MP Expenses
Sir Desmond Swayne
Current MP

Sir Desmond SwayneMP expenses

£3,690 IPSA expenses in 2012-13

Conservative · New Forest West

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.

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Total claimed this year

£4,546

Total claimed — selected period (2012-13)

£3,690

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2012-13

Year-on-year trend

Sir Desmond Swayne 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 Sir Desmond Swayne, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2026-27£2,296Office Costs (£1,513)5View claims
2025-26£7,328Accommodation (£4,705)22View claims
2024-25£3,593Travel and Subsistence (£3,593)2View claims
2023-24£11,216Office Costs (£4,942)49View claims
2022-23£11,263Office Costs (£4,917)54View claims
2021-22£9,947Office Costs (£5,399)66View claims
2020-21£15,119Office Costs (£8,079)70View claims
2019-20£10,936Office Costs (£3,379)61View claims
2018-19£2,267Travel and Subsistence (£1,114)22View claims
2017-18£1,948Travel and Subsistence (£948)20View claims
2016-17£2,613Travel and Subsistence (£1,435)23View claims
2015-16£2,591Office Costs (£985)19View claims
2014-15£4,096Travel and Subsistence (£2,765)24View claims
2013-14£3,202Travel and Subsistence (£1,885)25View claims
2012-13£3,690Travel and Subsistence (£2,267)27View claims
2011-12£3,590Travel and Subsistence (£2,202)29View claims
2010-11£5,837Staffing (£2,409)25View 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
AccommodationHotel - London£2002026-2718 May 2026PaidParliamentary sittings [***][***][***]View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3442026-271 Apr 2026PaidHosting annual fee for 2026/27 Forest DesignView source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602026-2726 Mar 2026PaidParliamentary sittingsView source
AccommodationHotel - London£2232026-2722 Mar 2026PaidParliamentary Sittings (night of 24th March)View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-262 Feb 2026PaidParliamentary sittingsView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1,1692026-2730 Jan 2026PaidCaseworker annual hosting and support licence [200013633-65]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1,4762025-2630 Jan 2026PaidCaseworker annual hosting and support licenceView source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602025-2629 Jan 2026Paid[***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£942025-2617 Jan 2026PaidParliamentary: early School Visit on 19/1View source
AccommodationHotel - London£4002025-267 Dec 2025PaidParliamentary Sittings [***][***][***]View source
Office CostsTraining - staff£6902025-2618 Nov 2025PaidVideo Course Parli-TrainingView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1202025-263 Nov 2025PaidCaseworker UpgradeView source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2630 Oct 2025Paid[***] [***] [***] - Parliamentary sittingsView source
AccommodationHotel - London£502025-2614 Oct 2025PaidParliament sittingView source
AccommodationHotel - London£642025-2613 Oct 2025PaidParliament sittingView source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2615 Sept 2025PaidParliamentary sittings - [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1572025-261 Sept 2025Paidparliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1662025-2621 Jul 2025PaidParliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2616 Jul 2025PaidParliamentary sittings [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£5602025-2630 Jun 2025PaidParliamentary Sittings [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1862025-2619 Jun 2025Paidparliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602025-2621 May 2025Paid[***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-261 May 2025PaidParliament Sitting: [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-2624 Apr 2025PaidParliamentary sittingsView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3372025-261 Apr 2025Paidwww.desmondswaynemp.com Forest Design -hosting websiteView source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Hotel London Area” in 2012-13. Browse all Hotel London Area claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

£45113 Mar 2013Expenses Card Feb 2013 — [***] Lodging-Hotels, Motels, Resorts [***]
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45014 Mar 2013hotel 11-13 mar 2013
Graham Stringer

Labour

£4507 Mar 2013hotel 4-7 march 2013 — hotel 4-6 march 2013
Graham Stringer

Labour

£4507 Feb 2013hotel 4-6 feb 2013
George Freeman

Conservative

£4507 Feb 2013Accommodation — [***]
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45024 Jan 2013hotel 21-23 jan 2013
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45017 Jan 2013hotel 14-16 jan 2013
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45010 Jan 2013hotel 7-9 jan 2013
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45020 Dec 2012hotel 17-19 dec 2012
George Freeman

Conservative

£45020 Dec 2012Interim Accommodation — [***] London
Graham Stringer

Labour

£4506 Dec 2012hotel 3-5 Dec 2012
Graham Stringer

Labour

£45029 Nov 2012hotel 26-28 Nov 2012

Conservative average — 2012-13

£18,160

All-MP average — 2012-13

£20,051

Grants and donations

Donations, sponsorships and loans registered in support of this MP's parliamentary activities — Category 2 of the Register of Members' Financial Interests, distinct from the IPSA expenses above.

Total registered

£3,729

  • 1001 Critical Days Foundation - £3,729.00

    £3,729
    Registered 28 Sept 2026View source

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.

2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP

  • 1001 Critical Days Foundation - £3,729.00

    £3,729
    Registered 28 Sept 2026View source

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

9. Family members employed

Sir Desmond Swayne expenses — common questions

How much did Sir Desmond Swayne claim in expenses in 2012-13?
Sir Desmond Swayne claimed £3,690 in IPSA business costs in 2012-13. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Sir Desmond Swayne claim for?
In 2012-13, Sir Desmond Swayne's largest published IPSA category was Travel and Subsistence (£2,267). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Sir Desmond Swayne'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.