MPs’ Pay For 2019-20

Date published: 28 February 2019

The annual adjustment to MPs’ basic pay for 2019-20 will be an increase of 2.7%, bringing the overall salary from £77,379 from to £79,468 from 1 April 2019.

The additional salary paid to Committee Chairs will increase by 2.7% from £15,509 to £15,928 as of 1 April 2019.

This is in line with our determination on MPs’ pay, published in July 2015, where we committed to adjusting MPs’ pay at the same rate as changes in public sector earnings published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This was confirmed in July 2018 following a further review of MPs’ pay.

The full determination can be viewed on our website alongside more information on our review of MPs' pay and pensions.

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Notes to Editors:

  1. The data reflects claims processed in this two month period and should not be interpreted as a trend or pattern.

  2. The data for individual claims is stored on the website by the date on which a cost is incurred.

  3. IPSA was created in 2009 by the Parliamentary Standards Act. The Act was amended in 2010 by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act. Together they gave IPSA three main responsibilities:

    • To regulate MPs’ business costs and expenses

    • To determine MPs’ pay and pension arrangements

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

  4. IPSA is independent of Parliament and the Government. This allows us to take decisions about the rules on business costs and expenses and on MPs’ pay ourselves, without interference.

  5. The Scheme of MPs' Business Costs and Expenses ('the Scheme') governs what MPs can and cannot claim for. We review our rules regularly and consult the public when we do so.

  6. 99.7% of claims made by MPs in 2017/18 were compliant with the Scheme.

  7. Every two months we publish around 25,000 claims for costs and expenses by MPs and their staff. Once a year we publish aggregate data for MPs’ spending and other aspects of their activity.