Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for each pay band of staff at IPSA, (a) what job titles and (b) what the average salary of staff in that pay band is; and how many staff are in each pay band.
Answered by Charlotte Nichols
The table below shows IPSA’s staff pay bands, job titles, average salaries and the number of staff in each band, together with the number employed in each role. Senior leadership pay is disclosed annually in the report and accounts laid before Parliament.
IPSA has 55 distinct roles, reflecting the breadth of its responsibilities, including those with specialist experience leading the development of improved services to MPs. It does not publish internal pay ranges because many roles are unique. All roles are benchmarked every two years using the same methodology applied to MPs’ staff job descriptions.
Pay grade | Total in band / job titles | Average Salary |
| 2026/2027 |
A | 1 |
| Lower | £28,537 |
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| Upper | £29,868 |
B | 37 | £36,639 | Lower | £29,869 |
| • MP Services Account Manager (21) |
| Upper | £39,518 |
C | 17 | £44,151 | Lower | £39,519 |
| • Finance Business Partner (4) |
| Upper | £50,334 |
D | 25 | £57,757 | Lower | £50,335 |
| • Payroll Services Manager (2) |
| Upper | £67,725 |
E | 5 | £79,900 | Lower | £67,726 |
| Head of Communications (1) |
| Upper | £85,283 |
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of treatment for patients with adenomyosis in Slough constituency.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
In Slough, there is a local gynaecological pathway for systematic management of women with heavy menstrual bleeding and a community gynaecology advice and guidance service to which general practitioners can refer patients.
Guidance about how to manage adenomyosis is usually embedded in symptom-focused pathways, for example, heavy menstrual bleeding or dysmenorrhoea, rather than guidance specific to adenomyosis. The Thames Valley Integrated Care Board follows the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance. NICE addresses adenomyosis primarily within their guideline on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, reference code NG88, and specific interventional procedures guidance. NG88 also identifies the long-term outcomes of pharmacological or uterine-sparing treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding associated with adenomyosis as a research priority evidence gap.
The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy, published in April, commits to the redesign of clinical pathways for heavy periods and pelvic pain to reduce repeat appointments, unnecessary referrals, and long waits. Women with adenomyosis will benefit from single points of access for gynaecology referrals and a shift away from hospital only care towards neighbourhood and community settings.
The Renewed Women’s Health strategy additionally announced a new programme to improve education for girls about their menstrual health, investing an additional £1 million from this year to support targeted work in schools and community settings to support girls’ knowledge about menstrual health and when to seek healthcare. This is an important factor in delays in diagnosis and treatment for adenomyosis.
We are also introducing an “online hospital”, NHS Online. From 2027, people across England on certain pathways, including those with menstrual problems that may be a sign of adenomyosis, will have the choice of getting the specialist care they need from their home. NHS Online will help to reduce patient waiting times, delivering the equivalent of up to 8.5 million appointments and assessments in its first three years.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support to parents affected by baby loss in Slough.
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The maternity team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust offers counselling support for parents in Slough who have experienced stillbirth or neonatal death. The Forget-Me-Not maternal mental health service provides mental health support for women who have experienced pre-24-week pregnancy loss. Both services allow referrals for up to two years following a loss.
All integrated care board areas in England offer seven-day-a-week bereavement services across maternity settings and maternal mental health services that specialise in supporting women who have experienced baby loss. All NHS England trusts have also signed up to the National Bereavement Care Pathway, which acts as a set of standards to ensure families receive consistent, individualised and sensitive bereavement care.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce diagnosis time for adenomyosis.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
It is unacceptable that women can wait a long time for an adenomyosis diagnosis, and we are committed to improving waiting times for diagnosis and treatment so patients can get the care they need sooner.
The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy announces a new programme to improve education for girls about their menstrual health, investing an additional £1 million from this year to support targeted work in schools and community settings to support girls’ knowledge about menstrual health and when to seek healthcare. This is an important factor to delays in diagnosis and treatment for adenomyosis.
Clinical pathways for heavy periods and pelvic pain will be redesigned to reduce repeat appointments, unnecessary referrals, and long waits. Women with adenomyosis will benefit from single points of access for gynaecology referrals and a shift away from hospital only care towards neighbourhood and community settings.
We are also introducing an “online hospital”, NHS Online. From 2027, people on certain pathways, including menstrual problems that may be a sign of adenomyosis, will have the choice of getting the specialist care they need from their home. NHS Online will help to reduce patient waiting times, delivering the equivalent of up to 8.5 million appointments and assessments in its first three years.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken with the Environment Agency to prevent excessive (a) air and (b) noise pollution from Simpson Environmental Services Ltd in Slough constituency.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) has undertaken a range of recent regulatory actions to ensure the Simpson Environmental Services Ltd site complies with its Environmental Permit. Five site inspections were carried out in 2025 and follow-up visits confirmed that multiple noise and dust mitigation measures had been implemented and were effective. The site was last inspected on 20 May 2026.
