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Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Operating Costs

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether IPSA plans to implement efficiency savings to reduce operating costs to the levels of 2018-19.

answeredSpeaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

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Answering body
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether IPSA plans to implement efficiency savings to reduce operating costs to the levels of 2018-19.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    IPSA has a statutory duty to support MPs in their parliamentary duties efficiently and cost effectively. As a proporation of IPSA's overall funding, operating costs have remained within 5% of its total budget.For 2018-19, IPSA's resourcing was subsequentl...

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