The Westminster lensArchive · §04 IPSA expenses · £162,742 across 84 claims · FY 24_25
IPSA expenses — Billington.
Every IPSA claim category for Polly Billington, plus the most-frequent cost types within each. Date range 8 Aug 2024 – 2 Nov 2025. Back to the MP page.
By category — total claimed.
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 5 | 130,164 | 80.0% |
| Office Costs | 64 | 19,999 | 12.3% |
| Accommodation | 9 | 10,983 | 6.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,184 | 0.7% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 413 | 0.3% |
| Total · 84 claims | 162,742 | 100% |
Top cost types within categories.
| Category | Cost type | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | Rent | 8 | 10,166 |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | 8 | 5,383 |
| Staffing | Bought-in services | 5 | 4,430 |
| Office Costs | Rent | 3 | 3,718 |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | 1 | 3,000 |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | 4 | 2,725 |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | 3 | 2,191 |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | 35 | 1,674 |
| Accommodation | Council tax | 1 | 817 |
| Office Costs | Business rates | 1 | 584 |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 5 | 371 |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | 1 | 160 |
All individual claims — 78 of 84 this parliament.
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2025 | Office Costs | Professional & consultancy | 75 |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Accommodation | TDC Council Tax [200011793-295] | 817 |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs | Other office equipment | 2,520 |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Office Costs | SHARP PRINTING [200011793-302] | 160 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -684 |
| 29 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Other office equipment | 50 |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Office furniture | 669 |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 109 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Landline & internet package | 67 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | [200011725-6889] | 50 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Internet | 44 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 186 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 29 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 28 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 26 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 19 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 16 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 16 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 15 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 12 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 11 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 11 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 8 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 6 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 6 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 3 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 2 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 2 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 2 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Banner March 2025 | 2 |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Landline & internet package | 82 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | Professional & consultancy | 75 |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 7 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | Parliamentary Research Service (Labour) | 3,000 |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 1,239 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Professional & consultancy | 75 |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Staffing | Professional & consultancy | 120 |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | — | 50 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | WWW.THANET.GOV.UK | 1,239 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | WWW.THANET.GOV.UK | 584 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Office furniture | 238 |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Office furniture | 1,798 |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Office furniture | -1,589 |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Banner February 2025 | 81 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Banner February 2025 | 18 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Banner February 2025 | 2 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Banner February 2025 | 0 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Banner February 2025 | 0 |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Office furniture | 1,589 |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | — | 33 |
| 9 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | — | 1,239 |
| 30 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | — | 40 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | Banner January 2025 | 229 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | Banner January 2025 | 229 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | Banner January 2025 | 229 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | Banner January 2025 | 186 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | Banner January 2025 | 186 |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Office Costs | — | 198 |
| 22 Nov 2024 | Staffing | Professional & consultancy | 75 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Staffing | Professional & consultancy | 660 |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Staffing | Professional & consultancy | 75 |
| 7 Nov 2024 | Office Costs | Banner December 2024 | 5 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Office Costs | Banner November 2024 | 68 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Office Costs | Banner November 2024 | 17 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Office Costs | Banner November 2024 | 16 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Office Costs | Banner November 2024 | 5 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Office Costs | Banner November 2024 | 4 |
| 29 Oct 2024 | Staffing | Professional & consultancy | 3,500 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 17 Sept 2024 | Accommodation | — | 1,550 |
| 5 Sept 2024 | Office Costs | KAPWING PRO PLAN | 151 |
| 27 Aug 2024 | Office Costs | Professional & consultancy | 2,500 |
| 8 Aug 2024 | Office Costs | CW.MP annual fee | 1,440 |
| 8 Aug 2024 | Office Costs | CW.MP database - set up fee | 600 |
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.