Written Question·Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority·UIN 117390

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Finance

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 9 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether there is any different funding provided by IPSA to MPs representing constituencies with populations a) below 3

Answer

Charlotte Nichols

IPSA sets core staffing and office costs budgets which differ depending on whether an MP's constituency is based in London or is outside of London. This is because IPSA recognises the increase costs of being based in the capital.IPSA does recognise there ...

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