Name of staff employed by Maria Eagle and Angela Eagle from 2010 to present, their job title, hours worked and their salary details

Request

Can you please provide me with the name of staff employed by Maria Eagle MP & Angela Eagle MP from 2010 till present, their job title, hours worked and their salary details


Response

The names and specific salaries of junior staff members employed by Members of Parliament are personal information. We do not believe there is a reasonable expectation that such information would be made freely available, and disclosure would therefore contravene the Data Protection Principles specified in the Data Protection Act. As such, we are withholding this information under Section 40 of the FOIA.

Section 40(2) provides that personal information about third parties is exempt information if one of the conditions set out in section 40(3) is satisfied. Under the FOI Act disclosure of this information would breach the fair processing principle (Principle 1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), where it would be unfair to those persons or is confidential. For further information, you may wish to visit the UK Legislation website.

Please find attached, at Annexes A and B, the job titles and contracted hours of all individuals employed by Maria Eagle MP and Angela Eagle MP since 2010. This includes full-time, part-time and temporary members of staff, and encompasses staff based both in London as well as in the constituency.

This information reflects the total number of individuals employed since 2010, and does not indicate the number of individuals actively working for the MP at any one point in time. For example, were a ‘Caseworker’ to leave employment, and a replacement ‘Caseworker’ subsequently employed, this would result in ‘Caseworker’ being included in the list twice, but does not necessarily mean two Caseworkers were employed at the same time. In some instances, individuals may have changed job titles. Where this is the case, we have only included their most recent job title and contracted hours.

Annex A

Angela Eagle MP

Job TitleContracted Hours
Office Manager35
Parliamentary Assistant12
Senior Caseworker37.5
Parliamentary Assistant37.5
Parliamentary Assistant26.5
Information not held†Information not held†
Information not held†9
Information not held†7.5
Secretary18
Senior Researcher22.5
Parliamentary Assistant35

Annex B

Maria Eagle MP

Job TitleContracted Hours
Senior Caseworker37.5
Parliamentary Assistant40
Senior Secretary/Senior Caseworker37.5
Parliamentary Assistant37.5
Information not held† Information not held†
Information not held† 22.5
Information not held† 37.5
Parliamentary Assistant37.5
Parliamentary Assistant22.5
Caseworker37.5
Senior Parliamentary Assistant35
Parliamentary Assistant30
Caseworker20
Senior Parliamentary Assistant40
Parliamentary Assistant32
Senior Caseworker40
Parliamentary Assistant30

NOTES

† IPSA does not hold the contracts of a small number of individuals who remained on House of Commons contracts following IPSA’s creation in 2010, but left the MP’s employment before transferring to an IPSA contract. As such, we do not hold this information.

*This information reflects the total number of individuals employed since 2010, and does not indicate the number of individuals actively working for the MP at any one point in time. For example, were a ‘Caseworker’ to leave employment, and a replacement ‘Caseworker’ subsequently employed, this would result in ‘Caseworker’ being included in the list twice, but does not necessarily mean two Caseworkers were employed at the same time.

**In some instances, individuals may have changed job titles. Where this is the case, we have only included their most recent job title and contracted hours.

Ref:
F1415-105
Disclosure:
12 January 2015
Categories:
MPs' STAFFING
Exemptions Applied:
Section 40