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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary
Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo,
October 2014:</em></p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards
Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about
the criteria for additional staffing expenditure budget.</p><p><em>The MPs’ Scheme
of Business Costs and Expenses</em> sets out the criteria for contingency funding
in Chapter 10. We consider applications for additional funding for staffing or non-staffing
costs on a case-by-case basis and take into account the following criteria:</p><ul><li>whether
there are exceptional circumstances warranting additional support;</li><li>whether
the MP could reasonably have been expected to take any action to avoid the circumstances
which gave rise to the expenditure or liability; and</li><li>whether the MP's performance
of his or her parliamentary functions would be significantly impaired by a refusal
of the claim.</li></ul><p> </p>
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