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, 2016-17

165 claims, £156,235 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.	68	£139,276	89.1%
Office costs	Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage.	96	£14,822	9.5%
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	£2,137	1.4%

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, 2016-17

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

Staffing

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Payroll	1	£137,776
Own Vehicle Car Volunteer	33	£808
Health and Welfare Costs	1	£367
Food & Drink Volunteer	32	£309
Public Tr RAIL Volunteer - RT	1	£16

Office costs

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Const Office Rent	4	£5,064
Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	20	£2,988
Professional Services: Direct	1	£2,704
Stationery Purchase	13	£1,230
Software Purchase	1	£600
Const Office Electricity	8	£509

Travel

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Aggregated Travel Costs	1	£2,137

Largest claims, 2016-17

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 2017	Staffing	Payroll	Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2016-17 year	£137,776	£137,776
25 May 2016	Office Costs	Professional Services: Direct	PRU	£2,704	£2,704
31 March 2017	Travel	Aggregated Travel Costs	Aggregated figure for travel during 2016-17	£2,137	£2,137
28 February 2017	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit office Costs Q4	£1,266	£1,266
31 October 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit office Costs Q3	£1,266	£1,266
19 July 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit Office Rent Q2	£1,266	£1,266
11 April 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Rent	Constit Office Rent Q1	£1,266	£1,266
2 June 2016	Office Costs	Software Purchase	CMITS Support 2016/17	£600	£600
26 September 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Buildings Insur.	Constit office Costs Q3	£453	£453
9 December 2016	Staffing	Health and Welfare Costs	Eye Test and New Glasses	£367	£367
11 September 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	JH 02 Mobile September	£362	£362
1 November 2016	Office Costs	Website - Design/Production	Bluetree Annual website fee	£300	£300
11 April 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	Jh Mobile April	£276	£276
11 July 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	JH 02 Mobile July	£262	£262
9 November 2016	Office Costs	Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental	BT Office bills 3 lines	£247	£247

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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