Invoices for travel claims made by Rachel Reeves
Request
Under an above request could i please ask for copies of invoices/receipts for claims references 504139, 505087, 503984 & 506080
Response
Under the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses (‘the Scheme’), Travel and Subsistence claims may be made for the costs of travel and travel-related subsistence expenditure undertaken by an MP or others, which are necessarily incurred in the performance of the MP’s parliamentary functions.
Taking your requests for information in turn:
Claim #505087
The following details have already been published on our publication website relating to this claim.
| Date | Expense Type | Origin | Destination | Notes | Status | Reimbursed |
| 21/04/2016 | Own Vehicle Car | London | Leeds | MP London to Leeds and return | Allowed | 180.00 |
| 30/04/2016 | Own Vehicle Car | Constituency | Various Locations | Various trips in the constituency | Allowed | 17.10 |
| 29/04/2016 | Own Vehicle Car | London | Leeds | MP London to Leeds and return | Allowed | 180.00 |
This claim relates to mileage costs, for which no supporting documentation is required. As such, IPSA does not hold the information that you have requested.
Claims #504139 and #503984
The following details have already been published on our publication website relating to these claims.
| Date | Form No. | Expense Type | Origin | Destination | Status | Reimbursed |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL MP Staff - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL Volunteer - RT | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.23 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL MP Staff - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.23 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL Volunteer - RT | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.24 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL MP Staff - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 04/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL Volunteer - RT | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 35.10 |
| 05/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL - SGL | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 112.40 |
| 19/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL Dependant - SGL | LEEDS | SYDENHAM HILL | Allowed | 102.60 |
| 29/02/2016 | 0000503984 | Public Tr RAIL - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 104.70 |
| 07/04/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 105.70 |
| 08/04/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL - SGL | SHEFFIELD | LONDON ST PANCRAS INTL | Allowed | 74.90 |
| 22/04/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL Dependant - SGL | LEEDS | SYDENHAM HILL | Allowed | 54.40 |
| 04/05/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL Dependant - SGL | SYDENHAM HILL | LEEDS | Allowed | 33.40 |
| 06/05/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL Dependant - SGL | LEEDS | SYDENHAM HILL | Allowed | 42.00 |
| 29/04/2016 | 0000504139 | Public Tr RAIL MP Staff - RTN | LONDON KINGS CROSS | LEEDS | Allowed | 162.00 |
These claims relate to journeys which were arranged directly by the MP through Chambers (which is the House of Commons travel office). In these cases, the journeys are booked by Chambers, who then provide us with the necessary details (which are then published in full on our website).
As such, the MP does not need to provide us with any further documentation and IPSA does not therefore hold the information that you have requested.
Claim #506080
Under the Scheme, taxi fares will be reimbursed when a journey by taxi is necessary because no other reasonable method of transport is available for all or part of the journey. When submitting claims for taxi journeys, MPs must include a note on the reasons why they took a taxi rather than using an alternative method of transport.
The following details have already been published on our publication website relating to this claim.
| Date | Expense Type | Notes | Status | Reimbursed |
| 05/05/2016 | Parking | parking for MP meetings Leeds | Allowed | 3.00 |
| 04/05/2016 | Taxi | taxi late night after meeting, no public transport | Allowed | 14.00 |
| 01/04/2016 | Taxi | taxi to Heathrow on 03.03.2016 to catch flight, very early morning | Allowed | 56.00 |
Please click here to view the documentation submitted by the MP in support of these claims.
Exemptions applied
Section 40 – personal information
The receipts requested contain the signatures of a third party, which is their ‘personal data’, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Section 40(2) of the FOIA provides that personal information 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. As such, we have redacted this information from the receipts requested. 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.
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- Ref:
- CAS-59617
- Disclosure:
- 13 October 2016
- Categories:
- COPIES OF RECEIPTS/INVOICESMPs' TRAVEL
- Exemptions Applied:
- Section 31