The Westminster lensArchive · §04 IPSA expenses · £141,361 across 55 claims · FY 24_25
IPSA expenses — Witherden.
Every IPSA claim category for Steve Witherden, plus the most-frequent cost types within each. Date range 21 Jul 2024 – 22 May 2025. Back to the MP page.
By category — total claimed.
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 0 | 99,704 | 70.5% |
| Accommodation | 22 | 25,309 | 17.9% |
| Office Costs | 24 | 8,747 | 6.2% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,728 | 4.8% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 688 | 0.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 185 | 0.1% |
| Total · 55 claims | 141,361 | 100% |
Top cost types within categories.
| Category | Cost type | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | Rent | 7 | 18,779 |
| Accommodation | Hotel - London | 7 | 5,527 |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | 1 | 2,300 |
| Office Costs | Advertising and contact cards | 1 | 1,908 |
| Office Costs | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 8 | 1,399 |
| Office Costs | Pooled Staffing Services | 1 | 1,250 |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | 1 | 944 |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | 7 | 918 |
| Accommodation | Utilities | 2 | 635 |
| Accommodation | Council tax | 1 | 219 |
| Accommodation | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | 5 | 150 |
| Office Costs | Parking | 4 | 16 |
All individual claims — 46 of 55 this parliament.
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2025 | Office Costs | [***] Claim line 60284064-1 is a duplicate of 60284056-1 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) | 1,250 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,371 |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | — | 50 |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation | Internet | 30 |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Parliamentary Research Service (Labour) | 2,300 |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation | — | 3,358 |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011725-5342] [200011799-247] | 134 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Other office equipment | 944 |
| 7 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | ADOBE ADOBE [200011725-6120] | 28 |
| 7 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | CANVA [***] [200011725-6121] [200011799-248] | 18 |
| 6 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | Advertising for surgeries in local press | 1,908 |
| 3 Mar 2025 | Office Costs | — | 319 |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | 600 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | Electricity | 151 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 113 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 90 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | Repayment for Canva licences Dec 24- Feb 25 | 81 |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | — | 3,358 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 420 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 316 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | — | 90 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | Internet | 30 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | Internet | 30 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | Internet | 30 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Accommodation | Internet | 30 |
| 7 Feb 2025 | Office Costs | ADOBE ADOBE | 28 |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | — | 4 |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Accommodation | Electricity | 483 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | Envelopes from Ryman needed to send MP´s Christmas cards from the office | 13 |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Accommodation | — | 3,358 |
| 7 Jan 2025 | Office Costs | ADOBE ADOBE | 28 |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | — | 4 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Accommodation | — | 3,358 |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Office Costs | — | 4 |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Accommodation | WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK [200011725-1207] | 219 |
| 21 Nov 2024 | Office Costs | — | 4 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Accommodation | — | 3,358 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Accommodation | [***] [200011725-732] | 563 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Accommodation | [***]Faster Payment Form - First Months Rent - [***] | 3,358 |
| 6 Oct 2024 | Accommodation | [***] [200011725-882] | 1,106 |
| 16 Sept 2024 | Accommodation | [***][***][***] [200011725-867] | 659 |
| 12 Sept 2024 | Accommodation | [***] [200011725-863] | 1,157 |
| 29 Aug 2024 | Accommodation | [***] [200011725-798] | 826 |
| 30 Jul 2024 | Accommodation | [***] [200011725-278] | 346 |
| 21 Jul 2024 | Accommodation | [***][***][***] [200011725-204] | 870 |
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.