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
£359
Total claimed — selected period (2025-26)
£3,875
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2025-26
Year-on-year trend
Jim Dickson 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.
| Financial year | Published total | Largest published category | Records held | Open year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £3,875 | Office Costs (£3,875) | 31 | View claims |
| 2024-25 | £518 | Travel and Subsistence (£518) | 2 | View 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
Download all claims (CSV)| Subcategory | Status | Description | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 9 Mar 2026 | Paid | Adobe subscription March | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 11 Feb 2026 | Paid | Surgery and contact details in local news | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £63 | 2025-26 | 23 Jan 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 11 Jan 2026 | Paid | Surgery and contact details in local news | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 9 Jan 2026 | Paid | Adobe Jan | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £53 | 2025-26 | 7 Jan 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 12 Dec 2025 | Paid | Surgery and contact details in local news | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 9 Dec 2025 | Paid | Adobe Dec | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 12 Nov 2025 | Paid | November Surgery Notice | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 9 Nov 2025 | Paid | Adobe Nov | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £1,476 | 2025-26 | 27 Oct 2025 | Paid | Caseworker software | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £50 | 2025-26 | 27 Oct 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 12 Oct 2025 | Paid | October Surgery Notice | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 12 Sept 2025 | Paid | Advertising surgery dates | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 10 Sept 2025 | Paid | ADOBE | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 9 Sept 2025 | Paid | Adobe Sept | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £515 | 2025-26 | 26 Aug 2025 | Paid | PAYPAL DARTFORDLIV | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £70 | 2025-26 | 12 Aug 2025 | Paid | Advertising surgery dates | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 10 Aug 2025 | Paid | ADOBE | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £144 | 2025-26 | 25 Jul 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £52 | 2025-26 | 10 Jul 2025 | Paid | ADOBE | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £57 | 2025-26 | 17 Jun 2025 | Paid | ADOBE.COM | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £50 | 2025-26 | 16 May 2025 | Paid | Office furniture — Furniture for office from local charity shop | View source |
| Office Costs | Hospitality | -£82 | 2025-26 | 7 Apr 2025 | Paid | NISBETS LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | -£93 | 2025-26 | 4 Apr 2025 | Paid | AMAZON [***] | View source |
Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Software & applications” in 2025-26. Browse all Software & applications claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanishka Narayan Labour | £3,839 | 27 Mar 2025 | Yearly Subscription for 10 staff members for Open AI Enterprise. [200012432-3] |
| Josh Babarinde Liberal Democrat | £3,672 | 12 Dec 2025 | MONDAY.COM |
| Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Labour | £2,616 | 14 Dec 2025 | ADOBE |
| Dr Lauren Sullivan Labour | £2,448 | 12 Jan 2026 | MONDAY.COM UK 2020 LTD |
| Steff Aquarone Liberal Democrat | £2,248 | 30 Nov 2025 | OPENAI CHATGPT SUBSCR |
| Mike Reader Labour | £2,234 | 29 Apr 2025 | OPENAI CHATGPT SUBSCR |
| Seamus Logan Scottish National Party | £2,087 | 1 Sept 2025 | UNIVERSAL COMPUTING |
| Dame Harriett Baldwin Conservative | £1,898 | 5 Jan 2026 | Website Design and Management |
| Claire Hughes Labour | £1,584 | 21 Sept 2025 | MONDAY.COM |
| Ms Stella Creasy Labour (Co-op) | £1,584 | 27 May 2025 | MONDAY.COM |
| Jodie Gosling Labour | £1,584 | 7 May 2025 | MONDAY.COM |
| Gareth Thomas Labour (Co-op) | £1,476 | 28 Feb 2026 | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES |
Labour average — 2025-26
£18,102
All-MP average — 2025-26
£18,166
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.
7. Shareholdings
Shares in Four Communications
Registered 1 Aug 2024View source
Jim Dickson expenses — common questions
- How much did Jim Dickson claim in expenses in 2025-26?
- Jim Dickson claimed £3,875 in IPSA business costs in 2025-26. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Jim Dickson claim for?
- In 2025-26, Jim Dickson's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£3,875). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
- Where does Jim Dickson'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.