Copies of documents relating to the office set up of Anum Qaisar-Javed, MP

I can confirm that we hold information relevant to your request, however, at the time of your request, the process of setting up the MP’s office was not yet complete. The lease was still being finalised which needed to be done before the property could be registered with IPSA. The MP has not yet submitted any claims relating to this process.

I attach copies of communications between IPSA and the MP on this subject.

A small amount of information has been redacted either because it does not fall within the scope of this request or because it is subject to a Refusal Notice under section 40 of the FOIA.

Sections 40(2) and 40(3A)(a) – personal data

This exemption applies to information which IPSA considers to be personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (UK GDPR) which states:

"personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly

IPSA considered that the following are personal data within this definition:

• name of current and former IPSA staff and their emails

• name and email address of MP staff

We then considered whether disclosure of this personal data would breach any of the Principles relating to the processing of personal data in the UK GDPR.

The relevant principle falls at Article 5(1)(a),

Personal data shall be:

a. Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject

As IPSA was unable to find a lawful basis on which it could rely, within Article 6 of the UK GDPR, it therefore finds that the information is exempt under section 40.