MP email tally

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Dear House of Commons,

Would it be possible to have the numbers of emails received and sent by MPs in Lancashire and could these be delivered on a monthly basis under the FOI Act?

Yours faithfully,

K MARTIN

FOICOMMONS, House of Commons

Dear K Martin

Thank you for your request for information dated 28 October 2013, received by us on the same date.

We will endeavour to respond to your request promptly but in any case within 20 working days i.e. on or before 25 November 2013.

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

Yours sincerely

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

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FOICOMMONS, House of Commons

Dear K Martin
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST F13-527
 
Thank you for your request for information as copied below.
 
You asked us for the numbers of emails received and sent by MPs in
Lancashire.
We have considered both possible interpretations of your request:
 

* how many emails were sent by MPs who happened to be located in
Lancashire at the time of receiving/sending
* how many emails were sent by MPs with constituencies in Lancashire

 
The House of Commons does not hold the information requested. 
 
While email communications to @parliament.uk addresses are routed through
or stored on parliamentary email servers, the House of Commons does not
hold this data for its own purposes.  IT administrators may have technical
access to these systems and servers, however, the public authority has
neither created the data transmitted or stored therein, nor does it retain
the material for its own purposes. Therefore data of this nature is not
held by the House of Commons for the purposes of the FOI Act. 
 
For guidance on the extent to which data is held for the purposes of the
Act please refer to the Information Commissioner's web site:
[1]http://www.ico.org.uk/~/media/documents/...
You may wish to consider contacting the individual Members concerned to
ask for the information you seek, contact details are available at:
[2]http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-o...
 
However, Members of Parliament are not public authorities for the purposes
of the Freedom of Information Act.  This means that they are not obliged
to respond to requests made under the Act.
 
FOI applies to public authorities and both the House of Commons and House
of Lords are listed as institutions covered by the Act.  In addition,
information held by government offices in relation to ministerial
activities and responsibilities will also be subject to the Act’s
provisions.
However, the Act does not apply to individual MPs (or peers) (they are not
separately listed in the schedules to the FOI Act as public authorities)
or to the information held in their offices and, therefore, MPs are under
no statutory obligation to provide the data requested.  Similarly, the Act
does not apply to political parties.
Further information about FOIA and Parliament is available on our website:
[3]http://www.parliament.uk/site-informatio... .
 
You may, if dissatisfied with the handling of your request, complain to
the House of Commons.  Any such complaints should be addressed to: Freedom
of Information Officer, Department of HR and Change, House of Commons
London SW1 0AA or [4][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,
 
 
 
Sarah Price | IRIS Support Officer
Information Rights and Information Security (IRIS) Service | House of
Commons
 
 
 
 
 

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Dear FOICOMMONS,

Many thanks for looking into this and your detailed reply.

Yours sincerely,

KMARTIN