Details of invoices submitted by Tom Pursglove MP
Request
Under the FOI act, please release the following receipts for expenses claims made by Tom Pursglove. All claims relate to sustenance in 2019 and not travel expenses.
Date: Jan 9
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 704252
Date: Jan 10
Amount: £4.97
Claim ref no.: 704252
Date: Jan 16
Amount: £4.71
Claim ref no.: 705958
Date: Jan 17
Amount: £4.30
Claim ref no.: 705958
Date: Jan 21
Amount: £4.14
Claim ref no.: 718484 (repaid)
Date: Jan 23
Amount: £4.20
Claim ref no.: 718484 (repaid)
Date: Jan 23
Amount: £4.71
Claim ref no.: 705963
Date: Jan 24
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 705963
Date: Jan 30
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 712488
Date: Jan 31
Amount: £4.97
Claim ref no.: 712488
Date: Feb 6
Amount: £4.72
Claim ref no.: 712488
Date: Feb 6
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 712488
Date: Feb 12
Amount: £2.80
Claim ref no.: 712481
Date: Feb 13
Amount: £4.20
Claim ref no.: 712481
Date: Feb 14
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 712481
Date: Feb 25
Amount: £4.42
Claim ref no.: 718475
Date: Feb 25
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 718460
Date: Feb 26
Amount: £3.45
Claim ref no.: 718475
Date: Feb 27
Amount: £5
Claim ref no.: 718460
Date: Feb 27
Amount: £4.20
Claim ref no.: 718475
Date: Feb 28
Amount: £3.90
Claim ref no.: 718475
Response
IPSA holds the information that you request.
Under the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses (‘the Scheme’), Staffing Costs may be claimed to meet the costs of incidental expenses incurred by volunteers. MPs who engage volunteers must submit a signed volunteer arrangement with the volunteer to IPSA before any claims for incidental expenses will be made. The signed arrangement must comply with the model volunteer arrangement published by IPSA. Incidental expenses are limited to reasonable travel and food, and non-alcoholic drinks.
Volunteers are not required to carry out specific duties for the MP, and they are assisting the MP with his or her duties on a voluntary basis. This often includes students on short periods of work experience, or individuals who simply require reimbursement for costs incurred on a one-day event.
Expenses incurred by volunteers are often paid to the MP who then reimburses the volunteer themselves. Details of all such claims are published on our website.
The following information has already been published relating to claims made by Tom Pursglove MP for volunteer costs. The associated invoices accompany this response.
Please note that we have redacted a small amount of information from the invoices in accordance with the s.31 (Law enforcement) exemption.
| Form No. | Date | Expense type | Details | Reimbursed | Status |
| 704252 | 09/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 704252 | 10/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.97 | Allowed |
| 705958 | 16/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.71 | Allowed |
| 705958 | 17/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.30 | Allowed |
| 718484 | 23/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance Amended from allowed by SA | £4.20 | Repaid by MP |
| 718484 | 21/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance Amended from allowed by SA | £4.14 | Repaid by MP |
| 705963 | 23/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.71 | Allowed |
| 705963 | 24/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 712488 | 30/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 712488 | 31/01/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.97 | Allowed |
| 712488 | 06/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.72 | Allowed |
| 712488 | 07/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 712481 | 12/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £2.80 | Allowed |
| 712481 | 13/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.20 | Allowed |
| 712481 | 14/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 718475 | 25/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.42 | Allowed |
| 718475 | 26/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £3.45 | Allowed |
| 718475 | 27/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £4.20 | Allowed |
| 718475 | 28/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £3.90 | Allowed |
| 718460 | 12/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 718460 | 25/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
| 718460 | 27/02/2019 | Volunteer Agreed Arrang. Costs | Volunteer Sustenance | £5.00 | Allowed |
Section 31 – Law enforcement
Section 31(1)(a) (Law enforcement) of the FOIA states that information is exempt if its disclosure under the FOI Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention (or detection) or crime.
After considering the nature of the withheld information it is our opinion that were a disclosure to be made into the public domain it is probable that this information could be traced back to sensitive personal or commercial information which could be used for criminal activity.
Although we recognise the public interest in transparency surrounding the publishing of information relating to MPs’ expenses there is also a strong public interest in ensuring that we are able to protect our service users from the threat of being subjected to criminal activity. In our opinion the public interest in protecting the financial security of staff and volunteers engaged by MPs outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
This concludes our response to your request.
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- Ref:
- CAS-147433
- Disclosure:
- 31 July 2019
- Categories:
- COPIES OF RECEIPTS/INVOICES
- Exemptions Applied:
- Section 31