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47683

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 staff were employed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) at its London headquarters on 1 June 2010; and of those employees how many are currently employed by IPSA.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	195887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p> </p><p><em>Letter from Paul Hayes, May 2014:</em></p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about the number of staff employed by IPSA.</p><p> </p><p>The below data include individuals on permanent and fixed-term contracts and on secondment. Data are not available for temporary staff, who in June 2010 made up the majority of our workforce.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employed by IPSA on 1 June 2010</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which still employed</em></p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

76917

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	ICT
	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 mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	204809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <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, July 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 loss of IT equipment.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 to date, no mobile telephones, BlackBerrys or laptops were lost by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 16/07/2014 12:48:21 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77224

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Procurement
	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 and what proportion of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's (IPSA) budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of IPSA's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	205194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p> </p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo, July 2014:</em></p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about contracted out services.</p><p> </p><p>Contracted out expenditure has been interpreted as all third party expenditure and the data are set out in the below table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Costs (£'000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Actual</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Costs</strong></p></td><td><p>1650</p></td><td><p>3332</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>1406</p></td><td><p>1646</p></td><td><p>1709.535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>IPSA's administrative budget</strong></p></td><td><p>4448</p></td><td><p>10394</p></td><td><p>8364</p></td><td><p>7908</p></td><td><p>10152</p></td><td><p>10332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of budget related to contracted out services</strong></p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 11/09/2014 15:52:14 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78093

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	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, how many employees of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, broken down by grade, have remained at the same grade since 2010 and in that period received pay rises.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	205746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p> </p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo, July 2014:</em></p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA staffing.</p><p> </p><p>29 of our current employees have worked for IPSA since 2010. Of those 29, 17 have remained at the same grade and received pay rises of 1% in 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 12/09/2014 13:32:41 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89813

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	Television
	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 the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority spent on televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	207142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such expenditure was incurred by the Committee in either 2013 or the current year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 12/09/2014 12:13:06 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

92880

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	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: 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, on what criteria additional staff allowances other than for staff sickness or maternity leave are given to hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	210218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <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> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 30/10/2014 13:16:51 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

92881

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	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
	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 comparative estimate the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has made of the cost to the public purse of providing accommodation for hon. Members' staff in (a) constituency offices and (b) the parliamentary estate.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	210217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <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 office accommodation for MPs' staff.</p><p>We have not conducted such a comparative estimate.</p><p>Under the <em>MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses</em>, MPs may choose where to locate their staff, based on how they wish to carry out their parliamentary functions. If an MP chooses to base some or all of his or her staff in the constituency, the costs associated with office rental may be charged to the MP’s Office Costs Expenditure budget (administered and paid for by IPSA). Costs associated with provision of an office on the Parliamentary estate are borne by the House of Commons centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 30/10/2014 13:16:35 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

93649

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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
	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 responses were received to IPSA's public consultation on MPs staffing allocations; of these, how many related to internships; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	210656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <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 IPSA's consultation on the staffing expenditure budget.</p><p>IPSA last consulted the public and MPs on the composition of the staffing expenditure budget in November 2011. We asked on what basis we should calculate the staffing expenditure budget and whether we should take into account factors such as the relative deprivation of the constituency. The relevant consultation question received 45 responses, four of which mentioned interns. All of our public consultations and the responses are available on our website <a href="http://www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk</a></p><p>Following the consultation, for 2012-13 we increased MPs’ staffing expenditure budgets by 19% for non-London Area MPs and 25 per cent for London Area MPs.</p><p>We have reviewed the level of the staffing expenditure budget as part of subsequent annual reviews and further increased the budget by 1 per cent this year. For 2014-15 the budget is £138,600 for non-London Area MPs and £145,500 for London Area MPs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 30/10/2014 13:15:53 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

171212

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Peers: 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, how much has been spent in total on allowances for members of the House of Lords in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	219352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is not responsible for the allowances of members of the House of Lords. The information requested is available on the parliamentary website at www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/house-of-lords-expenses/.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 12/01/2015 14:35:10 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

176805

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	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: 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, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will consistently differentiate between (a) total staffing and constituency office costs and (b) other claims by hon. Members on its website and in its publications.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	222672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <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, </em><em>January</em><em> 2015:</em></p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about publication of MPs' business costs and expenses.</p><p>IPSA routinely publishes on our website all costs incurred by MPs and claimed from us. In doing so, we set out to which budget the cost relates; for example, office costs or staffing. In doing so, we set out which budget each cost relates to, whether to the office cost, staffing or other budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 02/03/2015 13:45:53 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

223681

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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: Travel
	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 Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has made of the effect on total spend on hon. Members' travel of the discontinuation of the East Coast Rewards Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	225388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <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, March 2015:</em></p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about travel expenditure.</p><p>IPSA has not made an assessment of the effects of the discontinuation of the East Coast Rewards Scheme. We will continue to reimburse the costs of travel necessarily incurred for the performance of MPs’ parliamentary functions, in accordance with the <em>MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 23/03/2015 16:33:09 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

