Complaints about the IPSA Commissioner for Standards

I can confirm that we do not hold information relevant to your request. There is no body known as the “IPSA commissioner for standards”.

The following information may be helpful. There are three independent bodies which may fall within the terms used in your request, “IPSA” and “Commissioner for Standards”.

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)

This is the organisation you have contacted. IPSA regulates and administers the business costs, and decides the pay and pensions, of MPs and their staff in the UK. Information about the number of complaints received by IPSA is published in “Part II Accountability Report. 1. Corporate Governance” of our Annual Report and Accounts. You can access all of our annual reports at Annual reports & accounts.

If your request was intended for IPSA, then the information would have been exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the FOIA as it is already accessible through our website.

The Compliance Officer for IPSA

The Compliance Officer is a separate statutory body from IPSA. Her remit is defined in statute and is to conduct investigations into expenses paid to MPs and, at the request of an MP, to review a determination by IPSA.

More information about the Compliance Officer, including how to submit an FOI request, is available on their website.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is an independent officer of the House of Commons whose job is to oversee the Register of Members' Financial Interests and the Code of Conduct for MPs.

Information about the Commissioner and her role is available on the Parliament website.