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Members: Allowances

Volume 492: debated on Friday 15 May 2009

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the main categories are of personal data selected for redaction from hon. Members' claim forms and receipts prior to publication. (275837)

The main categories of data selected for redaction were listed in the notes sent to all Members on 1 April. They are:

Any residential address of a Member of either House of Parliament

Travel arrangements of a Member where the arrangements are regular in nature

The identity of any person who delivers or has delivered goods, or provides or has provided services, to a Member at any residence of the Member (this does not apply to Members' offices or to head office addresses of large suppliers)

Expenditure by a Member on security arrangements

All names of hotels/guest houses used

Correspondence or advice letters to or from Department of Resources/DFA

All manuscript additions to forms, receipts etc where these have been made by HoC staff

Dates and times on till receipts where the name of the supplier is included

Bank and credit card statements (but mortgage or rental agreements or statements will be published to the following extent: (a) names of mortgagee/landlord/chargee (b) amount of interest and rent and (c) information contained on statements of account such as value of mortgage)

Itemised parts of telephone bills listing calls to individual numbers

Personal items on till receipts and invoices for which no claim has been made

Misfiled pages relating to another Member

Names and addresses and other details of members of staff on 'C3' forms (claims for staff expenses)

Other information that is not central to the purpose of the claim or which could aid identity fraud including:

personal telephone numbers and other contact details

barcodes

cost centres and departmental identification numbers

personal data of third parties (excluding the name of mortgagees, chargees or landlords)

bank/Giro details

photocopies of cheques

account, invoice, delivery, order, NI or reference numbers

signatures