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Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Offices

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Question for Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

UIN 262237, tabled on 10 June 2019

Question

John Spellar
Labour
Warley
Commons

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257645 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings, which organisation's commercial interests would be prejudiced; and in what manner by disclosing the size of IPSA's office and the rate paid per metre.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Mr Charles Walker
Conservative
Broxbourne
Commons

Answered on

20 June 2019

It is common practice for landlords to prohibit the publication of commercial agreements reached with their tenants. This is the case regarding the lease signed by IPSA and its landlord. IPSA is nonetheless a public body accountable to Parliament and its accounts are audited by the National Audit Office and scrutinised by the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA in order to provide assurance that value for money has been obtained. The Speaker’s Committee is scheduled to meet in July 2019 to discuss IPSA’s finances and other matters.

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