Number of people employed by Gordon Prentice MP

Irfan Ahmed made this Freedom of Information request to House of Commons

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From: Irfan Ahmed

16 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you please give me a list of the number of people who work for
Gordon Prentice MP, and how much they are paid with Parliamentary
expenses.

Yours faithfully,

Irfan Ahmed

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From: FOICOMMONS
House of Commons

16 September 2009

Dear Irfan Ahmed,

Thank you for your request for information dated 16th September, received by us on the same day, which is copied below.

We will endeavour to respond to your request promptly but in any case within 20 working days i.e. on or before 14th October 2009.

If you have any queries about your request, please use the request number quoted in the subject line of this email.

Yours sincerely

Vanessa Cubillo
Freedom of Information Assistant

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Irfan Ahmed left an annotation (16 September 2009)

Will I get the reply I want?

I want a list of people who work for Gordon, who they are, and how much they are paid with Parliamentary money.

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From: FOICOMMONS
House of Commons

12 October 2009

Dear Irfan Ahmed

Thank you for your request dated 16 September 2009 which is shown below.

The House of Commons holds the information you have asked for and I can confirm that Mr Prentice funds the salaries of three members of staff from his Staffing allowance. However, your request for how much they are paid is refused. Details of individual staff salaries are exempt by virtue of section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the exemption for personal information), as disclosure of this information to the public generally, in the House's view, would not be consistent with data protection principles in the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). This is an absolute exemption and the public interest test does not apply. This is consistent with decisions reached by the Information Commissioner, for example:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/d...

Further information on disclosing salary details can be found on the Information Commissioner's website:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...

General information concerning salary scales of staff employed by Members of Parliament and description of duties can be found on http://www.w4mp.org/html/library/salarie...

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.

Katarina Ndrepepaj
Freedom of Information Coordinator

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