IPSA incurred costs of 508k on rent, rates, and service charges in the 2020-21 financial year. In 2021-22, this figure was 367k. IPSA currently has 97 contracted employees, of which 68% (66) are on office-based contracts and (32%) 31 are on home-based contracts. The difficult times brought about by the pandemic brought forward IPSA\u2019s plans to create a more representative national organisation which better reflects the nations, regions, and constituencies our MPs serve. Recruiting staff from across the UK without the necessity of living within commuting distance of central London has delivered a more inclusive and diverse workforce, well-positioned to deliver services locally without the need for lengthy travel from London. Of the 66 employees on office-based contracts, all 66 have worked at some point in the past 12 months at the premises. The data for all 97 staff members, regardless of their contract type, also indicates that 100% of employees have worked from the premises at some point over the last 12 months.<\/p>
The delay in providing a response to this Question was due to an administrative error in the Speaker\u2019s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.<\/p>"} } , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "creator" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-05-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "dateTabled" : {"_value" : "2022-05-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpCreated" : {"_value" : "2022-05-23T21:24:16.130Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpModified" : [{"_value" : "2022-05-23T21:49:12.770Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , {"_value" : "2022-10-24T16:29:27.244Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "humanIndexable" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "identifier" : {"_value" : "6697"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "parliamentNumber" : "58", "published" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "publisher" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-24T15:57:53.543Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the annual (a) rent and (b) other charges are for the IPSA premises at 85 Strand, London; how many staff are employed at that premises; and if he will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of those staff have worked from those offices in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "session" : ["2022/23"], "sessionNumber" : {"_value" : "3"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "title" : "House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 6697", "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion", "uin" : "6697", "version" : "1", "writtenParliamentaryQuestionType" : "Ordinary"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487967", "AnswerDate" : {"_value" : "2022-07-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} ], "QuestionStatus" : {"_value" : "Tabled"} , "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1487967/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The delay in providing responses to Questions 6697, 33681, 42245 and 45520 was due to an administrative error in the Speaker\u2019s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.<\/p>"} } , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "creator" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "dateTabled" : {"_value" : "2022-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpCreated" : {"_value" : "2022-07-11T21:24:04.707Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpModified" : [{"_value" : "2022-07-12T11:35:29.031Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , {"_value" : "2022-10-24T16:29:25.509Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "humanIndexable" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "identifier" : {"_value" : "33681"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "parliamentNumber" : "58", "published" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "publisher" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-24T15:58:50.203Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "session" : ["2022/23"], "sessionNumber" : {"_value" : "3"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "title" : "House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 33681", "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion", "uin" : "33681", "version" : "2", "writtenParliamentaryQuestionType" : "NamedDay"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1503797", "AnswerDate" : {"_value" : "2022-09-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} ], "QuestionStatus" : {"_value" : "Tabled"} , "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1503797/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The delay in providing responses to Questions 6697, 33681, 42245 and 45520 was due to an administrative error in the Speaker\u2019s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.<\/p>"} } , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "creator" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "dateTabled" : {"_value" : "2022-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpCreated" : {"_value" : "2022-09-02T15:08:53.963Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpModified" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-02T16:10:32.378Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , {"_value" : "2022-10-24T16:31:13.565Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "humanIndexable" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "identifier" : {"_value" : "45520"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "parliamentNumber" : "58", "published" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "publisher" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-24T15:59:43.627Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to Named Day Question 33681 on Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Warley on 11 July 2022 for written answer on 14 July 2022, when he plans to answer Question 6697 tabled by the hon. Member for Warley on 23 May 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "session" : ["2022/23"], "sessionNumber" : {"_value" : "3"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "title" : "House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 45520", "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion", "uin" : "45520", "version" : "1", "writtenParliamentaryQuestionType" : "Ordinary"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1536544", "AnswerDate" : {"_value" : "2022-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} ], "QuestionStatus" : {"_value" : "Tabled"} , "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1536544/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Average attendance at the London office has been monitered carefully be IPSA and is calculated by working days in the calender month (and is only based on current office-based staffing numbers (66)). This does not, however, include a number of IPSA people based on home-base contracts who make regular journeys into the office, particularly when based a short distance from the London region. It should be noted at the outset too that the discovery and surge of the Omicron variant, which necessitated public health advice to work from home, will have had an impact on the data from at least last Autumn 2021 to Spring 2022. For nearly the entire time period requested in the question, a significant number of desks were unavailable for use in the IPSA office to maintain appropiate social distancing in the context of IPSA's office layout. As only 32 of the possible 81 desks were available for use from 201 to the end of September 2022, this further materially reduced capacity within and attendance at the office. Noting the desks available and the number of staff available on office-based contracts, the general figures are below:<\/p>
