Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee written question – answered at on 13 September 2010.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will list each of the changes made to the rules and procedures implemented by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority since its inception.
A small number of changes to the MPs' Expenses Scheme were introduced in July 2010, following the consultation required by the Parliamentary Standards Act. The changes are detailed in "The MPs' Expenses Scheme: Second Edition", which has been made available to all MPs and is available on:
www.parliamentarystandards.org.uk
In addition since
the introduction of a £4,000 advance for MPs and advance payments on production of invoices for a number of high cost items; a facility for proxies to process expenses for MPs who are not their employer; the extension of the 90 day deadline for claims until
These and other changes have been documented in the IPSA MPs' Bulletin, which is sent to all MPs each week and available on:
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