Receipts for travel claims made by Alex Sobel

Request

Under an above request could you please provide copies of all invoices/receipts provided on claim number: 622482 and 631381

Response

IPSA holds the information that you request.

Under the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses (‘the Scheme’), travel and subsistence claims may be made for the costs of travel, and travel-related subsistence incurred by MPs or others, which are in support of the MP’s parliamentary functions.

Details of all claims made by MPs are published on our website at the following address: http://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-costs. The following details of claims made by Alex Sobel have already been published.

Date	Expense Type	Origin	Destination	Journey	Class/Reason	Reimbursed
20/11/2017	Public Tr BUS	Headingley Lane	Morrisons	Between London & Constituency	SGL	3.00
20/11/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	54.10
27/11/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	55.00
01/12/2017	Public Tr BUS	Morrisons	Headingley	Between London & Constituency	SGL	3.00
01/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	London	Leeds	Between London & Constituency	Standard	55.00
04/12/2017	Public Tr BUS	Headingley Lane	City Square	Between London & Constituency	SGL	2.30
08/01/2018	Public Tr RAIL - RTN	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	116.00
22/01/2018	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	56.00
04/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	55.00
07/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	London	Leeds	Between London & Constituency	Standard	32.00
10/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - RTN	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	112.20
20/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Luton	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	16.40
20/12/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	London	Luton	Between London & Constituency	Standard	16.40
22/01/2018	Public Tr BUS	Headingley	Leeds Train Station	Between London & Constituency	SGL	3.00
08/01/2018	Public Tr BUS	Headingley	Leeds Train Station	Between London & Constituency	SGL	3.00
29/11/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	London	Leeds	Between London & Constituency	Standard	46.00
30/11/2017	Public Tr RAIL - SGL	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	55.00
18/01/2018	Public Tr BUS	Leeds Train Station	Headingley	Between London & Constituency	SGL	2.30
15/01/2018	Public Tr RAIL - RTN	Leeds	London	Between London & Constituency	Standard	116.00

Please find attached copies of the receipts submitted in support of these claims. In accordance with section 38 of the FOIA, we have redacted the specific time of travel from the receipt. Section 38 states that information is exempt if its disclosure under the FOI Act would, or would be likely to, endanger the safety of any individual.

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 likely that this information could be used to endanger the safety of the individuals who may regularly utilise the same time trains for London to constituency travel. Although we recognise the public interest in transparency surrounding the publishing of this information there is also a strong public interest in ensuring that as an organisation we are able to protect our service users from threats to their safety. In our opinion the public interest in protecting the personal safety of MPs’ outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

We have also redacted personal contact details and credit card information as this information is ‘personal data’, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). For reference, 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. 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-114795: Disclosure:
3 June 2018: Categories:
COPIES OF RECEIPTS/INVOICESMPs' TRAVEL: Exemptions Applied:
Section 38