Like many organisations in the publice sector, IPSA recognised many benefits for its people and performance in continuing with a hybrid approach to work despite a lifting of formal coronavirus restrictions and other government public health advice. IPSA functions, such as payroll accuracy and the speed of reimbursement, have not been adversely impacted by such a model, and IPSA has instead been able to build a more inclusive and diverse workforce based accross the U.K. by bringing forward plans to create a more representative, hybrid, and flexibe organisation to reflect the nations, regions and constituencies MPs serve. The geographical spread of IPSA staff, new hybrid approach to working, and importance of value for money for the public purse will be central considerations for IPSA when it explores the locations and size of any office premises (in London or elsewhere) which it may require in future to continue to discharge its statutory duties efficiently, cost-effectively, and transparently.<\/p>
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Before moving to its current location in March 2019, IPSA consided sites in Milton Keynes and Croydon, as well as Stratford and Canary Wharf. At that time, before the Covid-19 pandemic, a central London presence was deemed best placed to offer support to MPs and enable employees working from the office to attend meetings in Parliament at short notice. Going forward, IPSA will once again approach its future needs in a careful and considered way to ensure that its premises are conductive to offering a high-quality service to MPs and their staff, in addition to delivering good value for money for the taxpayer.<\/p>"} } , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "creator" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "dateTabled" : {"_value" : "2022-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpCreated" : {"_value" : "2022-10-26T18:38:56.760Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpModified" : [{"_value" : "2022-10-26T18:55:08.862Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , {"_value" : "2022-11-01T10:52:23.652Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "humanIndexable" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "identifier" : {"_value" : "72198"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "parliamentNumber" : "58", "published" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "publisher" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-11-01T10:21:53.397Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what consideration has been given to moving IPSA's headquarters out of Central London.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "session" : ["2022/23"], "sessionNumber" : {"_value" : "3"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "title" : "House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 72198", "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion", "uin" : "72198", "version" : "1", "writtenParliamentaryQuestionType" : "Ordinary"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1664946", "AnswerDate" : {"_value" : "2023-10-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} ], "QuestionStatus" : {"_value" : "Tabled"} , "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1664946/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As of today, IPSA has 101 employees. IPSA is unable to provide data on how many staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last twelve months, as this information is not recorded.<\/p>"} } , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "90"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority"} , "creator" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "dateTabled" : {"_value" : "2023-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpCreated" : {"_value" : "2023-10-16T22:12:28.477Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "ddpModified" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-16T22:21:26.034Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , {"_value" : "2023-10-19T10:04:28.939Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "humanIndexable" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "identifier" : {"_value" : "202640"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "parliamentNumber" : "58", "published" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "publisher" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-19T09:33:55.667Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many staff are employed by IPSA; and how many and what proportion of those staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "session" : ["2022/23"], "sessionNumber" : {"_value" : "3"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "title" : "House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 202640", "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion", "uin" : "202640", "version" : "1", "writtenParliamentaryQuestionType" : "Ordinary"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1564330", "AnswerDate" : {"_value" : "2023-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "QuestionStatus" : {"_value" : "Tabled"} , "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1564330/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
There were 53,253 probate cases in the Open Caseload1<\/sup> as at 31 December. Of those 30,656 were more than 6 weeks old1<\/sup>. Of the cases over six weeks old 13,536 were stopped, 7,247 were awaiting documentation and 9,873 were ready to progress.<\/ins><\/p> 1 <\/sup>Data as at 31 December in line the official published stats. The administration of probate applications is dealt with as a national service, covering England and Wales. The open caseload excludes cases older than 6 months.<\/ins><\/p> 2<\/sup>The time outstanding is counted from the application submission date recorded in the case management system, except for digital applications with a Will, where the date of receipt of the original Will by HMCTS is used.<\/ins><\/p> This data is management Information. The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information. Management information can differ from the quality assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.<\/ins><\/p> HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.<\/p> The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.<\/p>"}
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, "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1655776/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The volume of outstanding \u2018for trial\u2019 cases at the magistrates\u2019 courts is published as part of the National Statistics series \u2018Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly\u2019.<\/p>The total amount of unassessed probate cases where evidence has been received to enable a case to be assessed is 12,923.<\/del><\/p>4805 of these cases are over 6 weeks since the date the evidence was received.<\/del><\/p>In addition, there are 38,245 cases which are either waiting for evidence, such as the original will, to arrive, are subject to a legal hold following an application from another party or have been stopped due to an error or missing documentation and are waiting for a response from the applicant.<\/del><\/p>
The latest published data is available to March 2023 and can be found in Table M1 which is accessible at the following link:<\/p>