Invoice for health and welfare cost claimed by Tom Pursglove

IPSA holds the information that you request.

Under the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses (‘the Scheme’), MPs can claim staffing costs to meet the cost of staff who support MPs in performing their parliamentary functions. This includes one-off health and welfare costs associated with the provision of staffing support, such as eyesight tests and occupational health assessments.

As you may be aware, we publish details of all claims made by MPs for business costs and expenses on our website. The following details of the claims specified in your request have already been published.

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A small amount of information has been redacted from this invoice. Further information on information which is exempt from disclosure can be found below.

Section 40 – personal information

We have withheld the names and data relating to third party individuals, including the names and details relating to junior staff members. Section 40(2) provides that personal information (as defined by the Data Protection Act) about third parties is exempt information if disclosure would breach the fair processing principle (Principle 1) of the DPA, where it would be unfair to those persons or is confidential.

You can find out more information about personal data and FOI via guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on their website: http://ico.org.uk.