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MPs’ business costs

Sir Jeremy Wright

IPSA paid £2,801,919 against 1,819 published rows for Sir Jeremy Wright between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for Kenilworth and Southam 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, 2021-22

87 claims, £204,431 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£160,26178.4%
Office costsRenting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage.61£18,5819.1%
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.15£21,17510.4%
TravelJourneys 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.8£4,0782.0%
MiscellaneousClaims IPSA records under none of the headings above. Called “Miscellaneous Expenses” until 2018-19.2£3360.2%

Every year in the register

Sir Jeremy Wright’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
2010-11113£64,598£12,989£16,168£5,918—£99,673
2011-12151£104,423£17,059£17,488£6,373—£145,344
2012-13140£104,349£17,614£17,702£5,768—£145,433
2013-14154£131,445£13,123£19,138£7,382—£171,088
2014-15136£121,685£15,197£19,522£8,910—£165,313
2015-16123£115,667£20,699£18,234£8,423—£163,024
2016-1789£111,923£14,405£20,189£8,403—£154,919
2017-1878£117,971£22,246£21,195£9,243—£170,655
2018-1973£127,532£17,529£19,630£7,946—£172,638
2019-20117£124,480£22,313£21,228£8,129—£176,151
2020-2177£155,437£9,102£18,169£2,550—£185,258
2021-2287£160,261£18,581£21,175£4,078£336£204,431
2022-23155£200,414£27,150£22,395£12,247—£262,206
2023-24148£225,546£17,503£24,931£11,290—£279,270
2024-25122£244,111£17,300£25,585£8,132—£295,128
2025-2656—£8,616£2,774——£11,390

A year in which Sir Jeremy Wright 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, 2021-22

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

Staffing

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Payroll1£160,261

Office costs

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Rent1£7,189
Pooled staffing services1£2,992
Equipment - purchase5£1,547
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage9£1,219
Working From Home Allowance1£1,014
Software & applications3£816

Accommodation

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Rent1£18,809
Council tax2£1,090
Utilities11£1,090
Cleaning services1£186

Travel

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Rail3£3,632
Parking1£236
Mileage - car1£118
Taxi3£92

Miscellaneous

Cost typeClaimsPaid
Removals2£336

Largest claims, 2021-22

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
31 March 2022StaffingPayrollTotal Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2021-22 year£160,261£160,261
31 March 2022AccommodationRentAggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2021-22£18,809£18,809
31 March 2022Office CostsRentAggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2021-22£7,189£7,189
5 May 2021Office CostsPooled staffing servicesPolicy Research Unit (Conservative)£2,992£2,992
31 March 2022MP TravelRailAggregated figure for travel during 2021-22£2,851£2,851
1 September 2021Office CostsEquipment - purchaseComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories£1,149£1,149
31 March 2022Office CostsWorking From Home AllowanceAggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2021-22£1,014£1,014
23 March 2021AccommodationCouncil taxLONDON BOROUGH/GRE£957£957
31 March 2022Staff TravelRailAggregated figure for travel during 2021-22£778£778
22 June 2021Office CostsRecruitment Services &CostsBULLIVANT MEDIA LTD£720£720
25 May 2021Office CostsSoftware & applicationsELECTED TECHNOLOGIES£600£600
10 August 2021Office CostsInsurance - buildingsBRUNEL INSURANCE BROKE£432£432
9 December 2021Office CostsWebsite hosting and designhttps://www.jeremywright.org.uk/£300£300
11 May 2021AccommodationUtilitiesOther fuel£288£288
31 March 2022MP TravelParkingAggregated figure for travel during 2021-22£236£236

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 Wright 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 Jeremy Wright’s register of interests and votes · Sources