416834

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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, how IPSA measures levels of productivity of its staff.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA's Corporate Plan identifies Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and associated targets, each of which is the responsibility of a senior manager. Performance against KPIs is measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Board and published on IPSA's website. Operational performance targets for the financial year are contained within IPSA's Annual Report and Accounts, which are also published on IPSA's website.</p><p>Further information on IPSA’s performance can be found in the Corporate Plan, available on IPSA’s website.</p><p>Staff capacity, performance and welfare, as well as comprehensive financial management information, are measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s SMT and the Board as part of our KPIs. From this IPSA is able to identify any issues regarding productivity, efficiency or cost and address them accordingly.</p><p>All IPSA employees have performance objectives, which are aligned with IPSA’s Corporate Plan. Employees are managed against their objectives, including through formal quarterly reviews to ensure performance and productivity are satisfactory.<strong></strong></p><p>A staff engagement survey is also undertaken each year, which identifies any issues of concern which may affect staff productivity.</p><p>To ensure IPSA continues to increase both efficiency and productivity it measures performance against our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This activity enables IPSA to identify any issues and put relevant plans in place to ensure that productivity continues to improve.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker grouped question UIN 8401 8701 question first answered 23/11/2015 17:19:47 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416835

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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, what steps IPSA has taken to increase the productivity of its staff.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA's Corporate Plan identifies Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and associated targets, each of which is the responsibility of a senior manager. Performance against KPIs is measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Board and published on IPSA's website. Operational performance targets for the financial year are contained within IPSA's Annual Report and Accounts, which are also published on IPSA's website.</p><p>Further information on IPSA’s performance can be found in the Corporate Plan, available on IPSA’s website.</p><p>Staff capacity, performance and welfare, as well as comprehensive financial management information, are measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s SMT and the Board as part of our KPIs. From this IPSA is able to identify any issues regarding productivity, efficiency or cost and address them accordingly.</p><p>All IPSA employees have performance objectives, which are aligned with IPSA’s Corporate Plan. Employees are managed against their objectives, including through formal quarterly reviews to ensure performance and productivity are satisfactory.<strong></strong></p><p>A staff engagement survey is also undertaken each year, which identifies any issues of concern which may affect staff productivity.</p><p>To ensure IPSA continues to increase both efficiency and productivity it measures performance against our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This activity enables IPSA to identify any issues and put relevant plans in place to ensure that productivity continues to improve.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker grouped question UIN 8401 8700 question first answered 23/11/2015 17:19:47 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416839

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: Standards
	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 IPSA measures how efficient its processes are for hon. Members and their staff to register expenses.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA's Corporate Plan identifies Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and associated targets, each of which is the responsibility of a senior manager. Performance against KPIs is measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Board and published on IPSA's website. Operational performance targets for the financial year are contained within IPSA's Annual Report and Accounts, which are also published on IPSA's website.</p><p>Further information on IPSA’s performance can be found in the Corporate Plan, available on IPSA’s website.</p><p>Staff capacity, performance and welfare, as well as comprehensive financial management information, are measured and reported monthly to IPSA’s SMT and the Board as part of our KPIs. From this IPSA is able to identify any issues regarding productivity, efficiency or cost and address them accordingly.</p><p>All IPSA employees have performance objectives, which are aligned with IPSA’s Corporate Plan. Employees are managed against their objectives, including through formal quarterly reviews to ensure performance and productivity are satisfactory.<strong></strong></p><p>A staff engagement survey is also undertaken each year, which identifies any issues of concern which may affect staff productivity.</p><p>To ensure IPSA continues to increase both efficiency and productivity it measures performance against our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This activity enables IPSA to identify any issues and put relevant plans in place to ensure that productivity continues to improve.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker grouped question UIN 8700 8701 question first answered 23/11/2015 17:19:47 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416840

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: 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, what steps IPSA has taken to make its processes more efficient for hon. Members and their staff.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA provides financial support to enable MPs to perform their parliamentary and constituency work. We aim to do this as efficiently as possible and to minimise the burden on MPs, consistent with our duty to assure the public that all MPs’ business costs are legitimate, supported by evidence and subsequently published.</p><p>IPSA took a number of steps in 2014-15 to achieve this objective. This included expanding the use of the payment card, permitting MPs to use the card for any eligible cost under the <em>MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses</em> (‘the Scheme’) and providing additional telephone support by opening our phone lines from 10am till 5pm, including over the weekend during the General Election, to ensure that MPs could get help and assistance as and when they needed it.</p><p>IPSA have also provided more training for MPs and their staff on our system and have participated in roadshows and seminars across the country to meet MPs’ staff and explain how our rules and systems operate. IPSA have also held drop-in sessions at Portcullis House for MPs and their staff.</p><p>All these measures have help to reduce the time that MPs and their staff spend making claims. IPSA are now undertaking a more wide-ranging review of both IT and business services to see where further efficiencies can be made, and to continue to improve the support that it provides to MPs and their staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 23/11/2015 17:14:40 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416841

