MPs’ business costs

John Glen

IPSA paid £2,942,148 against 2,432 published rows for John Glen between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for Salisbury 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, 2025-26

60 claims, £25,097 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.	3	£5,433	21.6%
Office costs	Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage.	45	£14,665	58.4%
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.	12	£4,999	19.9%

Every year in the register

John Glen’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	118	£85,446	£16,753	£16,646	£4,373	—	£123,217
2011-12	290	£103,480	£18,544	£24,250	£5,516	—	£151,790
2012-13	228	£128,108	£21,832	£17,677	£5,774	—	£173,391
2013-14	161	£135,362	£17,995	£18,368	£6,237	—	£177,962
2014-15	129	£106,035	£16,622	£20,728	£7,089	—	£150,473
2015-16	115	£131,589	£20,867	£20,644	£4,723	—	£177,823
2016-17	118	£138,840	£20,624	£21,038	£4,605	—	£185,108
2017-18	117	£141,440	£21,667	£22,769	£5,721	—	£191,597
2018-19	126	£150,869	£24,597	£22,543	£7,135	—	£205,145
2019-20	165	£154,059	£23,691	£17,014	£7,150	—	£201,914
2020-21	140	£169,719	£25,593	£14,920	£3,948	—	£214,180
2021-22	144	£159,940	£22,838	£16,319	£4,633	—	£203,730
2022-23	188	£171,703	£27,412	£17,889	£6,302	£1,440	£224,745
2023-24	162	£196,152	£27,189	£19,140	£4,262	—	£246,743
2024-25	171	£236,755	£25,854	£19,789	£6,386	£449	£289,233
2025-26	60	£5,433	£14,665	£4,999	—	—	£25,097

A year in which John Glen 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.

Staffing

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Bought-in services	3	£5,433

Office costs

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Stationery & printing	22	£4,062
Postage & couriers	2	£3,475
Parking	2	£2,523
Software & applications	2	£2,178
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage	9	£878
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase	3	£510

Accommodation

Cost type	Claims	Paid
Council tax	1	£3,232
Utilities	9	£924
Parking	1	£775
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage	1	£68

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
19 December 2025	Office Costs	Postage & couriers	Whistl Delivery	£3,276	£3,276
9 April 2025	Accommodation	Council tax	WILTSHIRE COUNCIL	£3,232	£3,232
30 January 2026	Staffing	Bought-in services	Professional & consultancy	£2,000	£2,000
31 January 2026	Staffing	Bought-in services	Professional & consultancy	£1,938	£1,938
19 December 2025	Office Costs	Stationery & printing	Printing annual report - IPSA approved	£1,654	£1,654
2 December 2025	Office Costs	Parking	—	£1,550	£1,550
28 February 2026	Staffing	Bought-in services	Professional & consultancy	£1,495	£1,495
26 August 2025	Office Costs	Software & applications	ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES	£1,476	£1,476
11 December 2024	Office Costs	Parking	[200011800-45]	£973	£973
25 April 2025	Accommodation	Parking	—	£775	£775
25 November 2024	Office Costs	Software & applications	ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011800-43]	£702	£702
25 November 2024	Office Costs	Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection	WASTE MANAGED [200011800-44]	£373	£373
11 November 2025	Office Costs	Website hosting and design	Bluetree website hosting - www.johnglen.org.uk	£360	£360
1 October 2025	Office Costs	Mobile telephone - equipment purchase	SP REBOXEDCO	£358	£358
9 December 2025	Office Costs	Stationery & printing	Banner January 2026	£210	£210

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 John Glen 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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