MP Expenses
Catherine West
Current MP

Catherine WestMP expenses

£10,988 IPSA expenses in 2015-16

Labour · Hornsey and Friern Barnet

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

£904

Total claimed — selected period (2015-16)

£10,988

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2015-16

Year-on-year trend

Catherine West 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 Catherine West, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£5,751Office Costs (£5,351)25View claims
2024-25£392Travel and Subsistence (£392)2View claims
2023-24£20,491Office Costs (£17,409)65View claims
2022-23£17,227Office Costs (£16,308)71View claims
2021-22£12,705Office Costs (£12,018)43View claims
2020-21£14,528Office Costs (£14,140)68View claims
2019-20£14,133Office Costs (£13,389)129View claims
2018-19£5,401Office Costs (£4,710)58View claims
2017-18£7,031Office Costs (£6,017)50View claims
2016-17£10,212Office Costs (£4,763)38View claims
2015-16£10,988Start-up Costs (£4,070)22View 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 CostsTraining - MP£602025-2625 Feb 2026PaidLanguage trainingView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£502025-269 Feb 2026Paid—View source
StaffingTraining - staff£4002025-265 Feb 2026PaidTraining session for all staffView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£2492025-264 Feb 2026PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — IT accessoryView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£652025-2628 Jan 2026PaidBanner February 2026View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£802025-2613 Jan 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£642025-2612 Dec 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2262025-2627 Nov 2025PaidInk CartridgesView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1002025-2619 Nov 2025PaidCanva design softwareView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1852025-2613 Nov 2025PaidBanner December 2025View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2322025-2613 Nov 2025PaidBanner December 2025View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£3832025-2612 Nov 2025PaidBanner December 2025View source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£4172025-267 Nov 2025PaidOffice furniture — Ergonomic office chairView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£752025-2630 Oct 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£512025-2629 Sept 2025PaidBanner October 2025View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£642025-2613 Aug 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsAdvertising and contact cards£9962025-2621 Jun 2025PaidSurgery leaflets for 2025-26View source
Office CostsNewspapers, journals, magazines£1452025-2618 Jun 2025PaidHam & High 52 weeksView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£902025-262 Jun 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3002025-2627 May 2025PaidPhoto licenceView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£1982025-2619 May 2025PaidOther office equipment — Roller BannerView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7382025-2615 May 2025PaidCaseworker software annual feeView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£3132025-2615 May 2025PaidBanner June 2025View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1502025-268 Apr 2025PaidBanner May 2025View source
Office CostsNewspapers, journals, magazines£1202025-261 Apr 2025PaidNewspaper subscriptionView source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Comp HW Purch StartUp” in 2015-16. Browse all Comp HW Purch StartUp claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Dawn Butler

Labour

£1,50030 Dec 2015Hubble Telecom — Desk tops constituency
Helen Whately

Conservative

£1,32524 Mar 2016HW Equipment for const office — SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTR Computers, Computer Peripheral Equipment, Software
Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

£1,1413 Mar 2016Computer — Laptop
Simon Hoare

Conservative

£1,0843 Mar 2016March 2016 Payment Card — SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTR Computers, Computer Peripheral Equipment, Software
Justin Madders

Labour

£1,0206 Nov 2015Start up computer — Purchase of laptop computer for a member of staff
Nigel Huddleston

Conservative

£92611 Jun 2015Computer equipment for office — SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTR Computers, Computer Peripheral Equipment, Software
Carolyn Harris

Labour

£7784 Mar 2016Constituency Office Set-Up Cos — Purchase of Desktop at Westminster
Dr Rupa Huq

Labour

£19013 Jul 2015LapTop — laptop purchase[***]
Carolyn Harris

Labour

£1005 Oct 2015Rapid instore — monitering internet stability
Imran Hussain

Labour

£8113 Aug 2015Payment card reconciliation — CCL COMPUTERS LTD Computer and Data Processing Services
Vicky Foxcroft

Labour

£459 Jun 20152015.06.12 Network Adapters — Wireless network adapters for constituency office PCs
Clive Lewis

Labour

£2519 Oct 2015Stationery and hardware-new of — Line adaptors and Cords

Labour average — 2015-16

£18,429

All-MP average — 2015-16

£17,321

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.

1. Employment and earnings

  • Speaking engagement - Ravenswood School

    Registered 6 Jan 2026View source

1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments

  • Payment received on 05 January 2026 - £1,489.80

    £1,490
    Registered 6 Jan 2026View source

4. Visits outside the UK

  • International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026

    £4,738
    Registered 5 Jun 2026View source

6. Land and property (within or outside the UK)

  • Property in New South Wales

    Registered 25 Sept 2025View source

Catherine West expenses — common questions

How much did Catherine West claim in expenses in 2015-16?
Catherine West claimed £10,988 in IPSA business costs in 2015-16. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Catherine West claim for?
In 2015-16, Catherine West's largest published IPSA category was Start-up Costs (£4,070). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Catherine West'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.