MPs’ business costs
Steve Reed
IPSA paid £2,513,608 against 1,134 published rows for Steve Reed between 2012-13 and 2025-26 as the member for Croydon North BC, then Streatham and Croydon North BC. 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, 2012-13
75 claims, £35,579 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. | 1 | £33,387 | 93.8% |
| Office costs | Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage. | 74 | £2,192 | 6.2% |
Every year in the register
Steve Reed’s own years, not the register’s: the first is 2012-13 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 | Travel | Starting up and winding up | Miscellaneous | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 75 | £33,387 | £2,192 | — | — | — | £35,579 |
| 2013-14 | 159 | £141,696 | £24,882 | — | £4,488 | — | £171,066 |
| 2014-15 | 105 | £142,011 | £23,366 | £54 | — | — | £165,431 |
| 2015-16 | 91 | £143,005 | £25,308 | £72 | — | — | £168,385 |
| 2016-17 | 78 | £145,250 | £25,441 | £21 | — | — | £170,712 |
| 2017-18 | 73 | £156,682 | £22,521 | £29 | — | — | £179,231 |
| 2018-19 | 61 | £160,592 | £24,562 | — | — | — | £185,154 |
| 2019-20 | 65 | £163,954 | £24,223 | £160 | — | — | £188,337 |
| 2020-21 | 80 | £195,716 | £27,463 | £333 | — | — | £223,512 |
| 2021-22 | 76 | £207,265 | £24,106 | £30 | — | — | £231,401 |
| 2022-23 | 92 | £194,785 | £28,135 | — | — | £1,440 | £224,360 |
| 2023-24 | 85 | £234,582 | £26,496 | £444 | — | — | £261,522 |
| 2024-25 | 59 | £257,111 | £35,994 | — | — | £2,046 | £295,150 |
| 2025-26 | 35 | £1,837 | £11,932 | — | — | — | £13,769 |
A year in which Steve Reed 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, 2012-13
The cost types IPSA records inside each heading, largest first by what it paid.
Staffing
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll | 1 | £33,387 |
Office costs
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stationery Purchase | 65 | £1,372 |
| Software Purchase | 1 | £350 |
| Legal Exp/Emp Practice Insur. | 1 | £302 |
| Other Equip Purchase | 2 | £106 |
| Other | 5 | £62 |
Largest claims, 2012-13
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 2013 | Staffing | Payroll | Total payroll costs for the 2012-13 year | £33,387 | £33,387 |
| 11 January 2013 | Office Costs | Software Purchase | CFL annual licence | £350 | £350 |
| 18 March 2013 | Office Costs | Legal Exp/Emp Practice Insur. | CNA Insurance | £302 | £302 |
| 13 February 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Letterheads, business cards | £275 | £275 |
| 27 February 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Banner | £200 | £200 |
| 5 March 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Laser Cartridges (OEM) EACH 0984880 | £187 | £187 |
| 22 January 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Letterheads | £144 | £144 |
| 15 February 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Premier Plus Sus/File A4 FS Red 403666 BOX25 | £115 | £115 |
| 4 March 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Laser Cartridges (remanufactured) EACH 0991370 | £104 | £104 |
| 6 March 2013 | Office Costs | Other Equip Purchase | Guillotines EACH 6580217 | £75 | £75 |
| 4 March 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Laser Cartridges (remanufactured) EACH 0991369 | £55 | £55 |
| 7 January 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | ENVISAGE HP CP2025/CM2320 CC530A BK 0991369 EACH | £55 | £55 |
| 4 March 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Laser Cartridges (remanufactured) EACH 0991371 | £52 | £52 |
| 4 March 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | Laser Cartridges (remanufactured) EACH 0991372 | £52 | £52 |
| 7 January 2013 | Office Costs | Stationery Purchase | ENVISAGE HP CP2025/CM2320 CC533A MA 0991371 EACH | £52 | £52 |
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 Steve Reed 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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