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
£4,601
Total claimed — selected period (2015-16)
£21,500
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2015-16
Year-on-year trend
Sir Stephen Timms 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 | £20,312 | Office Costs (£20,312) | 40 | View claims |
| 2024-25 | £3,137 | Travel and Subsistence (£3,137) | 2 | View claims |
| 2023-24 | £27,950 | Office Costs (£26,726) | 111 | View claims |
| 2022-23 | £25,569 | Office Costs (£24,437) | 92 | View claims |
| 2021-22 | £24,255 | Office Costs (£22,400) | 120 | View claims |
| 2020-21 | £14,921 | Office Costs (£14,058) | 88 | View claims |
| 2019-20 | £24,378 | Office Costs (£22,422) | 136 | View claims |
| 2018-19 | £12,877 | Office Costs (£11,569) | 35 | View claims |
| 2017-18 | £11,652 | Office Costs (£10,853) | 29 | View claims |
| 2016-17 | £10,984 | Office Costs (£9,210) | 30 | View claims |
| 2015-16 | £21,500 | Office Costs (£20,656) | 34 | View claims |
| 2014-15 | £13,921 | Office Costs (£11,684) | 48 | View claims |
| 2013-14 | £18,757 | Office Costs (£16,390) | 50 | View claims |
| 2012-13 | £13,551 | Office Costs (£12,242) | 36 | View claims |
| 2011-12 | £12,129 | Office Costs (£11,750) | 52 | View claims |
| 2010-11 | £8,931 | Office Costs (£6,591) | 41 | 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 | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,020 | 2025-26 | 18 Mar 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £200 | 2025-26 | 18 Mar 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,020 | 2025-26 | 23 Feb 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £200 | 2025-26 | 23 Feb 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Training - staff | £594 | 2025-26 | 20 Feb 2026 | Paid | CAUSEWAYCREATIVE.CO.UK | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £70 | 2025-26 | 31 Jan 2026 | Paid | SQSP [***] | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £250 | 2025-26 | 26 Jan 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,020 | 2025-26 | 26 Jan 2026 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £227 | 2025-26 | 15 Jan 2026 | Paid | Printer ink | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £200 | 2025-26 | 22 Dec 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,020 | 2025-26 | 22 Dec 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Translation services - other languages | £60 | 2025-26 | 8 Dec 2025 | Paid | Italian interpreter for constituent at advice surgery | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £200 | 2025-26 | 27 Nov 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,360 | 2025-26 | 27 Nov 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | -£146 | 2025-26 | 5 Nov 2025 | Paid | KAPWING PRO PLAN | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £151 | 2025-26 | 4 Nov 2025 | Paid | KAPWING PRO PLAN | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £250 | 2025-26 | 31 Oct 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,700 | 2025-26 | 31 Oct 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £350 | 2025-26 | 30 Oct 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £738 | 2025-26 | 15 Oct 2025 | Paid | Payment for casework software | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £200 | 2025-26 | 30 Sept 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,220 | 2025-26 | 30 Sept 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £220 | 2025-26 | 4 Sept 2025 | Paid | HP print toners | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £250 | 2025-26 | 29 Aug 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | £1,020 | 2025-26 | 29 Aug 2025 | Paid | — | View source |
Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Venue Hire Surgery/Meeting” in 2015-16. Browse all Venue Hire Surgery/Meeting claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Philp Conservative | £3,640 | 4 Jan 2016 | — |
| Ms Nusrat Ghani Conservative | £750 | 18 Aug 2015 | — |
| Sir Andrew Mitchell Conservative | £691 | 27 Jan 2016 | — |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £550 | 3 Mar 2016 | — |
| Clive Efford Labour | £432 | 31 Mar 2016 | — |
| Robert Jenrick Reform UK | £420 | 15 Feb 2016 | — |
| Jeff Smith Labour | £350 | 26 Feb 2016 | — |
| Matthew Pennycook Labour | £321 | 22 Jan 2016 | — |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £318 | 20 Nov 2015 | — |
| Jeremy Corbyn Your Party | £300 | 18 Dec 2015 | — |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £279 | 18 Nov 2015 | — |
| Dr Rupa Huq Labour | £259 | 30 Mar 2016 | — |
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.
8. Miscellaneous
Chair of Trustees, Traidcraft Foundation.
Registered 10 May 2018View sourceTrustee, East Thirteen Christian Trust.
Registered 10 May 2018View sourceTrustee, Parliamentary Christian Trust.
Registered 10 May 2018View source
Sir Stephen Timms expenses — common questions
- How much did Sir Stephen Timms claim in expenses in 2015-16?
- Sir Stephen Timms claimed £21,500 in IPSA business costs in 2015-16. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Sir Stephen Timms claim for?
- In 2015-16, Sir Stephen Timms's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£20,656). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
- Where does Sir Stephen Timms'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.