John Woodcock MP's business costs

I can confirm that we hold information relevant to your request; copies of two documents accompany this response.

You will notice that most of the information has been redacted because it is subject to a Refusal Notice under sections 40 and 41 of FOIA.

RFI-202009-8 – Disclosure documents

• 60044825-1

• 60037390-1

Sections 40(2) and 40(3A)(a) personal data

This exemption applies to information which IPSA considers to be personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) which states,

‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person

The information is the personal data of Mr Woodcock and other third parties. IPSA then considered whether disclosure would breach any of the Principles relating to the processing of personal data in the GDPR.

The relevant principle falls at Article 5(1)(a)

Personal data shall be:

(a) Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.