Budget and staff numbers employed by IPSA Communications Team

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IPSA’s overall budget is published in our Annual reports and accounts.

This information is therefore subject to a Refusal Notice under section 21 of the FOIA as it is reasonably accessible by other means.

The budget figures provided below are for each financial year – the staff numbers are for the months requested.

The Communications team was created as a distinct team in 2012-13 Prior to this, the functions were included as part of the broader Policy Department’s budget. and it is for this reason that we do not hold information on a specific communications budget for 2012.

IPSA’s Communications team is responsible for a variety of functions, including, but not limited to:

• communicating IPSA’s role and functions to the public

• managing all internal communications including the staff intranet

• newsletter and all-staff events

• coordinating meetings with and visits by international delegations

• preparing briefings for senior management, and

• managing IPSA’s external communications, such as the website, social media and regular bulletins to all MPs and their staff

The budget figures provided, therefore, include salary, administrative, subscription services and project funding.

(1) Could you please tell me the budget and number of staff employed by IPSA's communications team for April 2022 and how this compares to equivalent figures for April 2017 and April 2012?

(2) And can you provide me equivalent figures for the overall budget and number of staff employed by IPSA in April 2017 and April 2012?

IPSA’s budget

Information about IPSA’s budget is published in our Annual reports and accounts.

As this information is reasonably accessible from the website, it is subject to a Refusal Notice under section 21 of FOIA.

Number of staff employed by IPSA:

• April 2017: 73

• April 2012: 57