MPs’ business costs

Sir Jeremy Hunt

IPSA paid £2,672,576 against 2,029 published rows for Sir Jeremy Hunt between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for South West Surrey CC, then Godalming and Ash 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, 2015-16

207 claims, £166,364 paid. The headings are IPSA’s own categories grouped; the categories inside each are named on the register page.

Category	What it covers	Claims	Paid	Share
Staffing	The 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.	95	£144,662	87.0%
Office costs	Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage.	110	£19,490	11.7%
Travel	Journeys between the constituency and Westminster and within the constituency. Until 2018-19 IPSA published one travel category; from 2019-20 it publishes travel by the MP, by staff and by a dependant separately.	1	£2,174	1.3%
Miscellaneous	Claims IPSA records under none of the headings above. Called “Miscellaneous Expenses” until 2018-19.	1	£37	0.0%

Every year in the register

Sir Jeremy Hunt’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.

Year	Claims	Staffing	Office costs	Accommodation	Travel	Miscellaneous	Total
2010-11	81	£80,896	£7,805	—	£733	—	£89,433
2011-12	303	£99,379	£12,587	£1,332	£2,140	—	£115,438
2012-13	271	£99,084	£14,647	£2,051	£2,307	£252	£118,341
2013-14	119	£141,547	£16,759	£2,392	£1,299	—	£161,998
2014-15	144	£144,925	£18,341	£940	£1,305	—	£165,510
2015-16	207	£144,662	£19,490	—	£2,174	£37	£166,364
2016-17	165	£139,276	£14,822	—	£2,137	—	£156,235
2017-18	79	£142,207	£14,948	—	£1,525	—	£158,679
2018-19	89	£151,730	£20,235	—	£3,052	—	£175,018
2019-20	139	£155,850	£21,496	—	£2,931	£9,450	£189,727
2020-21	49	£186,138	£27,713	—	£715	—	£214,566
2021-22	55	£203,066	£19,489	—	£1,199	—	£223,754
2022-23	99	£213,764	£18,242	—	£1,066	£1,440	£234,513
2023-24	82	£211,605	£24,647	—	£1,219	—	£237,472
2024-25	107	£227,595	£26,262	—	£1,519	—	£255,377
2025-26	40	—	£10,153	—	—	—	£10,153

A year in which Sir Jeremy Hunt 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, 2015-16

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

Staffing

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Payroll	1	£144,028
Own Vehicle Car Volunteer	57	£462
Food & Drink Volunteer	37	£173

Office costs

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Const Office Rent	4	£5,064
Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	24	£3,953
Professional Services: Direct	1	£3,078
Legal Exp/Emp Practice Insur.	2	£2,578
Stationery Purchase	16	£1,320
Const Office Electricity	8	£892

Travel

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Aggregated Travel Costs	1	£2,174

Miscellaneous

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Contingency	1	£37

Largest claims, 2015-16

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.

Date	Category	Cost type	Description	Claimed	Paid
31 March 2016	Staffing	Payroll	Total payroll costs for the 2015-16 year	£144,028	£144,028
24 July 2015	Office Costs	Professional Services: Direct	PRU	£3,078	£3,078
31 March 2016	Travel	Aggregated Travel Costs	Aggregated figure for travel during 2015-16	£2,174	£2,174
22 July 2015	Office Costs	Legal Exp/Emp Practice Insur.	[***]	£2,000	£2,000
19 January 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit Office Rent Q4	£1,266	£1,266
13 October 2015	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit Office Rent Q3	£1,266	£1,266
29 July 2015	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Office Rent Q2 April -June 15	£1,266	£1,266
25 June 2015	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Office Rent Q1 Jan - March 15	£1,266	£1,266
17 July 2015	Office Costs	Advertising	Surrey Ad advert	£621	£621
13 August 2015	Office Costs	Software Purchase	CMITS Support 2015	£600	£600
9 August 2015	Office Costs	Legal Exp/Emp Practice Insur.	EPL	£578	£578
11 September 2015	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	Jh Mobile September 2015	£520	£520
13 July 2015	Office Costs	Stationery Purchase	A4 Headed Paper	£478	£478
11 March 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	BTmobile March16	£358	£358
11 October 2015	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	JH Mobile October 15	£326	£326

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 Sir Jeremy Hunt 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.

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