FOI/202300340005 · FOI · partially withheld
Patrick Harvie expenditure receipts for Rome trip: FOI release
Information requested
Full details on how many trips were taken via train, where the trip left from and their destination and the type of ticket purchased. Could you also give me a breakdown of the accommodation costs including the name and type of room.
Response
Expenditure receipts are attached.
Date Travel type Journey made / accommodation used Class or type Cost 7 Oct Rail Glasgow Central-London Euston Standard single £197.80 7 Oct Hotel Hub by Premier Inn, Kings Cross Budget single £178.00 8 Oct Rail London St Pancras - Paris Gare Du Nord (returning 13 Oct) Economy £244.00 8 Oct Hotel Mercure Paris Bercy Bibliotheque Hotel Double £252.55 9 Oct Rail Paris – Milan Standard £79.44 9 Oct Rail Milan – Rome Standard £65.07 9 Oct Hotel Albergo Ottocento, Rome (3 nights) Classic double £876.47 12 Oct Rail Rome – Milan 2nd class £33.83 12 Oct Rail Milan – Basel 2nd class £73.19 12 Oct Hotel Hotel City Inn, Basel Economy double £187.74 13 Oct Rail Basel - Paris 2nd class £71.58 13 Oct Rail Paris Gare Du Nord - London St Pancras Economy As 8 Oct 13 Oct Rail London Euston-Glasgow Central/Glasgow Central-Partick Standard £196.75
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Date Travel type Journey made / accommodation used Class or type Cost 7 Oct Rail Glasgow Central-London Euston Standard single £197.80 7 Oct Hotel Hub by Premier Inn, Kings Cross Budget single £178.00 8 Oct Rail London St Pancras - Paris Gare Du Nord (returning 13 Oct) Economy £244.00 8 Oct Hotel Mercure Paris Bercy Bibliotheque Hotel Double £252.55 9 Oct Rail Paris – Milan Standard £79.44 9 Oct Rail Milan – Rome Standard £65.07 9 Oct Hotel Albergo Ottocento, Rome (3 nights) Classic double £876.47 12 Oct Rail Rome – Milan 2nd class £33.83 12 Oct Rail Milan – Basel 2nd class £73.19 12 Oct Hotel Hotel City Inn, Basel Economy double £187.74 13 Oct Rail Basel - Paris 2nd class £71.58 13 Oct Rail Paris Gare Du Nord - London St Pancras Economy As 8 Oct 13 Oct Rail London Euston-Glasgow Central/Glasgow Central-Partick Standard £196.75 An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, the names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.