Monitoring in response to pollution reports, along with subjective noise monitoring, has been undertaken on several occasions. Advice and guidance on pollution mitigation were provided to the company. Noise pollution from the site was assessed as having no impact given the existing background noise levels, while dust and odour complaints were not substantiated as originating from the site during the monitoring periods.
The company continues to engage constructively with the EA. A proportionate level of regulation will continue, including further site inspections to assess environmental permit compliance and ongoing amenity monitoring where appropriate.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of regulatory protections for victims of fraud, particularly in cases involving (a) card and (b) authorised push payments.
Answered by Rachel Blake - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this appalling crime. In March 2026 the Government published a new Fraud Strategy, setting out a comprehensive approach to cutting fraud by disrupting criminal infrastructure, safeguarding vulnerable people and improving the system wide response to harm.
To protect consumers, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has introduced a mandatory reimbursement regime for Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams taking place over the Faster Payment system. This came into force on 7 October 2024. The PSR has publicly committed to reviewing the impact and effectiveness of its APP reimbursement regime and has commissioned an independent review of its rules. APP scams which take place over the CHAPS payment system are also in scope of reimbursement.
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Where unauthorised fraud takes place involving a card, consumers are protected by the Payment Services Regulations 2017, which require payment service providers to refund unauthorised transactions unless the firm can show the customer acted fraudulently or with gross negligence.
Commercial card scheme rules allow both debit and credit cardholders to request a refund through their card issuer (e.g., their bank or credit card provider) in certain circumstances as provided for in the scheme rules, which may include, for example, cases of fraud.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory performance in cases related to peer-to-peer style investments.
Answered by Rachel Blake - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumed responsibility for the peer to peer lending sector in 2014. In 2016, the FCA launched a post-implementation review into the peer to peer and crowdfunding sector, leading to a consultation on updated rules for the sector in 2018, with a set of strengthened rules being published in 2019.
With respect to the FCA’s regulatory performance, this is a matter firstly for the FCA, which is answerable to Parliament, and for the Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner (FRCC). The FRCC is the responsible body for assessing whether the regulators have carried out – or failed to carry out – their functions. It is currently assessing the FCA’s action in relation to certain peer-to-peer style investments.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with Slough Borough Council on their legal duty to remove fly-tipped waste located beside Stoke Road and the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra has not had discussions with Slough Borough Council on the removal of fly-tipped waste beside Stoke Road and the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
Local authorities are responsible for the removal and disposal of fly-tipped waste on public land, and for fly-tipped waste in water on council land. Where waste is on private land, responsibility rests with the landowner or occupier, and councils have powers to require its removal.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issues guidance to Integrated Care Boards to support disabled adults who are unable to access primary care, including GP registration, without specialist advocacy support.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations, including general practices, are expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the approach to supporting the information and communication support needs of people with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss. NHS England is working to support implementation of the AIS across NHS organisations, including integrated care boards, with awareness raising, communication, and engagement. The intention is to ensure that staff and organisations in the NHS are aware of the AIS and the importance of meeting the information and communication needs of disabled people using services.
In addition, NHS England is also rolling out a Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag (RADF) which enables the recording of key information about a disabled patient or client and the reasonable adjustments to care and treatment that they need, to ensure support can be tailored appropriately and equitably.
Under the new RADF information standard, all publicly funded health and social care service providers must be able to share, read, and write reasonable adjustment data by 30 September 2026. This means that IT systems must be able to read the information stored in reasonable adjustment digital flags and update records as and when an individual’s adjustment needs change.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Integrated Care Boards on the availability of health-related advocacy for disabled adults where such support is necessary to enable access to NHS services.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since 2016, all National Health Service organisations, including general practices, are expected to meet the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), which details the approach to supporting the information and communication support needs of people with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss. NHS England is working to support implementation of the AIS across NHS organisations, including integrated care boards, with awareness raising, communication, and engagement. The intention is to ensure that staff and organisations in the NHS are aware of the AIS and the importance of meeting the information and communication needs of disabled people using services.
In addition, NHS England is also rolling out a Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag (RADF) which enables the recording of key information about a disabled patient or client and the reasonable adjustments to care and treatment that they need, to ensure support can be tailored appropriately and equitably.
Under the new RADF information standard, all publicly funded health and social care service providers must be able to share, read, and write reasonable adjustment data by 30 September 2026. This means that IT systems must be able to read the information stored in reasonable adjustment digital flags and update records as and when an individual’s adjustment needs change.