http://www.yrtk.org/2005/names-of-mps-staff/ A guide to the Freedom of Information Act & other access laws Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/names-of-mps-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-34512 Revelation Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/names-of-mps-staff/#comment-34512 Half the reason for this is that MPs often don't pay their staff fairly or equitably and wouldn't want one member of staff to know what another (often doing the same job) is earning. What would be really interesting would be to know the actual CVs of MPs' staff to see how many of them would have been likely to achieve such employment anywhere else, and also how many members of MPs' families are employed in other government and ministerial departments on the bais of the 'who you know' principle. Registers of electors/Council Tax information might also reveal how many MPs' London second homes have been bought at public expense for the primary use of adult children working in London..... Half the reason for this is that MPs often don’t pay their staff fairly or equitably and
wouldn’t want one member of staff to know what another (often doing the same job) is earning.
What would be really interesting would be to know the actual CVs of MPs’ staff to see how many
of them would have been likely to achieve such employment anywhere else, and also how many
members of MPs’ families are employed in other government and ministerial departments on the
bais of the ‘who you know’ principle. Registers of electors/Council Tax information might also
reveal how many MPs’ London second homes have been bought at public expense for the primary use
of adult children working in London…..

]]> http://www.yrtk.org/2005/names-of-mps-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-351 E Macaulay Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:46:28 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/names-of-mps-staff/#comment-351 Less than acceptable but a possible way forward with this, may be to request the numbers of staff inc. how many are related to the MP – and associated pay scales. Even if they just released “Employee 1 not related £20,000 per annum” etc etc.

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