Attendance Records since 7 May 2010

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Dear House of Lords,

Please provide full attendance figures for each
member, expressed as an absolute number of attendances as well as a
percentage of possible attendances since 7 May 2010.

Yours faithfully,

K G Ollerton

House Of Lords Information Office, House of Lords

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Dear House Of Lords Information Office,

Thank you for your email. I await a substantive response.

Ken Ollerton

House Of Lords Information Office, House of Lords

Thank you for your email.

The House of Lords Information Office receives large numbers of e-mails and we aim to reply within 10 working days. If you need the information sooner please telephone the House of Lords Information Office on 020 7219 3107.

The following information may answer many of your enquiries.

House of Lords
If you have access to the internet you may find the answers to most of your queries on the House of Lords pages of the Parliament website: http://www.parliament.uk/lords

House of Lords Press Office
If you are a member of the press and wish to contact the House of Lords Press Office please call 020 7219 8550.

Judicial Questions
For information about appeal cases, please contact the Supreme Court:

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Parliament Square
London SW1P 3BD
Tel: 020 7960 1991/1992
Fax: 020 7960 1901
http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk

Appointments to the House of Lords
For queries about appointments to the House of Lords, contact the House of Lords Appointments Commission, which is a separate independent body and NOT part of the House of Lords:
The House of Lords Appointments Commission
35 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BQ
Tel: 020 7276 2005 (020 7276 2315 for an Information Pack)
www.lordsappointments.gov.uk<http://www.lordsappointments.gov.uk>

Please be aware that blind copied emails will not be received.

Thank you.

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FOI LORDS, House of Lords

Dear K. G. Ollerton

I am writing with regard to your request for information received by the
House of Lords on 12 October.

Unfortunately we will not be in a position to respond to your request
today as an item of work remains outstanding. We hope to be able to
provide you with a complete response shortly.

Yours sincerely,

 

Alex Daybank

Information Compliance Manager

House of Lords

[1][House of Lords request email]

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FOI LORDS, House of Lords

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Dear KG Ollerton

I am writing in response to your request for information received by the
House of Lords on 12 October. I am sorry that this response has taken more
than 20 working days.

You requested attendance figures for each Member of the House of Lords
since 7 May 2010 expressed as a percentage. The House of Lords
Administration holds information relevant to your request. Please find
attached information detailing the attendance of each member of the House
and the number of possible days they could have attended. Please note that
a number of new Members have been introduced to the House within this
period, others may be on a leave of absence or be otherwise disqualified
from attending, the maximum attendance figure for these Members will
therefore be lower than the maximum number of days the House sat and may
even be shown as zero. This also applies to any Members that have died
during the period in question.

Please note that the State Opening of Parliament following the dissolution
for the general election in April 2010 was 25 May 2010. The information
ends at 30 September 2011, this is because Members have until the end of
the month following attendance in which to submit claims for financial
support which rely on attendance information, these figures are therefore
verified over this period and may be subject to change.

We have not included a percentage figure as we do not hold this
information and the Freedom of Information Act does not require a public
authority to create new information in order to respond to a request. The
information we have provided will however allow you to calculate a
percentage figure.

 

You may, if dissatisfied with the treatment of your request, ask the House
of Lords to conduct an internal review. This should be addressed to
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Lords, London SW1A 0PW. Arrangements will be made for someone who has not
been involved in dealing with your request to conduct an internal review
within 20 working days.

 

If, following this review, you remain dissatisfied with the House’s
treatment of your request for information; you may then take your
complaint to the information commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Alex Daybank

Information Compliance Manager

House of Lords

[2][House of Lords request email]

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Dear FOI LORDS,

Thank you for your email of 11 November 2011 and the attached spreadsheet. This provides the information I have requested.

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Ken Ollerton

Nick Leaton left an annotation ()

Ken,

I bet they have given you expenses claims numbers and not attendance figures.

There's no direct connection between the two. Given the two sets you could then check who was claiming for days they didn't attend.