Non-redacted expenses Claims

Dear Mr Thomas

Thank you for your request for information dated 22 June 2009, received
by us the same day, which is copied below.

We will respond promptly to your request within 20 working days, i.e. on
or before 20 July 2009.

Yours sincerely

________________________________________________________________

Brenda Brevitt
Project Officer
FOI, Department of Resources
House of Commons
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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to request the full disclosure of
all expenses claims made by Nia Griffith MP from 2005 to the
present date.I believe that the full disclosure(ie. non-redacted
apart from personal information) of the above is in the public
interest.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Thomas

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Dear Mr Thomas,

Thank you for your request for information which is copied below.

All Members' expenses information is available on
http://mpsallowances.parliament.uk/mpslo...
wances%2Dby%2Dmp/

Members' claims have been redacted to remove information which could
cause serious security issues and breach the privacy of the MP, their
staff and other third parties.

In order to be able to provide annotation for each redaction applied to
expense claims for Nia Griffiths MP, we would need to review circa 600
pages of the published claims containing a number of redactions each. We
have estimated that the time required to extract the relevant
information would exceed the appropriate limit as described in section
12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and associated Fees
Regulations. As the appropriate limit would be exceeded the House of
Commons is not obliged to provide the information requested and your
request is refused. Should you wish to narrow down your request so that
the time limit would not be exceeded, it may assist to reduce it to a
particular year/month, specific allowance or a claim.

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.

Yours sincerely

Bob Castle
Head of Information Rights and Information Security

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F09-384

Dear Mr Thomas,

Thank you for your request for an internal review of your request F09-384,
received by us on 21 July 2009, which is copied below.

Our internal target for dealing with internal reviews is thirty working
days. We will deal with your request promptly and endeavour to provide a
response by 2 September 2009.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Castle

Head of Information Rights and Information Security

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F09-384

Dear Mr Thomas,

Thank you for your request for an internal review. I am sorry for the
delay but we have been unable to complete the internal review by the
intended deadline of 2 September 2009. It is being considered as a matter
of priority and will be responded to as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Castle

Head of Information Rights and Information Security

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From: FOICOMMONS
Sent: 24 July 2009 10:56
To: '[FOI #13601 email]'
Subject: F09-384 Internal review - Non-redacted expenses Claims

F09-384

Dear Mr Thomas,

Thank you for your request for an internal review of your request F09-384,
received by us on 21 July 2009, which is copied below.

Our internal target for dealing with internal reviews is thirty working
days. We will deal with your request promptly and endeavour to provide a
response by 2 September 2009.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Castle

Head of Information Rights and Information Security

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F09-384

Dear Mr Thomas,

Please find attached response to your request for an internal review of
your Freedom of Information request F09-384.

Yours sincerely,

Katy Gray

Freedom of Information Coordinator

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