Bulletin, 18 January (data publication, constituency offices, wellness working group survey reminder, phone lines)
Date published: 18 January 2024
This week’s bulletin contains information about:
MPs’ business costs publication
Constituency offices
Wellness working group survey reminder
Our phone lines will be closed on Friday 2 February, for training. If you have an urgent query that day, please email us and use the word ‘urgent’ in the subject line. Our normal phone service will resume on Monday 5 February.
MPs’ business costs publication
Today, IPSA published details of all claims processed in the period from 1 August to 30 September 2023. You can read the press release on our website. We routinely publish these details so members of the public can have transparency over MPs’ business costs.
The next publication is due on Thursday 14 March 2024.
For more information, visit MPs’ staffing and business costs.
Constituency offices and non-parliamentary use – including sublets
As a reminder, if you plan to use your constituency office for any non-parliamentary work (such as campaigning) or give permission to any other person to use your constituency office, or part of it, including a political party or constituency association, you must inform IPSA.
A fee must be charged which reflects an appropriate proportion of the rent and other costs incurred by the person or organisation and remitted to IPSA.
You must notify IPSA at the start of the arrangement and provide information including:
details of the sublessee/licensee/third party
the proportion of the property being used/occupied
the fee being charged, and
the frequency and form of repayment of such fees to IPSA
We will not cover any costs directly attributable to the use of the office by the other party.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Wellness working group survey reminder
There’s still time to take part in the MP staff wellness survey, organised by the Wellness Working Group. Your feedback is completely anonymous and helps to better understand how your job affects your well-being to enact change.
The survey is still live using the link below, it should only take about 10 minutes to complete.