In May 2024, the House of Commons Commission endorsed a number of changes to vetting policies, including that all Members’ staff funded by IPSA must be security cleared and this will come into force on 1 April 2025.
Please see this news article for further information: https://parlinet.parliament.uk/information-resources/news-newsletters-notices/news/2025/february/changes-to-members-staff-security-vetting/
and also this w4mp guide to security clearance for Members’ staff
https://w4mp.org/jobs-listings-events/jobs/members-staff-security-verification-questionnaire/
This is a briefing / Q&A session from the Members’ Services Team.
National Audit Office (NAO) / Education Team
The National Audit Office is the nation’s independent spending watchdog. It reports to, and is funded by, Parliament to value for money reports on subjects ranging from HS2, Defence contracts, local authority finances, Covid-19, to environmental sustainability. In this session, Adrian Jenner and Sadie Smith from the NAO will give a brief overview on how they can assist Members’ staff with queries on major programmes and Departmental spending, and point them in the direction of resources which can assist with drafting speeches, briefing papers, articles, and constituency correspondence.
We will also hear from the Education and Engagement Outreach Team who do brilliant work organising events, tours and activities to promote the work of Parliament. They will provide an update on their work and give details of activities to help Members’ offices better engage with their constituencies.
If you would like to register a question ahead of the event, please email [email protected]. You will also be given the opportunity to ask questions during the session.
10:00 – 11:00
Tuesday 13 July 2021
To register, please go here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=4536
The Members’ and Members’ Staff Services Team (MMSST) provides a variety of services specifically for Members and Members’ staff. The service incorporates several main elements including a HR service for Members and their proxies, and a programme of events, training and pastoral support to all Members’ staff.
MMSST is based in the Portcullis House Hub. The team are available for virtual meetings via Microsoft Teams and for in-person meetings across the Parliamentary estate.
Full details of their services can be found on ParliNet.
There are still a few places available for the Member’s Staff Induction session on 27 May 2021.
If you have any new starters who have not yet signed up the course, please ask them to sign up here: Member’s staff induction
The details of the session are s follows.
Part 1: Induction (9.30-12.30)
Part 2: Valuing Everyone – Tackling bullying and harassment and sexual misconduct workshops (13.30-16.30)
