Total Cost of Running the House of Commons

The request was refused by House of Commons.

Dear House of Commons,

I require information detailing the total cost of running the House of Commons for the FY 2013/2014.

This includes MP salaries, catering, etc.

Yours faithfully,

Ewan Carmichael

FOI Commons, House of Commons

Dear Mr Carmichael,

 

Freedom of Information request F20-006

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 3 January 2020, received
by us on the same date, 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 31 January 2020.

 

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

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sarah Price

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

 

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[4]House of Commons Privacy Notice for the Public

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From: Ewan Carmichael <[FOI #631460 email]>
Sent: 03 January 2020 13:49
To: FOI Commons <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Total Cost of Running the House
of Commons

 

Dear House of Commons,

I require information detailing the total cost of running the House of
Commons for the FY 2013/2014.

This includes MP salaries, catering, etc.

Yours faithfully,

Ewan Carmichael

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FOI Commons, House of Commons

Dear Mr Carmichael,

 

Freedom of Information request F20-006

 

Thank you for your request for information as copied below. You asked for
the total cost of running the House of Commons for the financial year
2013/2014.

 

This information is held by the House of Commons.

 

The information requested is already available to view on our
parliamentary webpages as the House is committed to publishing its costs
annually on our parliamentary webpages. Details of financial year
2013/2014 can be found at the following link:
[1]https://www.parliament.uk/business/publi....

 

As the information you request is reasonably accessible to you otherwise
than under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), your request is
refused. In refusing your request the House is applying the exemption set
out in section 21 (1) and (2) (a) of the FOIA.  This is an absolute
exemption and the public interest test does not apply.

 

 

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the House of Commons. Alternatively, if you are dissatisfied with the
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at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF,
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Yours sincerely,

 

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

 

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[7]House of Commons Privacy Notice for the Public

[8]Supporting a thriving parliamentary democracy

 

 

 

From: Ewan Carmichael <[9][FOI #631460 email]>
Sent: 03 January 2020 13:49
To: FOI Commons <[10][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Total Cost of Running the House
of Commons

 

Dear House of Commons,

I require information detailing the total cost of running the House of
Commons for the FY 2013/2014.

This includes MP salaries, catering, etc.

Yours faithfully,

Ewan Carmichael

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[11][FOI #631460 email]

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latest advice from the ICO:
[15]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-...

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be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
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