Bulletin, 4 August 2022 (data publication, payment card deadline, phasing out cheques)

On 15 September we plan to publish four months of data to bring us up-to-date with publication following our publication review. From September onwards, we plan to publish data every two months as we had done previously. You can find links to check your data below.

Thank you to everyone who completed the December pay survey to tell us whether you would prefer to be paid on the last working day of December or the week before. The survey closed on Friday and 73% of respondents would prefer to be paid on the last working day of December so this is the date we will continue to use.

This week's bulletin contains information on:

• Data publication – February to May 2022

• Payment card reminder – deadline 8 August

• Phasing out cheques

Data publication – February to May 2022

On 15 September we are planning to publish data for February to May 2022.

You can access your data directly by clicking here. This link can also be found on our information website. If you experience any problems accessing your data, please contact us.

We recommend that you check your data before we publish and if you think we have missed anything, please contact us by Thursday, 8 September.

Payment card reminder

Payment card lines for June are now on IPSA Online. Please ensure all lines are reconciled and have been fully processed by 8 August to avoid the suspension of your card. You can access guidance on reconciling your payment card here.

You can find our payment card policy here.

Phasing out cheque repayments

Since the start of the pandemic, our people are working more flexibly from the office and home, and we have found that receiving and processing cheques creates delays and is no longer cost-effective given the small number of cheques we receive.

We are already in contact with some offices who send us cheques to understand the impact this will have. We are also looking into ways of helping MPs to make repayments more easily.

If you have any feedback about this change, please let us know.