Diane Scott
[[FOI #19322 email]]
5 November 2009
Our Ref: FOI 2009/170 – F0073067
Dear Ms Scott,
Re: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email which was received by the University on 3 October 2009 timed 00:21
and your subsequent clarification received 12 October 2009 timed 22:48 hours, requesting the
following information:
Clarified request:
How much did you receive by way of "no-strings" donations in
year ended 31 July 2003
year ended 31 July 2004
year ended 31 July 2005
year ended 31 July 2006
year ended 31 July 2007
year ended 31 July 2008
year ended 31 July 2009
“When I use the term "no-strings donations" I am referring to amounts of money
donated to the university where the donor does not require the university to provide
any goods or perform any services or provide anything by way of reciprocal benefit in
exchange for the monies donated.”
DATA PROTECTION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICE
Main Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Data Protection: Telephone: 0141-330-3111
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The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401
University’s Response
Please see below for details of identified unrestricted donations made to the University of
Glasgow Trust, these figures are inclusive of gift aid:
2008-2009
£1,521.00
2007-2008
£933,863.00
2006-2007
£2,431.00
2005-2006
£2,465.00
2004-2005
£1,372,259.70
2003-2004
£77,307.78
2002-2003
£171,266.86
Please note, the University may also have indirectly received donations in addition to those
figures detailed above but these are not separately identifiable. In order to make such a
distinction, a review of the original source documentation would be required, this would
involve a significant amount of time. Accordingly, the University has estimated that the cost of
responding to your request will exceed the fee limit as set out in the Freedom of Information
(Fees for Required Disclosure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004. As a result, we are not obliged to
provide a response. The fee limit set down by the Regulations is £600, and in this instance
this equates to a combination of staff time capped at a rate of £15 per hour. It is estimated that
in order to reproduce the information requested would exceed the prescribed cost limit of
£600.
Please be advised that a modified request will be given due consideration. Any modification
of your request will be treated as a new request for the purposes of the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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does not give the applicant or whoever receives the information any right to re-use it in such a
way that might infringe the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (for example, by making
multiple copies, publishing or otherwise distributing the information to other individuals and the
public). The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Modifications) Order
2004 ensured that Section 50 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”)
applies to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”).
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Yours sincerely,
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office
