Dear @theukpeople

 

 

Freedom of Information Request F16-140

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 26 February 2016,
received by us on 7 March 2016.

 

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Sarah Price

IRIS Support Officer
Information Rights and Information Security (IRIS) Service | House of
Commons

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Dear Mr Farrell,

 

 

Freedom of Information Request F16-140

 

Thank you for your request for information as copied below.  You asked a
number of questions about Whips which we have sought to answer below.

 

1)  Over the previous five years, what incentives Ministerial Whips have
used to encourage Members of Parliament to vote in a particular way

 

This information is not held by the House of Commons.  Whips are MPs
appointed by each party in Parliament to help organise their party's
contribution to parliamentary business.  Whip’s business, or how they
perform their role, is not reported to the House of Commons.

 

Further information about Whips is available on the parliamentary website
here:  [1]http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-l....

 

2)  [what is] the name of that Whip

 

Whilst information about which Members whipped a specific vote is not
held, general details of which Members are Whips is held by the House of
Commons. 

 

Each party may nominate a number of Whips and deputies; these report to
the Chief Whip for their respective party.  The current Chief Whip for the
Government is Mark Harper MP.  Further details, including information
about previous Chief Whips, is publicly available here:
[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/....

 

Details of other Members who are Whips are available in the Members’
biographies here: [3]http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-o....

 

3)  [what was] the outcome of those votes

 

The House of Commons holds information about the outcome of all votes. 
This is recorded by Hansard and publicly available on the parliamentary
website here: 
[4]http://www.parliament.uk/business/public....

 

Every week, Whips send out a circular (called 'The Whip') to their MPs
detailing upcoming parliamentary business.  Special attention is paid to
divisions (where Members vote on debates), which are ranked in order of
importance by the number of times they are underlined.  This information
is not produced or held by the House of Commons, so we are unable to
identify which of our published votes were whipped.

 

You may wish to consider submitting your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 to the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons,
whose contact details may be found online.

 

 

Lastly, it may also help you to know that the House of Commons Library has
produced a briefing note which provides a brief history of the origins and
role of the Government and Opposition Whips in the management of
parliamentary business, and an overview of their current functions and
duties.  This note is available on our web pages here: 
[5]http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/R....

 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

         

 

Carole Fisher | IRIS Officer
Information Rights and Information Security (IRIS) Service | House of
Commons

Tel: 0207 219 4025 | Text Relay: 18001 219 4025 | Third Floor, 7 Millbank,
London, SW1P 3JA

 

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