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
£2,215
Total claimed — selected period (2026-27)
£487
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2026-27
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | £487 | Office Costs (£487) | 2 | View claims |
| 2025-26 | £5,243 | Office Costs (£5,243) | 36 | 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 | Stationery & printing | £60 | 2025-26 | 31 Mar 2026 | Paid | AMAZON [***] [200013613-5160] | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £59 | 2025-26 | 31 Mar 2026 | Paid | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMAZON [***] [200013613-5161] | View source |
| Office Costs | Postage & couriers | £348 | 2026-27 | 31 Mar 2026 | Paid | Stamps for correspondence with constituents | View source |
| Office Costs | Postage & couriers | £139 | 2026-27 | 31 Mar 2026 | Paid | Stamps for correspondence with constituents | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £270 | 2025-26 | 27 Mar 2026 | Paid | Office furniture — VIKING [200013613-10277] | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £624 | 2025-26 | 24 Mar 2026 | Paid | Other office equipment — POSTROOM-ONLINE LTD [200013613-7418] | View source |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | £355 | 2025-26 | 24 Mar 2026 | Paid | INSTANTPRINT [200013613-7417] | View 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 | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £50 | 2025-26 | 27 Oct 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £1,476 | 2025-26 | 27 Oct 2025 | Paid | Caseworker software | 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 |
Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Postage & couriers” in 2026-27. Browse all Postage & couriers claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Ramsay Green Party | £5,741 | 27 Apr 2026 | Newsletter delivery |
| Sam Carling Labour | £4,434 | 15 Apr 2026 | PAYPAL IDCC DESIGN |
| Alex Burghart Conservative | £4,135 | 5 May 2026 | Newsletter distribution - Whistl |
| Sir Oliver Dowden Conservative | £3,818 | 6 Mar 2026 | 40,270 Whistl |
| Gregory Stafford Conservative | £3,796 | 23 Apr 2026 | Constituency delivery of newsletter by Royal Mail |
| Debbie Abrahams Labour | £3,755 | 7 Apr 2026 | RM |
| Rebecca Harris Conservative | £3,715 | 5 Mar 2026 | Postage of Newsletter (including VAT) |
| Naushabah Khan Labour | £3,700 | 26 Apr 2026 | Postig of MP Annual Report 2026 via Royal Mail (full cost not being claimed) (posted April 26) |
| Steve Barclay Conservative | £3,183 | 13 Apr 2026 | postage of reporting back |
| Matt Vickers Conservative | £2,872 | 31 Mar 2026 | PAYPAL ROYALMAILGR [200013613-9848] [200013615-48] |
| Anna Turley Labour (Co-op) | £2,400 | 22 May 2026 | Delivery of letter to constituents |
| Gill German Labour | £2,355 | 22 Apr 2026 | Distribution of UK Government information leaflet |
Labour average — 2026-27
£2,879
All-MP average — 2026-27
£3,007
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 2026-27?
- Jim Dickson claimed £487 in IPSA business costs in 2026-27. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Jim Dickson claim for?
- In 2026-27, Jim Dickson's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£487). 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.