<Tr> <Td> Apr 2017 </Td> <Td> £ 76,011 </Td> </Tr> <P> In December 2013, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority recommended that pay be increased to £ 74,000 per annum, linked "to the pay of the people they represent". At the same time, pensions benefits would be reduced, resettlement payments scrapped and expenses tightened . In July 2015, this was implemented (backdated to 8 May 2015, the day after the general election), with annual changes now "linked to changes in average earnings in the public sector". </P> <P> In 2010, the payment of MPs' salaries and allowances, and many staff, was moved from the Fees Office, which was effectively self - policing by MPs of their expenses, to a more autonomous body, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . In 2010 the IPSA was also given the responsibility of setting MPs' salary levels . It is accountable to the Speaker's Committee for the IPSA, comprising the Speaker, the Leader of the House, the Chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee and five MPs selected by the Speaker (one of whom is the Shadow Leader of the House). </P> <P> The National Audit Office, another independent parliamentary body, has some audit authority . </P>

Who decides pay and allowances of ministers in the state