631 Dec 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2292025-2621 Dec 2025PaidLandline & internet package — Landline & internet November 2025View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£502025-2612 Dec 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2312025-2621 Nov 2025PaidLandline & internet package — Landline & internet October 2025View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1,4762025-2615 Nov 2025PaidCaseworker Hosting and support FeeView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£502025-266 Nov 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsInsurance - contents£3232025-264 Nov 2025PaidOffice & Surgeries Insurance PackageView source
Office CostsEquipment - hire£1682025-2631 Oct 2025PaidPrinter, photocopier & scanner — Documentation FeeView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2292025-2621 Oct 2025PaidLandline & internet package — Landline and PhoneView source
Office CostsEquipment - hire£4132025-2617 Oct 2025PaidPrinter, photocopier & scanner — 01.10.2025-31.12.2025View source
Office CostsEquipment - hire£2892025-2617 Oct 2025PaidPrinter, photocopier & scanner — 28.07.2025-30.09.2025View source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2162025-2621 Sept 2025PaidLandline & internet package — August Phone and InternetView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2182025-262 Sept 2025PaidLandline & internet package — Landline & internet July 2025View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£992025-262 Sept 2025PaidPhotocopying July 2025View source
Office CostsTraining - staff£1502025-262 Sept 2025PaidElected Technolgies Caseworker TrainingView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£2152025-2630 Jun 2025PaidLandline & internet package — Landline and internet JuneView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£962025-2630 Jun 2025Paid—View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Rent” in 2019-20. Browse all Rent claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Ms Marie Rimmer

Labour

£13,20010 Jul 2019Direct rental payment
Dan Jarvis

Labour

£11,1001 May 2019Direct rental payment
Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK

£9,0001 Apr 2020—
John McDonnell

Labour

£8,8501 May 2019Direct rental payment
Grahame Morris

Labour

£7,71124 May 2019Direct rental payment
Peter Kyle

Labour

£7,0006 Jun 2019constituency rent
Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

£6,49530 Mar 2020Rent for the period 1/4/19 to 31/3/20
Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

£6,35011 Jul 2019Annual rent for constituency office at Hyde Town Hall from 10.5.15 to 9.5.16
Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

£6,29811 Jul 2019Annual rent for constituency office at Hyde Town Hall from 10.5.19 to 6.5.20
Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

£6,00015 Oct 2019371
Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

£6,00026 Jun 2019324
Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op)

£5,7501 Apr 2020—

Plaid Cymru average — 2019-20

£39,288

All-MP average — 2019-20

£38,507

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

No registered financial interests found for this MP.

Ben Lake expenses — common questions

How much did Ben Lake claim in expenses in 2019-20?
Ben Lake claimed £21,765 in IPSA business costs in 2019-20. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Ben Lake claim for?
In 2019-20, Ben Lake's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£13,984). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Ben Lake's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.