Subletting agreements for party political use

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IPSA has a duty to the taxpayer to ensure all the properties we fund are used solely by MPs and their staff for parliamentary purposes.

IPSA recognises there are many reasons why a sublet arrangement may be necessary or appropriate and can offer better value for money.

Where a constituency office is sublet to a political party or constituency association, or to a connected party, IPSA will arrange for a valuation of the market rate.

The valuation is conducted by an independent surveyor, who is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Chapter 6 of The Scheme of MPs’ Staffing and Business Costs, more specifically paragraph 6.18 to 6.22 may be of interest to you.

There are three options for how the sublet fee will be paid and by whom, but in all cases, it is the MP’s responsibility to ensure the sublet fee is paid by the subtenant and that IPSA is paid.

These options are as follows:

1. The sublessee pays the sublet fee directly to our IPSA bank account quoting with the reference "MP Name – sublet".

2. The sublessee pays the sublet fee to the MP and the MP repays the sublet fee to IPSA with the reference "MP Name – sublet".

3. IPSA pays only the MP’s proportion of the rent (that is, the full rent minus the sublet fee), and the sublet fee may be paid directly by the subtenant to the landlord’s account.

In the list below we have provided sublet payment options 1 and 2, this means that the flow of money for the repayment may not come directly from the MP's office, and that the money may be repaid to IPSA directly from the party.

MP Names

• Alok Sharma

• Andrew Griffith

• Chris Elmore

• Gordon Henderson

• Jack Lopresti

• Jacob Young

• Jake Berry

• John Healey

• Kate Hollern

• Mark Jenkinson

• Munira Wilson

• Paul Maynard

• Ranil Jayawardena

• Sarah Jones

• Wes Streeting

• Therese Coffey