MPs’ business costs
Sir Andrew Mitchell
IPSA paid £2,732,405 against 1,451 published rows for Sir Andrew Mitchell between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for Sutton Coldfield 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, 2025-26
66 claims, £17,796 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office costs | Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage. | 48 | £12,651 | 71.1% |
| Accommodation | The 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. | 18 | £5,145 | 28.9% |
Every year in the register
Sir Andrew Mitchell’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 | 97 | £89,353 | £10,026 | £10,451 | £3,400 | — | £113,229 |
| 2011-12 | 111 | £118,004 | £17,347 | £11,793 | £4,698 | — | £151,842 |
| 2012-13 | 122 | £112,051 | £18,445 | £7,349 | £5,791 | — | £143,636 |
| 2013-14 | 120 | £137,589 | £19,138 | £3,145 | £6,871 | — | £166,743 |
| 2014-15 | 78 | £138,095 | £14,288 | £2,902 | £8,068 | — | £163,354 |
| 2015-16 | 75 | £147,440 | £15,178 | £3,789 | £7,320 | — | £173,727 |
| 2016-17 | 91 | £145,579 | £20,754 | £3,855 | £7,472 | — | £177,660 |
| 2017-18 | 89 | £142,854 | £22,749 | £4,301 | £6,807 | — | £176,712 |
| 2018-19 | 84 | £143,405 | £21,272 | £4,168 | £7,545 | — | £176,390 |
| 2019-20 | 100 | £130,726 | £29,159 | £4,713 | £5,510 | — | £170,109 |
| 2020-21 | 101 | £145,477 | £25,430 | £2,673 | £3,593 | £3,414 | £180,587 |
| 2021-22 | 64 | £177,343 | £21,590 | £4,877 | £4,642 | — | £208,452 |
| 2022-23 | 55 | £215,743 | £9,925 | £4,138 | £5,398 | — | £235,204 |
| 2023-24 | 79 | £165,440 | £33,565 | £6,226 | £3,718 | — | £208,949 |
| 2024-25 | 119 | £230,540 | £23,138 | £5,594 | £8,742 | — | £268,015 |
| 2025-26 | 66 | — | £12,651 | £5,145 | — | — | £17,796 |
A year in which Sir Andrew Mitchell 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.
Office costs
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | 31 | £4,935 |
| Website hosting and design | 3 | £3,241 |
| Equipment - purchase | 2 | £1,511 |
| Software & applications | 1 | £1,476 |
| Utilities | 6 | £705 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | 3 | £673 |
Accommodation
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Service charge & ground Rent | 4 | £2,324 |
| Council tax | 1 | £2,042 |
| Utilities | 13 | £779 |
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.
| Date | Category | Cost type | Description | Claimed | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | BRUMACC [200011725-5836] [200011805-73] | £2,042 | £2,042 |
| 5 January 2026 | Office Costs | Website hosting and design | Website design and management for 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 : Fully managed website with regular updates, sub editorial servcies and articles. | £1,486 | £1,486 |
| 1 April 2025 | Office Costs | Website hosting and design | For website www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk Fully managed website with regular updates, sub editorial services and articles. 1 April - 30 September 2025 | £1,486 | £1,486 |
| 16 April 2025 | Office Costs | Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | £1,476 | £1,476 |
| 25 July 2025 | Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | £1,458 | £1,458 |
| 25 September 2025 | Accommodation | Service charge & ground Rent | [***] [***] invoice for Service charge and reserve fund for period 1/11/25- 30/4/26 | £987 | £987 |
| 26 March 2025 | Accommodation | Service charge & ground Rent | [***] [***] invoice for ground rent and reserve fund for period 1 May- 30 September 2025 | £987 | £987 |
| 1 April 2025 | Office Costs | Website hosting and design | Website hosting for www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026 | £270 | £270 |
| 12 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | Toner Cartridges for HP 220X 220A Colour Laserjet Pro (Black Cyan Magenta Yellow, 4-Pack) | £260 | £260 |
| 12 February 2026 | Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | £230 | £230 |
| 9 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | XMA March 2026 | £225 | £225 |
| 9 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | XMA March 2026 | £225 | £225 |
| 9 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | XMA March 2026 | £225 | £225 |
| 9 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | XMA March 2026 | £225 | £225 |
| 9 February 2026 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | XMA March 2026 | £225 | £225 |
Claims refused and money repaid, 2025-26
1 claim carries an amount IPSA did not pay or an amount repaid to it: £0 not paid and £75 repaid. A refusal is not a finding of wrongdoing — most are claims outside the scheme’s rules, or submitted without the evidence IPSA requires — and it is shown because leaving it out would show only the money that went out.
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 Andrew Mitchell 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 · Sir Andrew Mitchell’s register of interests and votes · Sources