Green Book - publication scheme request

Alex Skene made this Freedom of Information request to House of Commons

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From: Alex Skene

21 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

1) In line with your FOI Publication Scheme, please provide me with
historic copies of your Green Book for Members' Allowances starting
from 2001 to now, and all subsequent amendments that have not been
uploaded to
http://www.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffi...

2) Please also provide any written guidance or correspondence from
the Fees Office to Ministers from 2001-2004 that covers the
previous requirement that Ministers' had to designate their London
home as their main residence.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Skene

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From: FOICOMMONS
House of Commons

27 May 2009

Dear Mr Skene,

Thank you for your email dated 21 May which was received by the House of
Commons on the same day.

We shall endeavour to provide a response by 19 June 2009.

______________________________________________________________________

Katy Turner

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Coordinator

[1][House of Commons request email]

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From: KELLY, Mandy
House of Commons

18 June 2009

Attachment scan0030.pdf
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Attachment scan0029.pdf
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Attachment revised greenbook 2004.pdf
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Attachment Parliamentary Website Ver2.pdf
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Attachment greenbook.pdf
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Attachment 2005 Green Book.pdf
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Dear Mr Skene,

Thank you for your request dated 21 May 2009 which is shown below.
Responses to your questions are as follows:

Question 1)

Copies of the "Green Book" dating back to 2003 are attached. Versions
for 2001 and 2002 are available in hard copy only and will be forwarded
to you upon receipt of a postal address.

You might also wish to refer to the Concordance of Resolutions of the
House which is as follows:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa...
240ii.pdf

Question 2)

Copies of two letters from The Department of Finance & Adminstration
sent in 2004 and 2005 are attached.
All contact details and names of staff have been removed. While this
information is held by the House of Commons, it is the House's view that
disclosing such details would be a breach of the data protection
principles in the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). The information is
therefore exempt from the obligation imposed by section 1(1)(b) of the
FOI Act (the obligation to provide information) by virtue of section
40(2) of the same Act (the exemption for personal information). This is
an absolute exemption and the public interest test does not apply.

You may, if dissatisfied with the treatment of your request, ask the
House of Commons to conduct an internal review of this decision.
Requests for internal review should be addressed to: Freedom of
Information Officer, Department of Resources, House of Commons London
SW1 OAA or [House of Commons request email]. Please ensure that you specify the
nature of your complaint and any arguments or points that you wish to
make.

If you remain dissatisfied, you may appeal to the Information
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Bob Castle
Head of Information Rights and Information Security
House of Commons

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From: KELLY, Mandy
House of Commons

18 June 2009

Attachment scan0030.pdf
329K Download View as HTML

Attachment scan0029.pdf
422K Download View as HTML

Attachment revised greenbook 2004.pdf
828K Download View as HTML

Attachment Parliamentary Website Ver2.pdf
2.1M Download View as HTML

Attachment greenbook.pdf
820K Download View as HTML

Attachment 2005 Green Book.pdf
4.4M Download View as HTML

Dear Mr Skene,

Thank you for your request dated 21 May 2009 which is shown below.
Responses to your questions are as follows:

Question 1)

Copies of the "Green Book" dating back to 2003 are attached. Versions
for 2001 and 2002 are available in hard copy only and will be forwarded
to you upon receipt of a postal address.

You might also wish to refer to the Concordance of Resolutions of the
House which is as follows:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa...
240ii.pdf

Question 2)

Copies of two letters from The Department of Finance & Adminstration
sent in 2004 and 2005 are attached.
All contact details and names of staff have been removed. While this
information is held by the House of Commons, it is the House's view that
disclosing such details would be a breach of the data protection
principles in the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). The information is
therefore exempt from the obligation imposed by section 1(1)(b) of the
FOI Act (the obligation to provide information) by virtue of section
40(2) of the same Act (the exemption for personal information). This is
an absolute exemption and the public interest test does not apply.

You may, if dissatisfied with the treatment of your request, ask the
House of Commons to conduct an internal review of this decision.
Requests for internal review should be addressed to: Freedom of
Information Officer, Department of Resources, House of Commons London
SW1 OAA or [House of Commons request email]. Please ensure that you specify the
nature of your complaint and any arguments or points that you wish to
make.

If you remain dissatisfied, you may appeal to the Information
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Bob Castle
Head of Information Rights and Information Security
House of Commons

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From: Alex Skene

22 June 2009

Dear Kelly

Many thanks for all the information provided. I see the Parliament
website has now been updated with the 2003-2005 Green Books.

Unless you're planning on scanning to PDF the 2001 and 2002 Green
Books in the immediate future, please could you send copies to:

[address removed]

Kind regards

Alex

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From: KELLY, Mandy
House of Commons

22 June 2009

I shall be away from the office on Monday June 22. Please contact Katarina Ndrepepaj on xt 2559. Or [email address]. Alternatively, send your emails to [email address].

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From: KELLY, Mandy
House of Commons

23 June 2009

Alex,

Thank you for providing an address.

I will put copies in the post today.

Mandy Kelly
Freedom of Information Assistant

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