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Dear Ms Moresby

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From: Patricia C. Moresby <[FOI #1056947 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 11:53 AM
To: FOI (Freedom of Information) [Mailbox] <[IPSA request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - European Research Group (ERG)

Dear Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority,

I kindly request that you furnish me with a breakdown of the total sum
disbursed from public funds to Members of Parliament, relating to expenses
claims (e.g subscriptions etc.) involving the European Research Group
(ERG), since the 1st of January 2017.

Could you please present these figures on an annual basis i.e. broken down
year-by-year.

Yours faithfully,

Patricia C. Moresby

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Dear Ms Moresby

I apologise that the link which was sent was to a page which no longer
exists and that this was not checked before it was sent to you.

The correct link is
[1]https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-staffing-b...

Yours sincerely

Alison Benson

Information Governance Officer

[2]www.theipsa.org.uk 

[3]@ipsauk 

From: Patricia C. Moresby <[FOI #1056947 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 7:20 PM
To: FOI (Freedom of Information) [Mailbox] <[IPSA request email]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - European
Research Group (ERG)

Dear Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Independent Parliamentary
Standards Authority's handling of my FOI request 'European Research Group
(ERG)'.

You gave me a response that included a URL that is a dead link and
therefore did not answer my request:

[4]https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-costs/othe...

GIven this was incorrect and clearly misleading, I request you provide me
directly with the information I requested in the first place.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[5]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/e...

Yours faithfully,

Patricia C. Moresby

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