sector in terms of pay and pensions which they felt was the result of successive governments' reluctance to tackle the contentious issue. IPSA also commented that further pay rises would be linked to the average earnings in the public sector. Then Prime Minister David Cameron publicly criticized the move, saying "I don’t think this was the right decision", having previously criticized such a move as "simply unacceptable", given the rest of public sector pay had been capped for the duration of the parliament. Cameron, however, defended MPs accepting the rise, assuring them "the right thing to do is to be paid the rate for the job". The 10% pay rise was controversial as the rest of the public sector pay had been capped at 1% per year. Some MPs stated that they would not accept the pay rise but instead transfer it to charities. IPSA announced further pay rises of 1.3% and 1.4% to MPs' salaries in line with average earnings within the public sector as determined by the Office for National Statistics in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In March 2017, IPSA had to apologise to MPs after accidentally publishing information about MPs' staff and their salaries on the internet. Criticism IPSA has been criticised publicly by many MPs, including David Cameron, who, in 2010, told IPSA to "...get a grip on what they are doing and do it fast.". Criticism has been largely centred on the perceived high running costs of IPSA, inability of MPs to get through on the IPSA helpline, emails and letters going largely unanswered, and the length of time taken to reimburse expenses. Governance of IPSA IPSA Chair: Richard Lloyd IPSA Chief Executive: Ian Todd. IPSA Board members: Hon. Sir Robert Owen, QC, Rt Hon. Jenny Willott, OBE, Richard Lloyd, Will Lifford Former IPSA Board members: Rt Hon Scott Baker, Ken Olisa, Jackie Ballard, Professor Isobel Sharp. See also Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Committee on Standards and Privileges Parliamentary expenses scandal Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority References External links IPSA Website Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government Government agencies established in 2009 Parliament of the United Kingdom 2009 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 2009