Payments to and membership of the European Research Group

Request

How much public funding has the ERG Received for each of the last 5 years?

How many members does the ERG have based on the latest information you hold.

Please name the members of the ERG based on the latest information that you hold.

Response

IPSA holds the information you requested.

Details of all claims made by MPs are published on our website.

View claims made by MPs for ERG subscriptions.

Using the drop-down menu at the top of the page, you will need to select a financial year alongside the option for ‘individual claims’, which will open a spreadsheet containing all individual claims made that financial year. You can filter on either the ‘Details’ or ‘Short Description’ columns for ‘ERG’ to identify relevant claims.

This will provide you with the names of all MPs who have made claims for subscriptions to the ERG in each financial year, alongside the total amount paid.

The FOIA states that information that is accessible by other means is not subject to release. Therefore, as the information you have requested is already available on our website, it is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the FOIA (information accessible to applicant by other means).

This concludes our response to your request.

Ref:
CAS-140239
Disclosure:
10 May 2019
Categories:
GENERAL EXPENSES ENQUIRY
Exemptions Applied:
Section 21