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MPs’ business costs

David Mundell

IPSA paid £3,428,223 against 4,070 published rows for David Mundell between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC. These are the costs of running an office and employing staff under IPSA’s rules. They are not salary, and the largest part of them is wages IPSA pays to the member’s employees rather than money the member receives.

By category, 2025-26

141 claims, £28,924 paid. The headings are IPSA’s own categories grouped; the categories inside each are named on the register page.

CategoryWhat it coversClaimsPaidShare
StaffingThe salaries and employment costs of the people an MP employs to run their office and casework. IPSA pays these directly; they are not money an MP receives.1£4911.7%
Office costsRenting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage.128£25,06886.7%
AccommodationThe cost of somewhere to stay for an MP whose constituency is far enough from Westminster that IPSA's rules allow it. An MP representing a London seat is not eligible on the same terms.12£3,36511.6%

Every year in the register

David Mundell’s own years, not the register’s: the first is 2010-11 and the last is 2025-26. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, so a rise between two distant years is partly a rise in prices. Select a year to read it on its own.

YearClaimsStaffingOffice costsAccommodationTravelMiscellaneousTotal
2010-11187£81,783£18,314£16,372£13,145£807£130,421
2011-12232£111,948£21,551£21,152£22,168—£176,819
2012-13219£117,706£21,739£19,467£20,049—£178,960
2013-14209£135,960£22,684£20,128£21,618£243£200,633
2014-15225£136,054£22,014£19,659£22,093—£199,820
2015-16196£138,096£22,094£20,357£15,449—£195,995
2016-17194£139,422£22,768£20,166£13,976—£196,333
2017-18195£150,900£21,347£21,069£10,290—£203,606
2018-19235£153,326£24,917£21,304£14,081—£213,628
2019-20280£166,424£29,678£19,252£21,461—£236,816
2020-21277£193,675£34,951£19,857£11,007—£259,491
2021-22306£190,858£26,908£21,286£23,470—£262,522
2022-23366£212,880£27,060£21,967£25,744—£287,652
2023-24454£234,136£30,824£27,860£33,248—£326,067
2024-25354£245,353£31,653£28,193£25,338—£330,536
2025-26141£491£25,068£3,365——£28,924

A year in which David Mundell joined or left the House part-way through is a part year, and is not comparable with a full one.

What each category is made of, 2025-26

The cost types IPSA records inside each heading, largest first by what it paid.

Staffing

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Training - staff1£491

Office costs

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Postage & couriers7£5,993
Advertising and contact cards31£5,363
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage26£2,383
Stationery & printing6£2,291
Utilities9£1,557
Equipment - hire9£1,302

Accommodation

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Council tax1£2,034
Utilities11£1,331

Largest claims, 2025-26

The 15 rows IPSA paid most against, with IPSA’s own description of each. Read the description before the amount: IPSA publishes most of a member’s staffing as one row for the whole year — “Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the ⟨year⟩ year” — so the largest row here is usually a year of wages for the member’s employees and not something bought.

DateCategoryCost typeDescriptionClaimedPaid
30 January 2026Office CostsPostage & couriersRoyal Mail Stamps£2,175£2,175
14 April 2025AccommodationCouncil taxCity of Westminster£2,034£2,034
25 March 2026Office CostsPostage & couriersPost Office Ltd - 2298 x 2nd Class stamps£1,999£1,999
30 August 2025Office CostsStationery & printingSolway Print Limited - Headed Paper and HOC Cards£1,502£1,502
29 August 2025Office CostsInsurance - contentsTHE BUSINESS INSURANCE£821£821
15 August 2025Office CostsAdvertising and contact cardsDNG Media Annandale Observer£800£800
31 October 2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsELECTED TECHNOLOGIES£738£738
14 July 2025Office CostsAdvertising and contact cardsNewsquest - Peeblesshire News£673£673
2 May 2025Office CostsLandline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchaseLandline & internet package£611£611
15 January 2026Office CostsPostage & couriersROYAL MAIL ONLINE SHOP£605£605
1 April 2025Office CostsAdvertising and contact cardsAnnan Athletic Football Club Advertising 2025/26£600£600
15 September 2025Office CostsMaintenance, Redecorations & RepairsFerbie Plumbing & Heating - New Water Heater£587£587
30 May 2025Office CostsStationery & printingSuperior Office Supplies - HC Toner Full Set£511£511
17 April 2025StaffingTraining - staffTrinity CS - Consultancy Services£491£491
31 March 2026Office CostsPostage & couriersViking Direct 2nd class stamps 500£435£435

What this page does not show

Whether any of it was justified. IPSA accepted these claims under its own rules and the register records what was paid, not whether it should have been. A large total is not a finding about the member.

Nor how David Mundell compares with another member. After staffing the largest headings are accommodation and travel, and both are decided mostly by where a constituency is: a member several hundred miles from Westminster is eligible for costs a member with a London seat is not. Two members’ totals are two sets of rules as much as two sets of choices, and the length of service differs too.

It is also not pay. IPSA sets and publishes MPs’ salaries separately and they are not in this register; the staffing figure here is the salaries of the member’s employees.

All MPs’ business costs · David Mundell’s register of interests and votes · Sources