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1697795

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date	21/03/2024
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the handling of MPs expenses claims by IPSA.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	19774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Committee meets IPSA throughout the year to assess its performance, running costs and effectiveness in handling MPs’ expenses. The Committee last met IPSA on 5 March 2024 and a transcript of that session is available on the Committee’s website: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/</a></p><p>In 2023, 65.3 per cent of MPs and their staff rated IPSA’s service as either good or very good, which was up on this measure in 2019 when 25.1 per cent rated the service in that way. The time taken for IPSA to reimburse MPs’ claims has reduced from an average of 8 days in 2020-21 to 2.6 days in 2023-24. Compliance with IPSA’s scheme is currently at 99.9%.</p><p>Through its scrutiny of IPSA, the Committee is looking at the steps being taken by IPSA to help improve its effectiveness in enabling MPs and their staff to claim for expenses and business costs. IPSA’s ongoing work includes:</p><ul><li>the development of an IPSA online portal to enhance the customer experience by improving the functionality of the system in areas such as claim and form submission;</li><li>the greater provision of centralised services, reducing the financial and administrative burden on MPs and their staff through the centralised provision of goods and services such as constituency office leases, utilities, and equipment;</li><li>the piloting of an online marketplace, allowing MPs and their staff to purchase goods such as office equipment centrally; and</li><li>exploration of alternative models of reimbursement, enabling MPs and their staff to pay for business costs without the need to claim retrospectively.</li></ul><p>The Committee plans to consider IPSA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 later in the summer at which point it will assess IPSA’s latest results against its performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 26/03/2024 10:33:05 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1668577

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many (a) public and (b) private meetings the Committee has held in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Committee last met on 8 November 2023. The Committee publishes minutes of all its meetings on its website. These record which meeting agenda items were taken in public and in private. Between November 2019 and 15 November 2023, 15 meetings were held of which 11 were wholly in private and four had public sessions.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 15/11/2023 10:56:39 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1585269

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, by what proportion the staffing budget for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has changed in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	142801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>In the past ten years, the IPSA staffing budget has been increased in each financial yearc, including a mid-year uplift to budget in 2020-21 in response to the coronavirus pandemic:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Budget envelope (non-London)</p></td><td><p>Budget envelope (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£137,200</p></td><td><p>£144,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£138,600 (1% increase)</p></td><td><p>£145,500 (1% increase from the previous year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£140,000 (1% increase)</p></td><td><p>£147,000 (1% increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£141,400 (1% increase)</p></td><td><p>£148,500 (1% increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£150,900 (6.7% increase)</p></td><td><p>£161,550 (8.8% increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£153,620 (1.8% increase)</p></td><td><p>£164,460 (1.8% increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£155,930 (1.5% increase)</p></td><td><p>£166,930 (1.5% increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£177,550 plus mid-year £16,480 covid uplift (£194,030 or 24.4% if including covid increase)</p></td><td><p>£188,860 plus mid-year £18,270 covid uplift (£207,130 or 24.1% if including covid increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£179,330 plus £24,970 covid uplift (£204,300 or 5.3% if including covid increase)</p></td><td><p>£190,750 plus £27,680 covid uplift (£218,430 or 5.5% if including covid increase)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£221,750 (8.5% if incorporating covid uplift for 2021-22)</p></td><td><p>£237,430 (8.7% if incorporating covid uplift for 2021-22)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£236,170 (6.5% increase)</p></td><td><p>£252,870 (6.5% increase)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/02/2023 09:41:24 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1583576

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on what dates the Board is scheduled to meet.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	139279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2023, the IPSA Board has scheduled Board meetings on 22 February, 29 March, 28 June, 12 and 13 September, 18 October, and 13 December.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 09/02/2023 09:04:51 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1583577

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many meetings the Authority had with staff representative bodies before the announcement of staffing budgets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	139280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Whilst IPSA cannot enter into formal negotiations that would have any binding effect on the individual decisions of MPs as employers, IPSA is happy to work in any effective way that it can with staff representatives to ensure that their voice is heard, and seen to be heard.</p><p>IPSA does not set MPs’ staff pay as MPs are the individual employers of their staff as a matter of law. IPSA has, however, proactively sought meetings and discussions with staff representatives and has significantly increased engagement with MPs’ staff over recent years. This has included regular meetings with its MP Staff User Group, joining the House of Commons’ Office Manager group, and through inviting staff representatives, such as Unite, the Members and Peers’ Staff Association (MAPSA), and Wellness Working Group, to IPSA Board meetings to share their insight and views. IPSA has also liaised in recent years with the GMB trade union.</p><p>IPSA is very grateful for the high volume of valuable feedback it has received through these series of feedback channels. This has enabled IPSA to survey MP staff on casework workload, budgets, and wellbeing, and check in at each House Office Manager meeting, with such engagement valuable to IPSA in proposing a staffing uplift during the covid-19 pandemic and in establishing an exceptional funding process for the pressures created during the Afghan withdrawal in August 2021.</p><p>In addition to the channels above, direct representations from staff groups were considered as part of the proposals which IPSA made on MPs’ staffing budgets. Specific examples for 2023/24 budgets include meetings with Unite and MAPSA on 26 May, 14 June, and 21 November 2022, and with the GMB union on 16 December.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 09/02/2023 09:05:11 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1583578

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Authority will publish the findings of the March 2020 Hays recruitment report on comparable job roles and salaries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	139281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>IPSA conducts an external benchmarking exercise on MPs’ staff salaries every three years. In September 2019, Hays conducted a pay and job description review, which IPSA published in <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/nc7h1cs4q6ic/5XVP87rv4tPagC7W1aNV8n/c3172cd4e40978bb54dabba54ea117d7/hays-mps-staff-pay-and-job-description-review-september-2.pdf" target="_blank">March 2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 09/02/2023 09:05:30 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1487967

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, when a response will be received to Question 6697 tabled by the hon. Member for Warley on 23 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	33681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The delay in providing responses to Questions 6697, 33681, 42245 and 45520 was due to an administrative error in the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 24/10/2022 15:58:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1355761

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Members' Staff: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what representations he has made to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority on equalising pay scales of hon. Members' caseworkers with those of hon. Members' researchers.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	50148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>I have not made any such representations. Parliament established IPSA as an independent body, and it is for them to make decisions on pay scales which are set following periodic reviews and based on market rate data and comparative benchmarking. The Speaker’s Committee maintains a constructive working relationship with IPSA and I know that it is always open to hear from honourable members on matters affecting the running of their offices. I understand that the GMB union has already raised this issue with the Chief Executive of IPSA and that he will be meeting with them in the near future to hear their views.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/09/2021 10:18:46 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1304659

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much IPSA spent on rent for its premises in the Strand in London in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	172857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>IPSA incurred costs in 2019 - 20 of £524K on rent, rates and service charges. The equivalent figure for 2020 - 21 will be published after the end of the financial year in IPSA's 2020 - 21 annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 25/03/2021 09:56:23 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1277633

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Members' Staff: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Question 136593, whether Members' staff working on the parliamentary estate or in a constituency office incur a work-related expense that is additional to usual living costs by needing to purchase food at that location.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>As is common in most employment arrangements, Members' employees are expected to provide for their own nourishment and refreshment at work, whether they purchase that or bring it in from home. The position is different for volunteers as they are not employed and provided with a salary from which to provide that sustenance. For that reason, volunteers can claim for the additional costs associated with volunteering for an MP, for example when on the parliamentary estate or in a constituency office (which includes food) which Members' staff cannot.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/01/2021 09:36:44 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi