The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)

IPSA was created in 2009 by the Parliamentary Standards Act. We are tasked with independently monitoring and controlling MPs’ expenses, pay and pensions. We set up new rules to make a clean break with the past. IPSA is transparent and regularly publishes details of MPs’ expense claims. The IPSA values set out our aspirations for the organisation and underpin our work and the way that we behave, both externally with the bodies we audit and other stakeholders, and internally with colleagues. All that we do in IPSA will be shaped by our five values: •Independence: we will maintain our independence and stand firm on what we judge to be right; •Honesty: we will demand high standards of propriety and honesty of ourselves and all those with whom we do business; •Openness: we will work in the open, listening to others and sharing our expertise and information, while observing our obligations to those whose personal data we hold; •Accountability: we expect to be held accountable for our actions and, equally, we expect MPs to be held to account for the funds they receive; •Fairness: we expect the same qualities of honesty, openness and accountability from ourselves and from those to whom we provide services.