Ms Diane AbbottMP expenses
£20,346 IPSA expenses in 2016-17
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
£1,264
Total claimed — selected period (2016-17)
£20,346
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2016-17
Year-on-year trend
Ms Diane Abbott 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 | £2,906 | Office Costs (£2,906) | 10 | View claims |
| 2023-24 | £10,388 | Office Costs (£10,388) | 33 | View claims |
| 2022-23 | £8,835 | Office Costs (£8,835) | 39 | View claims |
| 2021-22 | £6,465 | Office Costs (£6,407) | 31 | View claims |
| 2020-21 | £19,072 | Office Costs (£19,072) | 32 | View claims |
| 2019-20 | £9,129 | Office Costs (£8,400) | 83 | View claims |
| 2018-19 | £15,287 | Office Costs (£15,287) | 32 | View claims |
| 2017-18 | £15,585 | Office Costs (£16,031) | 50 | View claims |
| 2016-17 | £20,346 | Office Costs (£19,746) | 40 | View claims |
| 2015-16 | £12,889 | Office Costs (£10,885) | 24 | View claims |
| 2014-15 | £13,247 | Office Costs (£13,247) | 23 | View claims |
| 2013-14 | £4,402 | Office Costs (£4,024) | 26 | View claims |
| 2012-13 | £18,936 | Office Costs (£16,947) | 56 | View claims |
| 2011-12 | £7,355 | Office Costs (£6,901) | 29 | View claims |
| 2010-11 | £2,173 | Office Costs (£2,173) | 15 | 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 | £54 | 2025-26 | 2 Mar 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £58 | 2025-26 | 2 Mar 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Hospitality | £54 | 2025-26 | 11 Feb 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £738 | 2025-26 | 21 Jan 2026 | Paid | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2025-26 | 19 Jan 2026 | Paid | 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £72 | 2025-26 | 3 Dec 2025 | Paid | CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £547 | 2025-26 | 12 Nov 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £67 | 2025-26 | 15 Oct 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £595 | 2025-26 | 24 Sept 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2025-26 | 22 May 2025 | Paid | Annual Hosting 2025-26 | View source |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | £1,250 | 2023-24 | 20 Feb 2024 | Paid | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research Group | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £49 | 2023-24 | 19 Feb 2024 | Paid | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | -£27 | 2023-24 | 9 Feb 2024 | Paid | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £27 | 2023-24 | 23 Jan 2024 | Paid | Other office equipment — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £353 | 2023-24 | 23 Jan 2024 | Paid | CARTRIDGE SAVE | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £74 | 2023-24 | 22 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £160 | 2023-24 | 16 Jan 2024 | Paid | Office furniture — WWW.OFFICEBOFFINS.CO.U | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £690 | 2023-24 | 16 Jan 2024 | Paid | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | Annual Website hosting | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | -£257 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £184 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £255 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £257 | 2023-24 | 22 Nov 2023 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £144 | 2023-24 | 10 Nov 2023 | Paid | Banner December 2023 | View source |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | £1,250 | 2023-24 | 7 Nov 2023 | Paid | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research Group | View source |
Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Professional Services” in 2016-17. Browse all Professional Services claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Kendall Labour | £4,800 | 8 Feb 2017 | PRS Renewal — PRS |
| Caroline Nokes Conservative | £4,800 | 31 Aug 2016 | HR support — HR Consultancy |
| Heidi Alexander Labour | £4,800 | 17 Apr 2016 | PRS Annual subscription — PRS annual subscitpion |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £4,250 | 1 Feb 2017 | Office Support — November-December 2016 |
| Sir Keir Starmer Labour | £3,600 | 21 Mar 2017 | PRS subscription |
| Yvette Cooper Labour | £3,600 | 30 Jun 2016 | constit office costs, training — DotEveryone IT training support |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £3,500 | 29 Mar 2017 | Office Support — February and March 2017 |
| Ruth Cadbury Labour | £2,900 | 29 Jul 2016 | Web Site / data base - comms — Web site Data comms |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £2,800 | 1 Nov 2016 | Office Support — August-October 2016 |
| George Freeman Conservative | £2,671 | 4 Jul 2016 | PRU Policy Research Unit — MP's Standard Subscription Service |
| Jess Phillips Labour | £2,499 | 1 Apr 2016 | Communication system — Managment of website and communicationsIP[***] |
| Sir Christopher Chope Conservative | £2,480 | 1 Apr 2016 | [***] — parliamentary consultancy services |
Labour average — 2016-17
£19,015
All-MP average — 2016-17
£17,510
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
Writing an autobiography - Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd
Registered 20 Nov 2024View source
1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments
Payment received on 12 March 2025 - £18,450.00
£18,450Registered 8 Aug 2025View sourcePayment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.00
£22,500Registered 20 Nov 2024View source
4. Visits outside the UK
International visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 2025
£2,930Registered 3 Jul 2025View source
8. Miscellaneous
Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. This is an unpaid role.
Registered 26 Oct 2016View source
Ms Diane Abbott expenses — common questions
- How much did Ms Diane Abbott claim in expenses in 2016-17?
- Ms Diane Abbott claimed £20,346 in IPSA business costs in 2016-17. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Ms Diane Abbott claim for?
- In 2016-17, Ms Diane Abbott's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£19,746). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
- Where does Ms Diane Abbott'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.