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Expenses

Ben Lake

65 business-cost claims in 2020/21, as published by IPSA.

2025/26 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2018/19 2017/18
All categories £167,951 65 claims
Staffing £148,573 2 claims
Office Costs £17,931 61 claims
MP Travel £1,447 2 claims
DateCategoryCost typeDescriptionStatusPaid
31 Mar 2021 Staffing Payroll Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2020-21 year Paid £148,484.62
31 Mar 2021 Staffing Health & welfare - staff Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2020-21 Paid £88.00
31 Mar 2021 Office Costs Working From Home Allowance Aggregated figure for 2020-21 Paid £1,741.82
31 Mar 2021 MP Travel Rail Aggregated figure for travel during 2020-21 Paid £273.90
31 Mar 2021 MP Travel Mileage - car Aggregated figure for travel during 2020-21 Paid £1,173.15
19 Mar 2021 Office Costs Postage & couriers Postage costs_March 2021 Paid £3.68
17 Mar 2021 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline & internet package Paid £173.56
15 Mar 2021 Office Costs Postage & couriers Postage to send record delivery package_March 2021 Paid £7.65
9 Mar 2021 Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage Mobile phone top-up for remote working Paid £24.00
28 Feb 2021 Office Costs Advertising and contact cards Advertisement in Welsh magazine 'Golwg' for job vacancy in constituency office Paid £435.46
23 Feb 2021 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline & internet package Paid £172.45
29 Jan 2021 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline Paid £60.00
19 Jan 2021 Office Costs TV licence TV Licence: Feb 2021 - Jan 2022 Paid £157.50
19 Jan 2021 Office Costs Rent Paid £1,800.00
19 Jan 2021 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline & internet package Paid £172.78
5 Jan 2021 Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage Mobile phone top-up payment for remote working Paid £23.99
1 Jan 2021 Office Costs Equipment - hire Printer, photocopier & scanner Paid £412.16
17 Dec 2020 Office Costs Advertising and contact cards Advertisement in local paper_Dec 2020 Paid £237.00
15 Dec 2020 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline & internet package Paid £172.70
14 Dec 2020 Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines Golwg yearly magazine subscription for 2021 Paid £120.00
8 Dec 2020 Office Costs Advertising and contact cards Advertisement in local community magazine: "Papur Pawb" Paid £60.00
4 Dec 2020 Office Costs Equipment - hire Printer, photocopier & scanner Paid £106.80
4 Dec 2020 Office Costs Advertising and contact cards Advertisement in The EGO, December 2020 edition Paid £120.00
30 Nov 2020 Office Costs Stationery & printing Photocopier printing costs: August to November 2020 Paid £11.47
20 Nov 2020 Office Costs Stationery & printing Single ream of A4 paper Paid £7.56
19 Nov 2020 Office Costs Stationery & printing Black ink cartridge for HP printer Paid £26.95
19 Nov 2020 Office Costs Stationery & printing Colour ink cartridge for HP printer Paid £16.39
17 Nov 2020 Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage Landline & internet package Paid £172.19
16 Nov 2020 Office Costs Software & applications Annual hosting and support fee for Caseworker Paid £600.00
11 Nov 2020 Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines Planet magazine yearly subscription Paid £22.00

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: IPSA.