National Audit Office (NAO) / Education Team

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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 MST@parliament.uk. 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

Members’ Services Team

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The Members’ Services Team supports MPs and their staff in various matters, including HR, engagement and pastoral support to MPs’ staff, regular all-staff Q&A sessions on various topics raised by staff, and also a weekly drop-in session on Teams for those responsible for managing MPs’ offices.

The Members’ Services team has produced a series of Best Practice Guides which you can find here: https://intranet.parliament.uk/employment/house-of-commons-members/members-hr-advice-service/employing-new-staff/advice-on-employing-new-staff/

For further information, please see here: https://intranet.parliament.uk/people-offices/offices-departments/commons-departments/member-services-team-mst/

New Starter Induction – 27 May 2021

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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)