We have a statutory duty to review MPs’ pay in the first year of each Parliament. However, as the anniversary of the new Parliament comes after the beginning of the new financial year, as an interim measure IPSA consulted on a pay proposal for 2025-26, which ran from 10-28 February 2025.
Consultation: Periodic adjustments to MPs’ salaries February 2025 (PDF)
Consultation outcome: MPs’ pay and pensions March 2025 (PDF)
The IPSA Board decided that the salary for MPs will be £93,904. This is in line with the government’s recommended affordability level for public sector pay settlements in 2025-26.
IPSA determination on MPs’ pay for 2025-26
Pay determination: MPs’ salary
This determination was made by IPSA under Section 4 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 on 18 March 2025. It supersedes the determination made on 16 July 2015 and amended on 2 September 2021 with immediate effect.
With effect from 1 April 2025, the salary for service as a member of the House of Commons will be adjusted in line with the Government’s recommended affordability level for public sector pay settlements for 2025-26.
Pay determination: additional salary for specified committee chairs
This determination was made by IPSA under Section 4 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 on 18 March 2025. It supersedes the determination made on 25 May 2016 and amended on 2 September 2021 with immediate effect.
The holder of an office or position specified by the House of Commons in a resolution under Section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (collectively called “specified Committee Chairs”) shall be paid a salary per annum (referred to as an "Additional Salary") by IPSA in accordance with this determination in addition to the MP Salary he or she shall be entitled to receive as a Member of Parliament.
For the avoidance of doubt, the term “specified Committee Chairs” covers Chairs of Select Committees and Members of the Panel of Chairs.
With effect from 1 April 2025, the Additional Salary for specified Committee Chairs will be adjusted in line with the Government’s recommended affordability level for public sector pay settlements for 2025-26.
No specified Committee Chair shall receive more than one Additional Salary under this determination, or receive an Additional Salary for any period, or part thereof, if the specified Committee Chair is also entitled to a further salary by virtue of any provision of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.
The Chair of a Select Committee specified by the House of Commons in a resolution under Section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 shall be paid the Additional Salary in respect of a period that begins with the day on which the Member becomes Chair of such a Committee (or the day on which the Committee is constituted, if later), and ends on the day on which the Member ceases to be Chair (or, if he or she is Chair of more than one such committee, he or she ceases to be Chair of the last of those committees).
If the name of a specified Select Committee is changed, this will be taken to be a reference to the Committee by its new name.
If the functions of a specified Select Committee become functions of a different Committee, this will be taken to be a reference to the Committee by whom the functions are for the time being exercisable.
A Member of the Panel of Chairs shall be paid an Additional Salary in respect of any period served as a Member of the Panel of Chairs. The period shall begin on the day on which the Member is appointed to the Panel and end on the day on which the Member ceases to be a member of the Panel.