All MPs are covered by employers’ liability insurance and a copy of the certificate should be printed and displayed in your office. The insurance renews on 1 April every year.
You can find more information here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/your-office/insurance-for-mps/
Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.
https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/
The new Certificate of Employer’s Liability Insurance, which should be displayed in all MPs’ offices, is now available to download here.
The Parliamentary Travel Office provides a comprehensive travel service including:
The Travel Office offers specially negotiated discounts on many fares, in particular on air travel, and on the costs of hotels.
The Travel Office is provided by Reed and McKay and they have an excellent online booking system and a mobile app. Once you have set up your account, you will have to ask Reed and McKay to add you as a delegate so that you can manage bookings on behalf of your Member or other colleagues.
The Reed and McKay site also has a section called ‘Sherpa’ which gives up-to-date visa and travel information. Simply put in your destination and it will tell you what visas are required and will let you click through to the correct place to apply.
Please note that the Parliamentary Travel Office does not offer a taxi booking service.
If you or your MP are travelling overseas on Parliamentary business, you can find information about services available to you on the intranet:
Members and staff of both Houses together with their accompanying staff/partner travelling overseas on office business may obtain travel advice, vaccinations and medication from the Occupational Health Service at St Thomas’ Hospital.
For further information and to book an appointment, click here.
To be eligible to travel to most European countries, on the day of travel, British passport holders must:
These rules also apply to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. They do not apply to travel to Ireland.
Please check your passport expiry date before booking any travel and renew it as soon as possible if it does not meet the new criteria. Failure to do so may mean your passport is invalid and you may not be able to travel.
You can check here for the country you’re visiting.
Click here to renew your British passport.
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
The House of Commons funds and administers a range of insurance policies designed to protect MPs when carrying out their Parliamentary and constituency duties.
These policies include:
The employers and public liability insurance is for constituency offices only, and covers people on work experience as well as employees. The House of Commons, like the Civil Service, acts as its own insurer therefore no certificate or policy is available. For further information, and to download copies of the insurance policies and certificates, please visit Insurance for Members and Members’ staff.
Contents Insurance for Constituency Offices
The House of Commons does not provide contents insurance for constituency offices.
Parliamentary IT Equipment
All Parliamentary-supplied IT Equipment is covered by the House and you do not need to include this in your office contents insurance.
Vehicle Insurance
Members and their staff are encouraged to check the provisions in their vehicle insurance. Many policies cover commuting to only one permanent place of work, and so if you are travelling to different locations, such as advice surgeries or constituency visits, you may need to obtain comprehensive and business cover on your insurance. The cost of insurance cannot be claimed from IPSA or the House – it is incorporated into the mileage allowance.