Key information
Request reference number: MGLA280526-0703
Date of response:
Summary of request
Regarding Mayor Khan's recent jolly to Mecca
(did, both Khan and his staff) take annual leave or toil, go to Mecca??#
Did Kham claim any expenses AT ALL
Did Khan use Air-miles for the trip?
Who paid for his lodgings while in Mecca ?
Who paid for his staff's travel expenses attending while in Mecca ? Travelling time, hotels. Cab rides, clothing allowance????
Did he go 1ST class to mecca and back???
Our response
The GLA does not hold information within the scope of your request.
This is a personal trip with zero costs incurred to the taxpayer.
Please note that information regarding individual staff annual leave records are exempt from disclosure under s.40 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act. This information constitutes as personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject..