Written Question·Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority·UIN 117384

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Finance

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether the Speaker's Committee has the power to withhold approval of IPSA main estimates and business plans; and what

Answer

Charlotte Nichols
The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA) is a statutory body established under the Parliamentary Standards act 2009. It reviews IPSA's annual estimate of the resources it needs in accordance with the provision...

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