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Ben Lake

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

MP for Ceredigion Preseli · Since 2017

7
Votes
5
Speeches
17
Total Events
Total Spend — FY 24/25
£250,650

Office, staffing, accommodation, travel, and other costs. Data from IPSA.

Spend Breakdown

Staffing£223,557 (89%)
Office£18,809 (8%)
Accommodation£0 (0%)
Travel£8,284 (3%)
Other£0 (0%)

Annual History

FY 24/25£250,650
FY 23/24£230,089
FY 22/23£199,487
FY 21/22£188,593
FY 20/21£167,942
FY 19/20£170,190

Claim Categories (FY 24/25)

Office Costs
105 claims · £11K
MP Travel
1 claims · £4K

Recent Claims (50)

Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Landline & internet package March 2025 [200011797-117]

£2
31 Mar 2025
RailPaid

Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25

£4,001
31 Mar 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£38
28 Mar 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying March 2025 [200011797-118]

£15
28 Mar 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£60
27 Mar 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£19
24 Mar 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£48
3 Mar 2025
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Landline & Internet February 2025 605023

£220
28 Feb 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying February 2025 203159

£39
28 Feb 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£192
28 Feb 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Banner March 2025

£87
27 Feb 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Banner March 2025

£10
27 Feb 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid

[200011798-304]

£15
19 Feb 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£50
19 Feb 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£50
14 Feb 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£192
31 Jan 2025
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Phone and internet costs January 2025

£216
31 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Photopier Printing Charge Jan 2025

£18
28 Jan 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£80
22 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Banner February 2025

£38
17 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Banner February 2025

£26
17 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Banner February 2025

£41
17 Jan 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£48
7 Jan 2025
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£16
6 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopier Equipment Protection for 2025

£89
1 Jan 2025
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopier Quarterly fee Jan to March 2025

£412
1 Jan 2025
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Landline and Internet

£216
31 Dec 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£96
31 Dec 2024
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying costs

£25
28 Dec 2024
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Phone Internet Costs

£215
30 Nov 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£192
30 Nov 2024
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying costs

£71
28 Nov 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£50
22 Nov 2024
Software & applicationsPaid

Annual Software & application

£720
15 Nov 2024
Stationery & printingPaid

Envelope Labels

£26
6 Nov 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£144
5 Nov 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£10
1 Nov 2024
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Landline & Call Bundle October 2024

£211
31 Oct 2024
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying October 2024

£31
28 Oct 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£10
28 Oct 2024
Stationery & printingPaid

Photocopying September 2024

£37
28 Oct 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£30
18 Oct 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£19
13 Oct 2024
Insurance - contentsPaid

Annual Insurance from 16.10.2024

£314
11 Oct 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£30
4 Oct 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£192
30 Sept 2024
Landline phone & internet - rental & usagePaid

Landline & internet package

Line Rental & Call Bundle September 2024

£211
30 Sept 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesRepaid

[***] [***][***] Claim line 1 is a duplicate of 60236110, line 1.

£0
24 Sept 2024
Stationery & printingRepaid

[***] [***] [***] Claim line 1 is a duplicate of 60230482, line 1.

£0
24 Sept 2024
Venue hire, meetings & surgeriesPaid
£30
24 Sept 2024

Expense data sourced from IPSA (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority). Updated every two months.