Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

CommonsOtherest. 28 Oct 2009● Actively Monitored
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Sessions analysed3
Commitments6
Positions11
Recommendations4

Latest Signals

22 Jan 2025HMRC advice on winding-up payment tax came too lateIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityConcern
“[Speaker: Charlotte Nichols] HMRC confirmed that tax is due on winding-up payments. That meant a total cost of £6 million more than was estimated has been sought by IPSA. Did IPSA seek professional advice on whether the payments would be taxed when preparing the budget for the general election? What led to the decision to exclude these taxes from the budget ?”
22 Jan 2025Provision for McCloud remedy followed GAD worst-case estimateIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityConcern
22 Jan 2025IPSA kept election services in-house for quality and sensitivityIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityPosition
22 Jan 2025Election support volumes and parallel running costs exceeded forecastsIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityConcern
22 Jan 2025Winding-up period extension drove tax and planning complexityIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityConcern
22 Jan 2025IPSA proposes 3% staff uplift and higher office budgetsIndependent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityPosition
11 Mar 2025Unit4 contract change is driving a major IT cost increaseIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)Concern
11 Mar 2025A small number of MPs may not absorb the staff pay upliftIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)Concern

Recent Sessions

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04 Mar 2026IPSA estimate: MPs’ pay, staffing and online systems
2 commit6 pos1 concern3 rec
11 Mar 2025IPSA estimate: offices, pay, systems and reform
3 commit3 pos3 concern1 leg
22 Jan 2025IPSA estimate: election costs, McCloud and MP budgets
1 commit2 pos4 concern1 rec

Recent Commitments

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Recent Recommendations

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Frequent Witnesses

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority2× · 20 insights
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)1× · 10 insights

About this committee

The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority oversees IPSA, the independent regulator responsible for setting and regulating MPs' pay, pensions, and allowances. Operating within the House of Commons as an oversight body rather than a select committee, it conducts scrutiny through formal meetings and takes evidence from IPSA leadership and external witnesses. The committee has recently examined IPSA's Main Estimate for 2026-27, scrutinising the authority's planned staffing levels and anticipated caseload to assess whether resources align with regulatory demands and operational delivery across the standards system for Members.