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: 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, if IPSA will consult the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body on making its processes more efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The <em>MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses</em> (‘the Scheme’) is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure the rules (and the supporting processes) remain fair and workable. In doing so, IPSA always consult the public, MPs, MPs’ staff and other interested parties, including the Scottish Parliament, whomthe Chief Executive of IPSA, Marcial Boo,met with most recently in August 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 23/11/2015 17:16:04 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416842

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: 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, what plans IPSA has to measure the average number of working hours spent by hon. Members and their staff per month on registering expenses with IPSA.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA carries out an Annual User Survey which seeks to identify, amongst other measures, the hours per month that MPs and their staff spend making expenses claims. The key findings from these surveys are published on IPSA’s website.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 23/11/2015 17:16:36 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

416843

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: Credit Cards
	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, in how many instances IPSA has suspended the credit card of an hon. Member.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	8405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>IPSA’s role is to regulate MPs’ business costs and expenses and to provide assurance that public funds are properly and effectively scrutinised. As a normal part of our operations, IPSA may, on occasion, limit the use of MPs’ payment cards for a short period. This may not necessarily entail a suspension of the card.</p><p>By analysing MPs’ spending against their annual budgets, IPSA uses this routine action as one of various preventative financial controls to limit each MP’s exposure to financial liability and to assist in ensuring their compliance with the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses. Their card use may also be limited in the event of a delay to the monthly reconciliation process.</p><p>In addition, IPSA sometimes makes amendments to an MP’s payment card account, including by limiting the card’s use, at the request of the cardholder, such as when a card is lost or the MP leaves Parliament</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 23/11/2015 17:20:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

445180

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2016
	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: 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 the average salary is for employees of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	22751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The average basic salary for IPSA employees in £36,625 and the median figure is £29,652, as at December 2015. IPSA publishes details of salary bands paid to its employees on its website.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 25/01/2016 12:44:09 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

446406

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: PAYE
	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 P11D forms for 2014-15 were incorrectly issued by IPSA.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	23273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>As a result of an mail merge error, IPSA issued incorrect P11D forms for 2014-15 to 536 MPs. The correct P11D information for all 650 MPs was sent to HMRC.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 27/01/2016 14:16:37 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

446407

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: PAYE
	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 discussions the Committee has had with IPSA on the reissuing of the P11D forms for hon. Members for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	23274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>I have received confirmation from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority that in 2014-15, an error with the mail merge used to create P11Ds resulted in incorrect forms being sent to Members.</p><p>I understand from IPSA that they have taken steps to improve the quality checking process, and that staff will receive additional training in the production of P11Ds. In the longer term, IPSA is planning improvements to its information management systems which should reduce the likelihood of data discrepancies, like the one that led to this incident, occurring.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker grouped question UIN 23276 question first answered 27/01/2016 14:18:34 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

446408

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: PAYE
	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 discussions the Committee has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the reissuing of P11D forms for hon. Members for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	23275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has not had any discussions with HM Revenue and Customs on the reissuing of P11D forms for MPs for 2014-15.</p><p>I have received confirmation from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority that they have not had any discussions with HM Revenue and Customs relating to the incorrect issuing of P11Ds for 2014-15.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 27/01/2016 14:17:28 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

446409

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: PAYE
	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 information the Committee holds on steps being taken by IPSA to prevent errors in P11D forms for hon. Members occurring in future financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	23276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>I have received confirmation from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority that in 2014-15, an error with the mail merge used to create P11Ds resulted in incorrect forms being sent to Members.</p><p>I understand from IPSA that they have taken steps to improve the quality checking process, and that staff will receive additional training in the production of P11Ds. In the longer term, IPSA is planning improvements to its information management systems which should reduce the likelihood of data discrepancies, like the one that led to this incident, occurring.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker grouped question UIN 23274 question first answered 27/01/2016 14:18:34 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

458588

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	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
	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 the (a) ethnicity and (b) gender is of each staff member employed by hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	30271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>As at 9 March 2016, 3,161 individuals were employed by MPs and paid through IPSA’s payroll. Of these, 1795 were female and 1366 were male.</p><p>IPSA does not collect or hold data on the ethnicity of MPs’ staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 11/03/2016 11:20:33 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

638421

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	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: Compassionate Leave
	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, whether the Committee plans to create an official policy of caring leave for members' staff.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	53504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA) is not responsible for creating HR policies for MPs’ staff. Its remit is to consider candidates proposed by the Speaker for the posts of Chair and members of the Authority, following fair and open competition, and to approve IPSA's annual estimate of resources.</p><p>MPs are the legal employers of their staff. It is for them to use their discretion to provide their staff with caring leave. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority provides template contracts for MPs to use with their staff. These allow for up to five days at full pay for time off work to deal with unforeseen circumstances and emergencies involving a dependant.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 11/01/2017 12:01:01 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed