Parliamentary budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget: Constitution; Standing Orders of Parliament; Other
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other
Notes
1. Act of 9 May 1996 on the Exercise of the Mandate of Deputy or Senator; 2. Act of 27 August 2009 on Public Finance, including amendments and related regulations; 3. Draft Budget Act 2014, and related laws, as well as internal acts and orders of the Sejm and the Chancellery of the Sejm.
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget: Parliament; The Executive; Parliament and the Executive together; Other
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget; The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive; The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget; Other
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
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Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides how to allocate the budget; The Executive can request Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive can require Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive decides how to allocate the budget; Other
National currency
Polish Zloty (PLN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.75 (2020)
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Parliament’s budget, per year
675,200,000 (2020)
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Link to the parliamentary budget
Budget for the chamber
Certain bicameral parliaments have specific budgets for the lower and upper chambers. The budgets of lower and upper chambers do not always add up to the total budget for the entire parliament since the parliament’s budget may also cover the cost of other institutions.
Not applicable. There is not a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament.
No
State budget, per year
419,000,000,000 (2020)
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Parliamentary staff
The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Members of the parliamentary administration may be fully independent from the government For example, certain countries have a ‘parliamentary civil service’ that is different from the general civil service, which works for the Executive.
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Certain parliaments control the recruitment of parliamentary
staff. Parliament decides - independently from the government- when to recruit
staff, what procedures to use, who to recruit, etc.
There is an official gender equality policy in the parliamentary administration
Certain parliaments may have an official gender equality policy which may, for instance, address to the recruitment and promotion of women in the parliamentary administration.
Number of permanent staff employed by parliament (full time equivalent (FTE) positions)
Number of permanent staff for each chamber
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No
Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General.
The Speaker
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Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
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Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff