Q. Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff

(asked on 8th June 2026) - View Source

Questioner

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

This question was answered on 11th June 2026

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
			Upper	£29,868
B	37	£36,639	Lower	£29,869
	• MP Services Account Manager (21) • Payroll Services Officer (8) • Service Quality Officer (2) • Transparency Officer (1) • People Officer (1) • Information Governance Officer (1) • Investigations Officer (1) • Communications Officer (1) • Finance Officer (1)		Upper	£39,518
C	17	£44,151	Lower	£39,519
	• Finance Business Partner (4) • Standards and Policy Officer (4) • Internal Audit Apprentice (2) • Reconciliation and Treasury Manager (1) • Risk Assurance Officer (1) • IT Support Specialist (1) • Business Support Manager (1) • Supplier Services Manager (1) • Accounts Payable Controller (1) • Information Governance Manager (1)		Upper	£50,334
D	25	£57,757	Lower	£50,335
	• Payroll Services Manager (2) • Operational Improvement Manager (2) • MP Services Manager (4) • Data Protection Officer (1) • Data and Insight Manager (1) • IT Manager (1) • Internal Audit Manager (1) • Communications and Engagement Manager (1) • Remuneration Policy Specialist (1) • Commercial Business Partner (1) • Management Accountant (1) • Financial Reporting Manager (1) • Financial Systems Accountant (1) • Standards Manager (1) • Chief of Staff (1) • Content Manager (1) • Financial Controller (1) • Senior Finance Business Partner (1) • Publication Manager (1) • Service Quality Manager (1)		Upper	£67,725
E	5	£79,900	Lower	£67,726
	Head of Communications (1) • People Experience Specialist (1) • Head of Standards and Transparency (1) • Compliance Officer (1) • Head of Payroll Services (1)		Upper	£85,283

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff

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