Chief Executive expenses

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to request a listing of all Bryn Parry Jones’s
expenses broken down by claim and/or receipt for the previous 12
months up until this request is answered. My preferred format to
receive this information is electronically either as a database on
disc or via email. Alternatively, I am willing to inspect the
records.

With respect to this request, I ask that you consider the High
Court decision (Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v The
Information Commissioner & Leapman, Brooke, Thomas [2008] EWHC 1084
(Admin) (16 May 2008)) in which the Court ruled that MPs' must
disclose the full details of their Additional Costs Allowance. This
case does not stand alone but is rather the culmination of a
gathering body of case law in which it is accepted that officials
spending the public's money have a responsibility to account for
that expenditure to the public.

I would ask that you remember the Act’s Section 16 duty on public
authorities to provide advice and assistance to requesters. If for
any reason you are leaning toward rejecting any part of this
request or if you plan to argue that it is unmanageable or
unanswerable in any way then I would expect you to contact me
promptly to find ways to answer this request to our mutual
satisfaction.

If FOI requests of a similar nature have already been asked could
you please include your responses to those requests.

I would also like to request full details of payments made to the
Chief Executive for his expenses and payments while working as the
Returning Officer for the May 2007, and more recent May 2008
elections.

I would ask that you release any available data as soon as possible
rather than wait for all available data to be collated before
sending me an answer. I would also be grateful if you could confirm
in writing that you have received this request via this website,
and I look forward to hearing from you within the 20-working day
statutory time period

Regards, Isabel Dunster