The Westminster lensArchive · §04 IPSA expenses · £91,911 across 63 claims · FY 24_25

IPSA expenses — Alexander.

Every IPSA claim category for Douglas Alexander, plus the most-frequent cost types within each. Date range 5 Jul 20243 Apr 2025. Back to the MP page.

By category — total claimed.

CategoryClaimsPaid (£)Share
Staffing158,16363.3%
Office Costs4616,41317.9%
MP Travel010,73211.7%
Accommodation74,8855.3%
Dependant Travel01,7181.9%
Total · 63 claims91,911100%

Top cost types within categories.

CategoryCost typeClaimsPaid (£)
Office CostsRent86,606
Office CostsStationery & printing243,509
Office CostsAdvertising and contact cards23,420
AccommodationCouncil tax12,732
StaffingPooled staffing services12,300
Office CostsSoftware & applications22,040
AccommodationService charge & ground Rent21,378
AccommodationInsurance - buildings2413
AccommodationLandline phone & internet - rental & usage2362
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage4338
Office CostsRecruitment Services &Costs1288
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage5212

All individual claims — 54 of 63 this parliament.

DateCategoryDescriptionPaid (£)
3 Apr 2025Office Costs1,287
31 Mar 2025Office Costs2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata-1,287
28 Mar 2025Office CostsLandline & internet package46
25 Mar 2025Office CostsPAYPAL LBDCREATIVE [200011726-8014]2,662
20 Mar 2025Office CostsBanner March 2025150
20 Mar 2025Office CostsBanner March 2025138
19 Mar 2025Office CostsLandline & internet package53
5 Mar 2025Office CostsLandline & internet package186
4 Mar 2025Office Costs1,170
25 Feb 2025Office CostsNEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP759
21 Feb 2025Office CostsInternet53
7 Feb 2025StaffingParliamentary Research Service (Labour)2,300
7 Feb 2025Office CostsMobile Phone Bill37
6 Feb 2025Office CostsBanner March 202517
6 Feb 2025Office CostsBanner March 202513
6 Feb 2025Office CostsBanner March 202512
4 Feb 2025Office Costs1,170
20 Jan 2025Office CostsBanner February 2025138
6 Jan 2025Office Costs1,170
5 Jan 2025Office CostsDouglas agreed [***] [***] [***] that he would claim for 80% of his monthly bill . The attached Bill has a charge for a personal call at a cost of £5.94, which will make the total claim of £31.90 (80% of £45.82-£5.94) of32
3 Jan 2025Office CostsO2 Mobile Phone Bill September2024. It was agreed [***] [***] [***] that Douglas could claim 80% of his monthly mobile phone bill68
3 Jan 2025Office CostsO2 Mobile Phone Bill October2024. It was agreed [***] [***] [***] that Douglas could claim 80% of his monthly mobile phone bill £43.5244
3 Jan 2025Office CostsO2 Mobile Phone Bill November 2024. It was agreed [***] [***] [***] that Douglas could claim 80% of his monthly mobile phone bill 67.632
3 Dec 2024Office Costs1,170
24 Nov 2024Accommodationthe previous factoring bill was referred to [***] [***] [***] who confirmed that it could all be claimed under the IPSA scheme. [***][***][***]1,004
24 Nov 2024Accommodation[***] [***] [***] claimed under the IPSA scheme. Case reference [***]274
7 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner December 20241,236
7 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner December 2024573
7 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner December 2024499
7 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner December 2024243
7 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner December 2024233
6 Nov 2024Office CostsBanner January 2025150
5 Nov 2024Office Costs1,170
14 Oct 2024Office Costs[***] - First Partial Month´s Rent -756
5 Oct 2024AccommodationLandline & internet package181
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 202421
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 202420
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 202419
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 202414
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 202411
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20248
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20245
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20244
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20243
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20242
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20240
25 Sept 2024Office CostsBanner October 20240
3 Sept 2024Office CostsELECTED TECHNOLOGIES1,440
3 Sept 2024Office CostsELECTED TECHNOLOGIES600
2 Sept 2024Office Costsrecruitment costs for new staff member288
5 Jul 2024AccommodationCouncil tax for constituency home 5/7/24-31/3/252,732
5 Jul 2024AccommodationService charge on constituency home 05/07/24-30/09/24374
5 Jul 2024AccommodationLandline & internet package181
5 Jul 2024AccommodationBuilding Insurance on constituency home 05/07/24-30/09/24139
Sources
SourceIPSA · Individual MP claims published quarterly
MethodEach claim is a line in the public CSV. Categories follow the IPSA scheme.
CaveatTotal paid is net of repayments and rejections. Some claims span multiple cost types.