Independent Panels for Selecting IPSA Board Members
Dear House of Commons,
What was the application process for selecting the membership of the independent Panels who chose the new Chairman of IPSA and the two Board Members chosen in November 2015?
Yours faithfully,
Dawn Dryden
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Dear Ms Dryden,
Freedom of Information Request F16-187
Thank you for your request for information as copied below. You asked
was the application process for selecting the membership of the
Independent Panels who chose the new Chairman of the Independent
Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) and the two IPSA Board Members.
This information is held by the House of Commons. The membership of the
panel who interviewed candidates for Chair of IPSA and Board Members of
IPSA is decided by the Speaker, following consultation with the Speaker’s
Committee for the IPSA (SCIPSA).
For the two IPSA Board Members, the Committee agreed a paper on the
recruitment process, including the membership of the panel, by
correspondence on 24 June 2015. In line with previous recruitments of
this type, the Committee agreed that the panel should consist of: an
independent Chair, the Chair of IPSA, a former MP, a lay member of SCIPSA
and a nominee of the Lord Chief Justice. The Speaker wrote to the Lord
Chief Justice to ask him to nominate one member to the panel. The other
members of the panel were chosen by Mr Speaker, whose decision was
informed by suggestions provided by the Committee Secretariat. These
choices were then agreed by the Committee.
For the Chair of IPSA, the Committee agreed a paper on the recruitment
process at its meeting on 18 November 2015. In line with previous
recruitment of this type the Committee agreed that the panel should
consists of: an independent Chair, a former MP, two lay members of SCIPSA
and a Chair of another regulatory body. The Committee discussed, at that
meeting, the names of a number of individuals who could fill these
positions and agreed which individuals should be approached to serve on
the panel.
It may also help you to know that the role of these panels is to interview
the candidates and report to the Speaker’s Committee on which candidates
are the most suitable for the role. The final decision to appoint an
individual is made by the House of Commons, once both the Speaker and the
Speakers Committee have given their approval, as required by the
Parliamentary Standards Act 2009.
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