Salary for Chris Pincher MP

Request

1) Please disclose under FOI if Christopher Pincher has continued to receive his MP salary from 1 July 2022 to 30 April 2023 and, if so, the total gross payment for that period.

2) To please similarly disclose under FOI the amount paid to him subsequent to his departure from ministerial office on 30 June 2022 in recognition of his loss of office.

Response

I can confirm that we hold some information relevant to your request.

The gross pay for Christopher Pincher between 1 July 2022 and 30 April 2023 was £70,323.33.

Advice and assistance

We have published a blog post that contains information about MPs' pay and this details the only circumstances in which a salary is not paid.

Question two

I can confirm that IPSA does not hold this information.

IPSA was established in 2009 by the Parliamentary Standards Act.

The Act sets out three main responsibilities for IPSA:

  • to regulate MPs’ staffing and business costs

  • to determine MPs’ pay and pension arrangements

  • to provide financial support to MPs in carrying out their parliamentary functions.

IPSA therefore only holds information relating to business costs incurred as part of an MP’s parliamentary duties.

Payments to ministers are governed by the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. These are paid by separate bodies: the Cabinet Office, for example, is responsible for paying the additional salaries of Government Ministers.

Parliament’s website provides information on these additional entitlements.

Ref:
RFI-202305-17
Disclosure:
13 June 2023
Categories:
MPs' PAY AND PENSIONS
Exemptions Applied: