Breakdown of MP staff, role and gender

Request

Please can you make available the following data on MPs' staff. Please could you provide this for all staff on the payroll in September 2019.

A table to include:

Gender of staff member

Job title of staff member

The gender of the MP they are employed by The party of the MP they are employed by

If held and can be released, could you additionally provide Staff member's salary (or salary band)

Response

I can confirm that we do hold information relevant to your request.

The data you have requested is in the accompanying spreadsheet:

RFI-202005-2 Disclosure documents

Please be aware that where Political Party is Other, this is because there were several political parties where the numbers were so small that there was a risk of potentially identifying individuals.

The job title you requested for the MPs’ staff member, is listed by IPSA Job Family.

This can be matched to the staff salary bands which are published in Annex B of the Twelfth Edition of the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses available on our website.

The information about staff salary is therefore subject to a Refusal Notice under section 21 of FOIA, because it is reasonably accessible by other means.

Ref:
RFI-202005-2
Disclosure:
16 June 2020
Categories:
MPs' STAFFING
Exemptions Applied:
Section 21